April 26, 2007: Nationals 10 Phillies 8

Posted by spooky at 5:40 PM




This one looked like it was going to be an easy win for the Phillies, but instead turned into a 10-8 Nationals victory thanks to the Phillies' bullpen. After 6 innings, Phillies starter Cole Hamels was cruising, having allowed just 2 hits and no runs. Meanwhile, the Phillies had managed to score 5 runs off Nats starter Shawn Hill, the big blow being a 3 run Pat Burrell homer in the 5th.

The Nats finally got on the board in the 7th with a solo shot from Austin Kearns. Then in the 8th, they finally got to Hamels for 3 straight singles from unlikely sources - Jesus Flores, Chris Snelling, and Josh Wilson. This brought in Fabio Castro from the Phillies bullpen, and Ron Belliard greeted him with a game-tying grand slam over the center field wall. Castro would then walk Ryan Zimmerman and allow a single to Dmitri Young before getting Kearns to fly out for the 2nd out of the inning, but would allow a single to Ryan Church which would load the bases for the 2nd time in the inning. With the light-hitting Mike Restovich up next, I went to the bench and pinch hit with Felipe Lopez, who was enjoying a day off from his usual leadoff role. The Phillies went to their bullpen and Antonio Alfonseca. Lopez hit a double that scored 2 runners to take a 7-5 lead, but Church got thrown out at home for the 3rd out.

The Nats would continue the scoring in the 9th, starting out the inning with a Flores double and a Snelling triple. The Phils would go to the bullpen again for Geoff Geary, who would get 2 outs but then allow a 2-run home run to Ryan Zimmerman to make it 10-5, Nats. I decided to give Chad Cordero a 5 run lead to work with, and he allowed 3 runs before getting the 3 outs necessary to preserve the Nats win.


Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2007 Washington Nationals At 2007 Philadelphia Phillies   4/26/2007
 
  Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Wilson SS         5  1  1  0 .222     J.Rollins SS        3  2  1  0 .289  
  R.Belliard 2B       5  2  2  4 .289     S.Victorino RF      5  0  0  0 .186  
  R.Zimmerman 3B      4  2  1  2 .256     C.Utley 2B          5  2  2  1 .293  
  D.Young 1B          5  1  1  0 .337     R.Howard 1B         4  3  3  2 .260  
  C.Cordero P         0  0  0  0 ----     P.Burrell LF        5  1  2  3 .297  
  A.Kearns RF         3  1  1  1 .315     W.Helms 3B          4  0  1  1 .231  
  R.Church CF         2  0  1  0 .183     F.Castro P          0  0  0  0 ----  
  M.Restovich LF      3  0  0  0 .143     A.Alfonseca P       0  0  0  0 .000  
D-F.Lopez PH          1  0  1  2 .281     G.Geary P           0  0  0  0 ----  
  R.Wagner P          0  0  0  0 ----   F-J.Werth PH          1  0  1  1 .500  
E-R.Fick 1B           0  0  0  0 .043     A.Rowand CF         4  0  1  0 .271  
  J.Flores C          3  2  2  0 .263     R.Barajas C         4  0  1  0 .267  
  S.Hill P            1  0  0  0 .125     C.Hamels P          3  0  0  0 .059  
A-D.Jimenez PH        1  0  0  0 .400   C-G.Dobbs 3B          1  0  0  0 .300  
  L.Speigner P        0  0  0  0 .000                                          
B-C.Snelling PH,LF    2  1  2  1 .268                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35 10 12 10                 Totals      39  8 12  8
 
A-Pinch Hit For Hill In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Speigner In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Hamels In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Restovich In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Wagner In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Geary In 9th Inning
 
Nationals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 6 3  - 10 12  0
Phillies........ 0 1 1  0 3 0  0 0 3  -  8 12  0
 
Nationals (12-10)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
S.Hill                    5       8   5   5   3   4   1  88   2.73
L.Speigner WIN(2-1)       2       1   0   0   0   1   0  19   5.27
R.Wagner HOLD(4th)        1       0   0   0   0   0   0  13   2.31
C.Cordero                 1       3   3   3   1   1   0  23  13.50
Totals                    9      12   8   8   4   6   1
 
Phillies (9-12)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Hamels                  7 1/3   6   4   4   2   8   1 114   2.04
F.Castro L(0-1) BS(1st)   0 1/3   2   3   3   2   0   1  21  81.00
A.Alfonseca               0 1/3   3   2   2   0   0   0  15   8.25
G.Geary                   1       1   1   1   0   0   1  15   3.21
Totals                    9      12  10  10   4   8   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 16,161 DATE- Thursday, April 26th 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Ed Montague, Jerry Layne, Bill Miller, Marvin Hudson
T- 3:11
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 3  Phillies: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0  Phillies: 3
DOUBLES- R.Church(2nd), F.Lopez(10th), J.Flores(1st), C.Utley(5th),
         R.Howard(4th), R.Barajas(4th)
TRIPLES- C.Snelling(2nd)
HOME RUNS- R.Belliard(1st), R.Zimmerman(2nd), A.Kearns(2nd), P.Burrell(5th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Rollins(3rd)
WALKS- R.Zimmerman, A.Kearns, R.Church-2, J.Rollins-2, R.Howard, A.Rowand
HIT BY PITCH- J.Flores
STRIKE OUTS- J.Wilson-2, D.Young-2, A.Kearns, M.Restovich, S.Hill, D.Jimenez,
             S.Victorino-2, P.Burrell-2, W.Helms, C.Hamels
GIDP- J.Wilson, R.Zimmerman, J.Flores
 
In a thriller the Washington Nationals staged a dramatic comeback then held on
to win over the Philadelphia Phillies by a score of 10 to 8 at Citizen's Bank
Park.
 
Ronnie Belliard had a good day at the plate.  He stroked a single in the 4th
inning and cleared the bases with a Grand Slam homerun (his 1st of the
season) in the 8th inning.  Both teams finished the game with 12 hits.
 
Levale Speigner(2-1) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 2 innings.
Fabio Castro(0-1) was the losing pitcher in relief.  He pitched 1/3 of an
inning and surrendered 2 hits and 2 walks.








 

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