May 5, 2007: Nationals 3 Cubs 2 (15)

Posted by spooky at 10:31 AM




The Nationals bullpen gets overworked for the 2nd time in 4 days, this time a 15 inning affair after an 18 inning marathon on the 1st. However, they seem up to the challenge as they contribute 9 innings of scoreless relief until the Nats finally push across a run in the 15th which would be good enough for the 3-2 win. The Nats bullpen line for the 2 games combined: 21 2/3 IP, 10 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 17 K. Jesus Colome got the win in both games with 5 innings of work total, while Ryan Wagner pitched 6 innings in the two games combined and allowed just one hit!

The Nats scored the winning run after a Mike Restovich leadoff double. Brian Schneider would attempt a bunt, but Cubs pitcher Rocky Cherry would misplay it. Restovich would score and Schneider would end up 2nd. That was it would take, as the newly rejuvenated Chad Cordero went 1-2-3 for the save in the bottom of the inning. Credit also goes to Ronnie Belliard, whose 9th inning leadoff homer tied the game at 2 and enabled the Nats to have a chance at the eventual extra innings victory.


Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2007 Washington Nationals At 2007 Chicago (NL) Cubs        5/5/2007
 
  Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cubs               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  F.Lopez SS          7  0  0  0 .244     A.Soriano LF        6  0  1  1 .302  
  R.Belliard 2B       7  1  3  1 .287     R.Theriot SS        6  0  2  0 .265  
  R.Zimmerman 3B      6  1  1  1 .254     D.Lee 1B            5  1  0  0 .302  
  D.Young 1B          5  0  0  0 .339     A.Ramirez 3B        6  0  1  1 .345  
  A.Kearns RF         6  0  0  0 .286     J.Jones CF          7  0  0  0 .307  
  R.Church CF         6  0  0  0 .164     M.Barrett C         6  0  1  0 .292  
  J.Flores C          4  0  3  0 .265     M.Murton RF         4  1  0  0 .296  
  J.Rauch P           0  0  0  0 .000     M.Derosa 2B         5  0  3  0 .405  
F-J.Wilson PH         1  0  0  0 .238     R.Hill P            2  0  0  0 .067  
  J.Colome P          0  0  0  01.000   A-D.Ward PH           0  0  0  0 .357  
H-M.Restovich PH      1  1  1  0 .167     B.Howry P           0  0  0  0 .000  
  C.Cordero P         0  0  0  0 ----     M.Wuertz P          1  0  0  0 .000  
  K.Casto LF          3  0  0  0 .045   E-C.Floyd PH          1  0  0  0 .321  
C-B.Schneider PH,C    2  0  0  0 .242     S.Eyre P            0  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Patterson P       2  0  0  0 .000   G-F.Pie PH            0  0  0  0 .143  
  S.Rivera P          0  0  0  0 ----     R.Cherry P          0  0  0  0 ----  
B-R.Fick PH           1  0  0  0 .121                                          
  R.Wagner P          0  0  0  0 .000                                          
D-R.Langerhans PH,LF  2  0  0  0 .190                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      53  3  8  2                 Totals      49  2  8  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Hill In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Rivera In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Casto In 10th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Wagner In 10th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Wuertz In 11th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Rauch In 12th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Eyre In 14th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Colome In 15th Inning
 
Nationals....... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  3  8  1
Cubs............ 0 0 0  0 1 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  8  3
 
Nationals (18-12)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Patterson               5 1/3   6   2   2   7   2   0 112   5.45
S.Rivera                  1 2/3   1   0   0   0   1   0  23   3.86
R.Wagner                  2       1   0   0   0   2   0  20   1.37
J.Rauch                   2       0   0   0   0   1   0  20   1.86
J.Colome WIN(2-3)         3       0   0   0   2   4   0  39   6.33
C.Cordero SAVE(8th)       1       0   0   0   0   0   0  13  10.66
Totals                   15       8   2   2   9  10   0
 
Cubs (20-8)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Hill                    6       4   1   1   0   6   1  73   1.65
B.Howry BS(1st)           2       1   1   1   0   4   1  25   3.94
M.Wuertz                  3       1   0   0   1   4   0  43   7.07
S.Eyre                    3       1   0   0   0   3   0  37   7.94
R.Cherry LOSS(0-1)        1       1   1   1   1   0   0  24   8.53
Totals                   15       8   3   3   2  17   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 37,253 DATE- Saturday, May 5th 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Doug Eddings, Dana Demuth, Derryl Cousins, Kerwin Danley
T- 4:02
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 8  Cubs:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1  Cubs: 2
ERRORS- D.Young, A.Soriano, M.Murton, R.Cherry
DOUBLES- R.Belliard(8th), M.Restovich(2nd), A.Ramirez(16th)
HOME RUNS- R.Belliard(2nd), R.Zimmerman(4th)
STOLEN BASES- R.Theriot(3rd), D.Lee-2(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- M.Barrett
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Schneider, F.Pie
WALKS- D.Young, R.Langerhans, A.Soriano, R.Theriot, D.Lee-2, A.Ramirez,
       M.Murton-2, M.Derosa, D.Ward
STRIKE OUTS- F.Lopez, R.Belliard-2, R.Zimmerman, A.Kearns-3, R.Church-2,
             J.Flores, J.Wilson, K.Casto-2, B.Schneider, R.Fick, R.Langerhans-2,
             D.Lee-2, A.Ramirez-3, J.Jones-2, M.Barrett, M.Murton, M.Wuertz
GIDP- F.Lopez, R.Zimmerman, J.Jones
WILD PITCHES- J.Patterson
WEB GEMS- Bot 15th: Felipe Lopez robbed Derrek Lee of a base hit.
 
One run was the difference at Wrigley Field as the Washington Nationals
defeated the Chicago (NL) Cubs in 15 innings 3 to 2.
 
The game was deadlocked at 2 after nine full innings.  Washington was
victorious in the 15th inning.  Mike Restovich doubled.  Brian Schneider came
next and he reached on an error scoring the run.  Both teams totaled 8 hits
on the afternoon.  
 
Jesus Colome(2-3) allowed no runs in 3 innings, and picked up the victory.
Colome got relief help from Chad Cordero who gained credit for his 8th save.
Rocky Cherry(0-1) was the loser in relief.  He surrendered 1 run and 1 hit in
1 inning.








 

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