| The Nationals offense starts firing in the late innings, turning a 3-1 deficit into a 7-3 win. Nats starter Micah Bowie allowed 3 runs in the Dodger 4th, but partially has the Nats' defense to blame as both Brian Schneider and Ryan Zimmerman make errors. Ryan Church eventually gets the Nats back in the game with a game-tying 2 run homer in the 7th following an Austin Kearns single, then the Nats break it open with 4 runs on 4 hits and a walk in the 8th. Zimmerman led off with a double, then was knocked in by Dmitri Young's single. After 2 strikeouts, Schneider walked and Nook Logan singled to knock in another run. Ronnie Belliard pinch hit for the pitcher and contributed a 2-run single. Chad Cordero allowed 2 singles to start off the 9th, but then got a Nomar Garciaparra fly out and a Jeff Kent GIDP to end the game. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Los Angeles(NL) Dodgers At 2007 Washington Nationals 5/31/2007
Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
R.Furcal SS 4 1 2 2 .289 F.Lopez 2B 5 0 0 0 .266
J.Pierre CF 5 0 4 1 .356 C.Cordero P 0 0 0 0 ----
N.Garciaparra 1B 5 0 1 0 .250 C.Guzman SS 4 1 1 0 .344
J.Kent 2B 4 0 0 0 .249 R.Zimmerman 3B 4 1 2 1 .270
L.Gonzalez LF 4 0 0 0 .261 D.Young 1B 4 0 1 1 .320
R.Martin C 4 1 0 0 .335 C-R.Langerhans PR,CF 0 1 0 0 .196
A.Laroche 3B 4 0 1 0 .304 A.Kearns RF 4 1 1 0 .267
A.Ethier RF 4 1 1 0 .252 R.Church LF 3 1 1 2 .183
M.Hendrickson P 1 0 0 0 .118 B.Schneider C 1 1 0 0 .231
J.Broxton P 0 0 0 0 .000 N.Logan CF 3 1 1 1 .355
B-T.Abreu PH 1 0 0 0 .294 E-T.Batista 1B 0 0 0 0 .200
C.Billingsley P 0 0 0 0 .333 M.Bowie P 1 0 0 0 .000
R.King P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Rauch P 0 0 0 0 .000
A-R.Fick PH 0 0 0 0 .149
S.Rivera P 0 0 0 0 ----
D-R.Belliard PH,2B 1 0 1 2 .302
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 3 9 3 Totals 30 7 8 7
A-Pinch Hit For Rauch In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Broxton In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Young In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Rivera In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Logan In 9th Inning
Dodgers......... 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 0
Nationals....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 - 7 8 2
Dodgers (28-25) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Hendrickso 6 4 3 3 3 4 1 91 4.66
J.Broxton 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 22 2.08
C.Billingsle LOSS(1-1) 1 4 4 4 1 2 0 29 3.15
Totals 8 8 7 7 5 7 1
Nationals (30-24) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Bowie 5 2/3 6 3 0 3 1 0 97 2.19
R.King 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.50
J.Rauch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.45
S.Rivera WIN(2-1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3.38
C.Cordero 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 7.23
Totals 9 9 3 0 3 1 0
ATTENDANCE- 43,991 DATE- Thursday, May 31st 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Jeff Kellogg, Eric Cooper, Andy Fletcher, Mike Reilly
T- 3:13
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers:10 Nationals: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 0 Nationals: 1
ERRORS- R.Zimmerman, B.Schneider
DOUBLES- J.Pierre(8th), C.Guzman(6th), R.Zimmerman(12th)
TRIPLES- R.Zimmerman(1st)
HOME RUNS- R.Church(7th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Pierre(30th)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Hendrickson, N.Logan, M.Bowie
WALKS- R.Furcal, J.Kent, M.Hendrickson, R.Church, B.Schneider-3, R.Fick
STRIKE OUTS- M.Hendrickson, F.Lopez, C.Guzman-2, R.Zimmerman, A.Kearns,
R.Church, M.Bowie
GIDP- J.Kent
The Washington Nationals defeated the Los Angeles(NL) Dodgers by a score of 7
to 3 at RFK STADIUM.
Washington had the game winning rally in the bottom of the 8th inning when
they tallied 4 runs on 4 hits. The highlight belonged to Ronnie Belliard who
made the crowd come alive when he laced a single plating two runs.
Washington had a total of 8 hits for the game.
Saul Rivera(2-1) went 1 inning allowing no runs for the victory. Chad
Billingsley(1-1) was given the loss in relief. He surrendered 4 runs and 4
hits in 1 inning.
| This one was ugly. The Dodgers pile on 10 runs and 13 hits off the Nationals. Derek Lowe goes the distance for LA, allowing just 5 hits and 1 run. The one Nationals run was the lone bright spot for the game, an exciting inside the park home run by Cristian Guzman. The Dodgers #3 and 4 hitters did most of the damage - Nomar was 3 for 5 with a double and 4 RBI, and Jeff Kent was 4 for 5 with 2 HR and 4 RBI. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Los Angeles(NL) Dodgers At 2007 Washington Nationals 5/30/2007
Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
R.Furcal SS 4 2 1 1 .284 F.Lopez 2B 2 0 0 0 .272
J.Pierre CF 4 1 0 0 .346 R.King P 0 0 0 0 ----
N.Garciaparra 1B 5 2 3 4 .251 B-R.Langerhans PH 1 0 0 0 .196
J.Kent 2B 5 2 4 4 .254 W.Abreu P 0 0 0 0 .000
L.Gonzalez LF 5 0 0 0 .267 C-J.Flores C 1 0 0 0 .240
R.Martin C 5 0 3 0 .342 C.Guzman SS 3 1 1 1 .349
A.Ethier RF 5 0 0 0 .252 R.Zimmerman 3B 4 0 0 0 .265
T.Abreu 3B 4 2 2 0 .313 D.Young 1B 4 0 2 0 .321
D.Lowe P 3 1 0 0 .250 A.Kearns RF 4 0 0 0 .267
R.Church LF 4 0 1 0 .180
B.Schneider C 3 0 0 0 .233
J.Colome P 0 0 0 01.000
S.Rivera P 0 0 0 0 ----
N.Logan CF 3 0 1 0 .356
M.Bacsik P 1 0 0 0 .200
B.Traber P 0 0 0 0 .000
A-R.Belliard PH,2B 2 0 0 0 .298
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 40 10 13 9 Totals 32 1 5 1
A-Pinch Hit For Traber In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For King In 6th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Abreu In 8th Inning
Dodgers......... 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 3 0 - 10 13 0
Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 1
Dodgers (28-24) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Lowe WIN(3-5) 9 5 1 1 1 7 1 126 4.03
Totals 9 5 1 1 1 7 1
Nationals (29-24) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Bacsik LOSS(0-1) 4 1/3 7 4 4 0 0 1 86 6.32
B.Traber 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 1.35
R.King 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.51
W.Abreu 1 2 3 3 1 0 1 39 3.86
J.Colome 1 3 3 3 1 0 0 24 6.61
S.Rivera 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 3.51
Totals 9 13 10 10 2 1 2
ATTENDANCE- 32,472 DATE- Wednesday, May 30th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Randy Marsh, Bob Davidson, Hunter Wendelstedt, Sam Holbrook
T- 3:23
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 8 Nationals: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 0 Nationals: 0
ERRORS- M.Bacsik
DOUBLES- N.Garciaparra(6th), R.Martin(9th)
HOME RUNS- J.Kent-2(6th), C.Guzman(1st)
STOLEN BASES- R.Furcal-2(8th), N.Logan(6th)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Lowe-2
WALKS- R.Furcal, J.Pierre, C.Guzman
HIT BY PITCH- T.Abreu
STRIKE OUTS- R.Martin, R.Church-3, B.Schneider-2, N.Logan-2
WILD PITCHES- M.Bacsik
WEB GEMS- Bot 6th: Andre Ethier robbed Ryan Langerhans of a Homerun!
Jeff Kent smashed 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI and Derek Lowe delivered 9 solid
innings as the Los Angeles(NL) Dodgers defeated the Washington Nationals by
the score of 10 to 1 at RFK STADIUM.
Kent enjoyed a big evening at the plate. He blasted a solo shot in the 4th
inning, lined a base-hit in the 5th inning, popped a two-run clout over the
fence (his 6th of the season) in the 7th inning and delivered a single
plating a run in the 8th inning. Los Angeles(NL) managed 13 hits in their
victory.
Lowe(3-5) allowed 1 run on the game. Mike Bacsik(0-1) absorbed the loss. By
surrending 4 runs in 4 and 1/3 innings his ERA jumped from 5.56 to 6.32.
Kent was in a good mood after the game, 'I'm just seeing and hitting the ball
real well now. I made some adjustments last week and they are paying off.
That's what this game is about. making adjustments as the season goes along.'
| The Indians eke out a win to prevent the sweep in the third and final game of a 3 game series in Boston. Despite outhitting the Indians by an 11-9 margin, the Sox couldn't push across any more runs after the Indians took the lead in the 7th on a Kelly Shoppach double. The teams were tied at 3 before that tiebreaker thanks to 3 run homers on both sides - Jhonny Peralta in the 2nd for the Tribe, and Manny Ramirez for the Sox in the 3rd. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Cleveland Indians At 2007 Boston Red Sox 5/30/2007
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
G.Sizemore CF 3 0 1 0 .259 D.Pedroia 2B 5 0 1 0 .384
C.Blake 3B 4 0 2 0 .249 K.Youkilis 1B 4 0 0 0 .279
T.Hafner DH 4 0 0 0 .207 D.Ortiz DH 4 1 2 0 .308
R.Garko 1B 4 1 2 0 .297 M.Ramirez LF 4 1 1 3 .330
T.Nixon RF 3 1 0 0 .301 J.Drew RF 4 0 2 0 .250
J.Peralta SS 4 1 2 3 .313 M.Lowell 3B 4 0 1 0 .291
D.Dellucci LF 4 0 0 0 .175 J.Varitek C 4 0 1 0 .247
J.Barfield 2B 4 1 1 0 .234 C.Crisp CF 4 0 1 0 .246
K.Shoppach C 3 0 1 1 .324 A.Cora SS 4 1 2 0 .254
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 33 4 9 4 Totals 37 3 11 3
Indians......... 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 9 0
Red Sox......... 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 11 0
Indians (20-31) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
P.Byrd WIN(3-5) 6 1/3 8 3 3 1 3 1 103 8.32
R.Betancourt HOLD(2nd) 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 19 1.47
J.Borowski SAVE(7th) 1 2/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 22 3.70
Totals 9 11 3 3 2 5 1
Red Sox (38-14) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Matsuzaka LOSS(5-3) 7 8 4 4 2 5 1 103 4.44
J.Pineiro 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 22 3.04
Totals 9 9 4 4 2 7 1
ATTENDANCE- 36,294 DATE- Wednesday, May 30th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Jim Wolf, Tim Tschida, Jim Joyce, Jeff Nelson
T- 3:12
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 4 Red Sox: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1 Red Sox: 2
DOUBLES- G.Sizemore(14th), K.Shoppach(4th), A.Cora(5th)
HOME RUNS- J.Peralta(9th), M.Ramirez(14th)
CAUGHT STEALING- G.Sizemore
WALKS- G.Sizemore, T.Nixon, K.Youkilis, D.Ortiz
STRIKE OUTS- C.Blake, T.Hafner, J.Peralta-2, D.Dellucci-2, J.Barfield,
K.Youkilis, M.Ramirez-2, M.Lowell, J.Varitek
GIDP- T.Hafner, T.Nixon, C.Crisp
Jhonny Peralta hit a homerun and had 3 RBI at Fenway Park as the Cleveland
Indians beat the Boston Red Sox 4 to 3.
Cleveland went ahead for good in the 7th inning scoring a single run on 2
hits. Boston threatened in the 9th but Cleveland was able to put down the
rally.
Paul Byrd(3-5) got credit for the victory, pitching 6 and 1/3 innings and
allowing 3 runs. Byrd got help from Joe Borowski who was credited with his
7th save. Daisuke Matsuzaka(5-3) suffered the loss. He allowed 4 runs and 8
hits in 7 innings.
'After the stretch we have been through lately, this victory is especially
sweet' offered Eric Wedge. Now, we just have to make this the norm - not the
exception!'
| The Nationals must like the home cooking, as they take game 1 of a 9 game homestand to get back on the winning track after a 2-5 road trip through Cincy and St. Louis. The Nats spread out the offense, scoring a single run in 5 separate innings, each one scored by a different player and each one knocked in by a different player! Jason Simontacchi allowed 10 hits to the Dodgers, but he spread them out well enough over his 6 innings of work to result in just 2 runs. He gets his 2nd win of the season, while Chad Cordero gets his 12th save. This is Cordero's 9th straight appearance without allowing a run, so maybe he is fully cured from whatever caused him to allow 13 runs over 5 appearances in late April. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Los Angeles(NL) Dodgers At 2007 Washington Nationals 5/29/2007
Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
J.Pierre CF 4 1 3 0 .352 F.Lopez 2B 4 1 1 1 .275
R.Furcal SS 4 0 0 0 .285 C.Guzman SS 5 1 1 0 .349
N.Garciaparra 1B 4 0 2 0 .241 R.Zimmerman 3B 3 0 0 1 .270
J.Kent 2B 4 0 1 1 .240 A.Kearns RF 4 1 2 1 .273
L.Gonzalez LF 4 0 1 0 .274 R.Church LF 2 0 0 0 .179
R.Martin C 4 0 0 0 .335 R.King P 0 0 0 0 ----
A.Ethier RF 4 1 1 0 .262 C-T.Batista PH 1 0 0 0 .200
T.Abreu 3B 4 0 2 0 .250 J.Rauch P 0 0 0 0 .000
B.Penny P 1 0 1 1 .238 C.Cordero P 0 0 0 0 ----
R.Seanez P 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Belliard 1B 4 0 2 1 .302
D-A.Laroche PH 1 0 0 0 .310 B.Schneider C 4 1 2 0 .237
N.Logan CF 4 1 1 0 .357
J.Simontacchi P 2 0 0 0 .167
A-D.Young PH 1 0 1 1 .317
B-R.Langerhans PR,LF 0 0 0 0 .198
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 2 11 2 Totals 34 5 10 5
A-Pinch Hit For Simontacchi In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Young In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For King In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Seanez In 9th Inning
Dodgers......... 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 11 2
Nationals....... 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 - 5 10 0
Dodgers (27-24) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Penny LOSS(4-4) 7 2/3 9 5 4 3 3 0 129 4.32
R.Seanez 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.88
Totals 8 10 5 4 3 3 0
Nationals (29-23) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Simontacch WIN(2-1) 6 10 2 2 0 2 0 88 6.56
R.King HOLD(3rd) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0.54
J.Rauch HOLD(8th) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1.50
C.Cordero SAVE(12th) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 7.64
Totals 9 11 2 2 0 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 41,551 DATE- Tuesday, May 29th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Doug Eddings, Dana Demuth, Derryl Cousins, Kerwin Danley
T- 3:20
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 7 Nationals: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 1 Nationals: 2
ERRORS- N.Garciaparra, A.Ethier
DOUBLES- B.Penny, A.Kearns(15th)
TRIPLES- C.Guzman(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Penny
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Zimmerman
WALKS- F.Lopez, R.Church, R.Langerhans
HIT BY PITCH- B.Penny
STRIKE OUTS- N.Garciaparra, R.Martin-2, T.Abreu, C.Guzman, R.Church, N.Logan
GIDP- R.Furcal, J.Kent, A.Kearns
The Washington Nationals defeated the Los Angeles(NL) Dodgers by a score of 5
to 2 at RFK STADIUM.
Jason Simontacchi(2-1) was solid if not spectacular. He allowed 10 hits and no
walks in 6 innings. Washington rapped out 10 hits for the night.
Chad Cordero recorded the save, his 12th. Brad Penny(4-4) was hit with the
loss. He pitched 7 and 2/3 innings allowing 9 hits and 3 walks.
| The Red Sox were swinging for the fences in this one while the Indians were swinging at air. Josh Beckett returns from a DL stint with another stellar performance, striking out 14 Indians. Beckett has made 9 starts this season, and today earned his 9th win. The Sox were powered by 2 home runs by Jason Varitek, another one from Kevin Youkilis, a 2-RBI triple from JD Drew, and good days from the table setters (Pedroia and Crisp) at the top of the order. Old friend Trot Nixon went 3 for 4 with a triple for the Indians in the loss. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Cleveland Indians At 2007 Boston Red Sox 5/29/2007
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
G.Sizemore CF 2 0 1 0 .258 D.Pedroia 2B 5 1 3 0 .390
J.Peralta SS 4 0 1 0 .309 C.Crisp CF 4 2 2 0 .246
T.Hafner DH 4 0 0 0 .211 K.Youkilis 1B 3 2 2 3 .285
V.Martinez C 4 1 1 0 .323 M.Ramirez DH 3 1 0 0 .332
T.Nixon RF 4 1 3 1 .308 J.Drew RF 4 0 1 2 .244
R.Garko 1B 4 0 0 0 .292 M.Lowell 3B 4 0 0 0 .292
D.Dellucci LF 4 0 1 1 .184 J.Varitek C 4 2 2 3 .247
J.Barfield 2B 3 0 0 0 .233 W.Pena LF 4 0 1 0 .167
M.Rouse 3B 2 0 0 0 .105 J.Lugo SS 4 0 1 0 .202
A-C.Blake PH,3B 1 0 0 0 .244
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 32 2 7 2 Totals 35 8 12 8
A-Pinch Hit For Rouse In 8th Inning
Indians......... 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 0
Red Sox......... 2 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 - 8 12 0
Indians (19-31) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Sowers LOSS(3-6) 5 2/3 12 8 8 2 3 3 121 6.75
R.Perez 2 1/3 0 0 0 0 5 0 28 1.42
Totals 8 12 8 8 2 8 3
Red Sox (38-13) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Beckett WIN(9-0) 8 6 2 2 2 14 0 114 1.43
J.Lopez 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 0.00
Totals 9 7 2 2 2 15 0
ATTENDANCE- 37,033 DATE- Tuesday, May 29th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Al Marquez, Tim Timmons, Rick Reed, Chuck Meriwether
T- 2:58
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 5 Red Sox: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 0 Red Sox: 1
DOUBLES- D.Pedroia(15th), K.Youkilis(12th)
TRIPLES- T.Nixon(1st), J.Drew(3rd)
HOME RUNS- K.Youkilis(8th), J.Varitek-2(6th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Crisp(11th)
CAUGHT STEALING- D.Dellucci, J.Lugo
WALKS- G.Sizemore-2, K.Youkilis, M.Ramirez
STRIKE OUTS- J.Peralta-2, T.Hafner-3, T.Nixon, R.Garko-3, D.Dellucci,
J.Barfield-3, M.Rouse-2, D.Pedroia, M.Ramirez, J.Drew-2, M.Lowell,
J.Varitek, W.Pena, J.Lugo
GIDP- T.Hafner
PASSED BALLS- V.Martinez
Josh Beckett reeled off a total of 14 strikeouts and catcher Jason Varitek
blasted 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI at Fenway Park as the Boston Red Sox beat
the Cleveland Indians by the count of 8 to 2.
Varitek enjoyed a fine evening at the plate. He smashed a bases-empty
'big-fly' in the 2nd inning and blasted a two-run home run (his 6th of the
season) in the 3rd inning. Boston ended up with 12 hits for the game while
Cleveland had 7.
Beckett(9-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 8 innings and allowing 2
runs. Jeremy Sowers(3-6) was the loser. He served up 3 gopher balls in 5 and
2/3 innings.
'Everything felt great' Beckett said. 'I had a good fastball, I felt I could
throw it by everybody tonight.'
| Hideki Okajima played the role of "win burglar" in this eventual 2-1 win over the Indians. Curt Schilling allowed just 2 hits through the first 7 innings, but was already over 100 pitches when he started the 8th by allowing a double to Ryan Garko. Okajima enters with the 1-0 lead and quicky induces a ground out for the first out of the inning, but then hits Grady Sizemore to put runners on 1st and 2nd. Casey Blake can't come through and pops out, but Travis Hafner gets the RBI single to tie the game. Victor Martinez grounds out with runners on 2nd and 3rd to end the inning. In the bottom of the 8th, Coco Crisp leads off by striking out before Kevin Youkilis reaches 1st on an error by Blake. A Manny walk sends Youk to 2nd, and JD Drew comes through with a rare clutch hit to score Youk with the go-ahead run. Mike Lowell is up next, but he can't continue the rally and grounds into a double play. After re-establishing the one run lead, the Sox bring in Paps for the 9th and it's academic at that point as he earns his 16th save. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Cleveland Indians At 2007 Boston Red Sox 5/28/2007
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
G.Sizemore CF 3 0 0 0 .256 D.Pedroia 2B 4 1 2 0 .383
C.Blake 3B,1B 4 0 1 0 .245 C.Crisp CF 4 0 0 0 .239
T.Hafner DH 3 0 2 1 .216 K.Youkilis 1B 3 1 1 1 .278
V.Martinez C 4 0 0 0 .324 M.Ramirez DH 3 0 1 0 .337
T.Nixon RF 4 0 0 0 .294 J.Drew RF 3 0 3 1 .244
J.Peralta SS 3 0 0 0 .310 M.Lowell 3B 3 0 0 0 .298
D.Dellucci LF 3 0 0 0 .181 J.Varitek C 3 0 1 0 .239
R.Garko 1B 3 0 1 0 .300 W.Pena LF 3 0 0 0 .161
B-M.Rouse PR,3B,2B 0 1 0 0 .118 J.Lugo SS 3 0 0 0 .201
J.Barfield 2B 2 0 0 0 .238
A-J.Michaels PH,2B,3B 1 0 0 0 .253
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 30 1 4 1 Totals 29 2 8 2
A-Pinch Hit For Barfield In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Garko In 8th Inning
Indians......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 4 1
Red Sox......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 8 0
Indians (19-30) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Lee 5 5 1 1 3 3 0 81 6.00
A.Fultz LOSS(2-2) 2 1/3 3 1 0 1 3 0 43 3.60
R.Betancourt 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.52
Totals 8 8 2 1 4 6 0
Red Sox (37-13) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Schilling 7 3 1 1 3 7 0 107 3.13
H.Okajima W(1-0) BS(2nd) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0.93
J.Papelbon SAVE(16th) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1.47
Totals 9 4 1 1 3 7 0
ATTENDANCE- 35,240 DATE- Monday, May 28th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Jim Joyce, Jeff Nelson, Jim Wolf, Tim Tschida
T- 2:21
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 6 Red Sox: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 2 Red Sox: 1
ERRORS- C.Blake
DOUBLES- T.Hafner(7th), R.Garko(9th), D.Pedroia(14th), J.Drew(11th)
WALKS- T.Hafner, J.Peralta, D.Dellucci, K.Youkilis, M.Ramirez, J.Drew, M.Lowell
HIT BY PITCH- G.Sizemore
STRIKE OUTS- G.Sizemore, T.Hafner, V.Martinez, T.Nixon, J.Peralta-2, J.Barfield,
C.Crisp, M.Ramirez, M.Lowell, J.Varitek, W.Pena, J.Lugo
GIDP- R.Garko, M.Lowell-2
Right fielder J.D. Drew had 3 base hits as the Boston Red Sox outscored the
Cleveland Indians 2 to 1.
The game was won by Boston with a run in the 8th inning. After an out was
recorded, Kevin Youkilis reached on an error. Manny Ramirez stepped up next
and he drew a walk. Drew then lined a base-hit scoring the run. Jonathan
Papelbon relieved and was untouched by Cleveland as he recorded the save, his
16th.
Hideki Okajima(1-0) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 1 inning. Aaron
Fultz(2-2) was hit with the loss in relief. He was a hard-luck loser as he
did not allow an earned run in his 2 and 1/3 innings of work.
| The Cardinals take the Nationals for the third straight game, completing the series sweep. The Cards took the lead in the 2nd when starter Adam Wainwright helped his cause with an RBI single, then added 3 more in the 6th when Albert Pujols went deep off Jesus Colome. The Nats would get isolated runs in the 7th and 8th, but it wasn't enough. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Washington Nationals At 2007 St. Louis Cardinals 5/27/2007
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG
F.Lopez 2B 4 1 1 0 .275 S.Taguchi CF 3 1 0 0 .221
R.King P 0 0 0 0 ---- S.Spiezio LF 4 1 2 1 .317
S.Rivera P 0 0 0 0 ---- A.Pujols 1B 5 1 1 3 .330
R.Belliard SS,2B 4 1 1 1 .297 J.Encarnacion RF 4 1 3 0 .355
R.Zimmerman 3B 4 0 1 0 .274 S.Rolen 3B 3 0 0 1 .222
D.Young 1B 3 0 1 1 .313 Y.Molina C 5 0 1 0 .248
B-N.Logan PR,CF 0 0 0 0 .365 A.Miles SS 5 2 2 0 .294
R.Church LF 4 0 2 0 .181 A.Kennedy 2B 4 1 1 1 .174
R.Fick RF 4 1 0 0 .149 A.Wainwright P 3 1 3 1 .350
C-T.Batista 1B 0 0 0 0 .222 T.Johnson P 1 0 1 0 .500
J.Flores C 4 0 0 0 .245 J.Isringhausen P 1 0 0 0 .000
R.Langerhans CF,RF 3 0 0 0 .198
M.Chico P 2 0 0 0 .130
J.Colome P 0 0 0 01.000
A-C.Guzman PH,SS 2 0 1 1 .359
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 3 7 3 Totals 38 8 14 7
A-Pinch Hit For Colome In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Young In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Fick In 8th Inning
Nationals....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 3 7 1
Cardinals....... 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 - 8 14 0
Nationals (28-23) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Chico LOSS(6-3) 5 7 2 2 3 2 0 93 3.32
J.Colome 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 29 5.93
R.King 0 2/3 2 1 1 1 0 0 22 0.57
S.Rivera 1 1/3 3 2 2 0 1 0 29 3.65
Totals 8 14 8 8 5 4 1
Cardinals (22-25) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Wainwright WIN(3-5) 6 2/3 6 2 2 1 6 0 95 4.60
T.Johnson HOLD(4th) 0 2/3 1 1 1 1 0 1 16 3.86
J.Isringhaus SAVE(12th) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 2.78
Totals 9 7 3 3 2 8 1
ATTENDANCE- 38,257 DATE- Sunday, May 27th 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Bill Miller, Marvin Hudson, Ed Montague, Jerry Layne
T- 3:06
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 6 Cardinals:13
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0 Cardinals: 0
ERRORS- R.Zimmerman
DOUBLES- F.Lopez(16th), D.Young(16th), J.Encarnacion(3rd), A.Miles(3rd),
A.Kennedy(2nd), A.Wainwright
HOME RUNS- R.Belliard(3rd), A.Pujols(8th)
STOLEN BASES- A.Kennedy(4th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Rolen
WALKS- D.Young, R.Langerhans, S.Taguchi-2, J.Encarnacion, S.Rolen, A.Kennedy
HIT BY PITCH- S.Spiezio
STRIKE OUTS- F.Lopez, R.Belliard, R.Church-2, R.Fick, R.Langerhans-2, M.Chico,
A.Pujols, S.Rolen-2, J.Isringhausen
WILD PITCHES- S.Rivera
Adam Wainwright had 3 base hits as the St. Louis Cardinals topped the
Washington Nationals by a score of 8 to 3 at Busch Stadium.
Wainwright(3-5) pitched a fine game. He surrendered 6 hits and 1 walk in 6
and 2/3 innings reducing his ERA from 4.83 to 4.60. Overall St. Louis
out-hit Washington 14 to 7.
Wainwright was helped out by Jason Isringhausen who recorded his 12th save.
Matt Chico(6-3) took the loss. He pitched 5 innings giving up 7 hits and 3
walks.
| The Red Sox take the rubber game from the Rangers by a 9-5 score. The Sox slugged away, even without David Ortiz, who had a day off. They had 5 doubles, a triple, and a homer. New leadoff hitter Dustin Pedroia proved that he belongs in that spot with a 4 for 5 day with 2 doubles, while Coco Crisp singled and walked twice from the 2nd spot in the order. Combine that with Youk's 3 RBI in the 3 hole and Manny's homer from the cleanup position, and it's easy to pile up the runs. It got closer late when JC Romero and Brendan Donnelly tried to give it away, but the Sox big guns (Oki and Paps) take the 8th and 9th to nail down the win. Julian Tavarez doesn't get out of the 6th, but pitched well enough to earn the win. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Boston Red Sox At 2007 Texas Rangers 5/27/2007
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Rangers AB R H RBI AVG
D.Pedroia 2B 5 1 4 2 .380 K.Lofton CF 4 1 2 0 .286
C.Crisp CF 3 2 1 1 .245 M.Young SS 4 1 2 1 .319
K.Youkilis 1B 5 0 2 3 .277 M.Teixeira 1B 4 1 1 0 .290
M.Ramirez LF 5 1 1 2 .337 S.Sosa RF 5 0 1 0 .243
J.Drew RF 3 0 1 0 .229 F.Catalanotto DH 4 1 2 2 .272
M.Lowell 3B 4 0 2 0 .303 M.Byrd LF 4 0 1 2 .250
J.Varitek C 5 0 0 0 .237 I.Kinsler 2B 3 0 0 0 .298
E.Hinske DH 3 2 0 0 .220 G.Laird C 4 1 1 0 .239
J.Lugo SS 5 3 2 0 .204 R.Vazquez 3B 2 0 0 0 .083
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 38 9 13 8 Totals 34 5 10 5
Red Sox......... 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 - 9 13 0
Rangers......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 - 5 10 2
Red Sox (36-13) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Tavarez WIN(5-2) 5 1/3 6 1 1 3 3 0 81 3.10
M.Delcarmen 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0.00
J.Romero 0 1/3 0 3 3 3 0 0 19 8.10
B.Donnelly 0 2/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 14 5.40
H.Okajima 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 18 0.98
J.Papelbon 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 1.56
Totals 9 10 5 5 7 6 0
Rangers (22-28) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
K.Loe LOSS(5-4) 2 2/3 5 4 4 1 3 1 46 6.40
W.Eyre 0 1/3 3 4 4 3 0 0 25 9.90
F.Francisco 1 2/3 2 1 0 2 2 0 36 3.54
S.Feldman 2 2/3 3 0 0 1 1 0 38 1.86
J.Benoit 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4.18
Totals 9 13 9 8 7 6 1
ATTENDANCE- 38,403 DATE- Sunday, May 27th 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Wally Bell, Laz Diaz, Bill Welke, John Hirschbeck
T- 3:38
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 9 Rangers:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 3 Rangers: 3
ERRORS- M.Young, K.Loe
DOUBLES- D.Pedroia-2(13th), K.Youkilis(11th), J.Drew(10th), M.Lowell(9th),
M.Young(9th), M.Teixeira(13th), F.Catalanotto(7th)
TRIPLES- M.Lowell(2nd)
HOME RUNS- M.Ramirez(13th)
WALKS- C.Crisp-2, J.Drew-2, M.Lowell, E.Hinske-2, K.Lofton, M.Young, M.Teixeira,
F.Catalanotto, I.Kinsler, R.Vazquez-2
HIT BY PITCH- M.Byrd
STRIKE OUTS- K.Youkilis, M.Ramirez-2, J.Varitek-2, J.Lugo, M.Teixeira-2, S.Sosa,
M.Byrd, I.Kinsler, G.Laird
GIDP- C.Crisp, M.Lowell-2, K.Lofton, M.Young, M.Byrd
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Michael Young robbed Eric Hinske of a base hit.
Dustin Pedroia had 4 hits and 2 RBI as the Boston Red Sox outscored the Texas
Rangers 9 to 5.
Julian Tavarez(5-2) contributed a pedestrian performance to earn the win. He
went 5 and 1/3 innings allowing 6 hits and 3 walks. Boston had 13 hits for
the game and Texas had 10.
Kameron Loe(5-4) was the loser. Boston scored big getting 4 runs off him in 2
and 2/3 innings.
| The Red Sox get their revenge for yesterday's 10-4 Rangers win with a 10-2 win over the Rangers. The 3-4-5-6 hitters were too much for the Rangers to handle, combining for 10 hits, 7 runs and 8 RBI. Big Papi was the power supply, getting 3 RBI on 2 homers. Tim Wakefield gets the win with 7 solid innings. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Boston Red Sox At 2007 Texas Rangers 5/26/2007
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Rangers AB R H RBI AVG
J.Lugo SS 5 1 1 0 .199 K.Lofton CF 3 0 1 0 .282
K.Youkilis 1B 4 2 0 0 .274 M.Young SS 4 0 2 0 .316
D.Ortiz DH 2 4 2 3 .303 M.Teixeira 1B 4 0 0 0 .291
M.Ramirez LF 4 2 3 1 .341 S.Sosa RF 4 0 1 0 .244
J.Drew RF 5 1 3 2 .227 F.Catalanotto DH 3 0 0 0 .261
M.Lowell 3B 5 0 2 2 .299 M.Byrd LF 4 1 1 0 .250
C.Crisp CF 5 0 0 0 .244 I.Kinsler 2B 4 1 1 2 .303
D.Mirabelli C 4 0 0 0 .308 G.Laird C 4 0 1 0 .239
A.Cora 2B 4 0 0 0 .237 R.Vazquez 3B 3 0 0 0 .091
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 38 10 11 8 Totals 33 2 7 2
Red Sox......... 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 - 10 11 0
Rangers......... 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 1
Red Sox (35-13) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
T.Wakefield WIN(6-2) 7 7 2 2 2 0 1 101 2.28
K.Snyder 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 23 4.15
Totals 9 7 2 2 3 1 1
Rangers (22-27) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
V.Padilla LOSS(3-4) 6 5 4 3 1 3 1 88 3.69
W.Littleton 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 18 11.30
W.Eyre 1 3 4 4 3 0 0 35 8.24
C.Wilson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3.38
Totals 9 11 10 9 4 3 2
ATTENDANCE- 25,457 DATE- Saturday, May 26th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Tim Tschida, Jim Joyce, Jeff Nelson, Jim Wolf
T- 3:10
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 6 Rangers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 Rangers: 1
ERRORS- M.Young
DOUBLES- J.Drew(9th), S.Sosa(12th), G.Laird(7th)
HOME RUNS- D.Ortiz-2(11th), I.Kinsler(6th)
WALKS- K.Youkilis, D.Ortiz-2, M.Ramirez, K.Lofton, F.Catalanotto, R.Vazquez
HIT BY PITCH- D.Ortiz
STRIKE OUTS- K.Youkilis, C.Crisp, A.Cora, R.Vazquez
GIDP- J.Drew
WILD PITCHES- W.Eyre
David Ortiz blasted 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI at Ameriquest Field as the Boston
Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers by the count of 10 to 2.
Ortiz provided the offensive punch. He cleared the fences for a two-run home
run in the 3rd inning and smashed a bases-empty 'big-fly' (his 11th of the
season) in the 8th inning. Texas was out-hit by Boston, 11 hits to 7.
Tim Wakefield(6-2) was the winner allowing 2 runs in 7 innings. Vicente
Padilla(3-4) absorbed the loss. He allowed 4 runs and 5 hits in 6 innings.
| The Nationals slip to 2nd place in the NL East after losing a close one in St. Louis while the Mets were beating the Marlins in Florida. The Nats got 2 early runs, but the Cardinals came back with one in the 4th and 2 in the 5th off Nats starter Micah Bowie. The winning hit was a 2-run homer from Yadier Molina. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Washington Nationals At 2007 St. Louis Cardinals 5/25/2007
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG
F.Lopez 2B 4 0 0 0 .281 D.Eckstein SS 4 1 1 0 .277
C.Guzman SS 4 1 1 0 .347 C.Duncan LF 4 0 2 0 .313
R.Zimmerman 3B 2 1 1 1 .275 D-R.Ludwick LF 0 0 0 0 .263
D.Young 1B 3 0 2 1 .307 A.Pujols 1B 4 0 0 0 .333
C-J.Flores C 1 0 0 0 .267 J.Encarnacion RF 3 0 0 1 .296
A.Kearns RF 4 0 0 0 .274 S.Rolen 3B 2 0 0 0 .225
R.Church LF 4 0 1 0 .177 J.Edmonds CF 3 1 1 0 .307
B.Schneider C 2 0 0 0 .235 Y.Molina C 3 1 2 2 .242
A-T.Batista PH,1B 1 0 0 0 .222 A.Miles 2B 3 0 0 0 .283
N.Logan CF 2 0 1 0 .365 A.Reyes* P 2 0 0 0 .067
M.Bowie P 2 0 0 0 .000 T.Johnson P 1 0 0 0 .000
B-R.Belliard PH 1 0 0 0 .298 J.Isringhausen P 0 0 0 0 ----
W.Abreu P 0 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 30 2 6 2 Totals 29 3 6 3
A-Pinch Hit For Schneider In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Bowie In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Young In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Duncan In 9th Inning
Nationals....... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0
Cardinals....... 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 - 3 6 0
Nationals (28-21) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Bowie LOSS(2-2) 6 4 3 3 0 5 1 70 2.59
W.Abreu 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 43 2.08
Totals 8 6 3 3 1 7 1
Cardinals (20-25) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Reyes* WIN(4-3) 6 6 2 2 1 5 0 90 3.69
T.Johnson HOLD(3rd) 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 21 3.38
J.Isringhaus SAVE(11th) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.00
Totals 9 6 2 2 3 6 0
ATTENDANCE- 45,794 DATE- Friday, May 25th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Dana Demuth, Derryl Cousins, Kerwin Danley, Doug Eddings
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 5 Cardinals: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0 Cardinals: 2
DOUBLES- R.Zimmerman(11th), R.Church(4th)
TRIPLES- C.Guzman(3rd)
HOME RUNS- Y.Molina(4th)
STOLEN BASES- N.Logan(5th), S.Rolen(2nd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Zimmerman, J.Encarnacion
WALKS- R.Zimmerman, T.Batista, N.Logan, S.Rolen
STRIKE OUTS- F.Lopez-2, C.Guzman, J.Flores, A.Kearns, R.Church, A.Pujols-2,
J.Encarnacion-2, Y.Molina, A.Miles, T.Johnson
GIDP- N.Logan
BALKS- W.Abreu-2
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Aaron Miles robbed Austin Kearns of a base hit.
Top 7th: Albert Pujols robbed Nook Logan of a base hit.
The St. Louis Cardinals nipped the Washington Nationals 3 to 2 at Busch
Stadium in a hard fought contest.
In the bottom of the 5th inning St. Louis scored 2 runs. The critical plate
appearance was by Yadier Molina who brought the crowd to their feet when he
blasted a two-run home run (his 4th of the season). Both teams ended up with
6 hits on the night.
Anthony Reyes*(4-3) got the win allowing 2 runs in 6 innings. Jason
Isringhausen recorded the save, his 11th. The loss was charged to Micah
Bowie(2-2). He was stingy with the baserunners, allowing just 4 hits and no
walks in 6 innings.
The St. Louis ballclub's record now stands at 20-25. With the loss, Washington
has a record of 5-5 lately, 28-21 overall.
| The Red Sox lose for the 3rd straight game, this time to the Rangers in the series opener in Arlington. Daisuke Matsuzaka has his 2nd straight poor start, which leads to his 2nd loss of the year. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Boston Red Sox At 2007 Texas Rangers 5/25/2007
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Rangers AB R H RBI AVG
D.Pedroia 2B 5 0 2 2 .364 K.Lofton CF 5 2 2 3 .281
K.Youkilis 1B 5 0 1 0 .280 M.Young SS 5 1 1 1 .312
D.Ortiz DH 3 0 1 0 .295 M.Teixeira 1B 3 0 1 1 .297
M.Ramirez LF 4 0 1 0 .331 S.Sosa RF 5 0 0 0 .244
J.Drew RF 4 0 0 0 .215 F.Catalanotto DH 3 2 1 1 .271
M.Lowell 3B 4 1 1 0 .296 N.Cruz LF 4 2 2 0 .215
J.Varitek C 2 1 1 0 .246 I.Kinsler 2B 1 1 0 1 .304
C.Crisp CF 3 1 1 0 .252 G.Laird C 4 1 2 2 .238
J.Lugo SS 4 1 1 2 .199 R.Vazquez 3B 4 1 1 0 .105
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 4 9 4 Totals 34 10 10 9
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 - 4 9 1
Rangers......... 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 4 - 10 10 0
Red Sox (34-13) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Matsuzaka LOSS(5-2) 5 1/3 7 6 5 3 5 2 88 4.36
J.Lopez 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 0.00
M.Delcarmen 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0.00
J.Pineiro 1 3 4 4 0 1 2 25 3.32
Totals 8 10 10 9 4 7 4
Rangers (22-26) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.McCarthy WIN(3-4) 8 5 1 1 2 4 0 114 4.30
W.Littleton 1 4 3 3 0 0 0 22 10.80
Totals 9 9 4 4 2 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 39,032 DATE- Friday, May 25th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Tim Timmons, Rick Reed, Chuck Meriwether, Al Marquez
T- 3:15
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 7 Rangers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0 Rangers: 1
ERRORS- M.Lowell
DOUBLES- D.Pedroia(11th), M.Ramirez(12th), J.Lugo(10th), K.Lofton(9th)
HOME RUNS- K.Lofton(7th), M.Young(5th), F.Catalanotto(4th), G.Laird(4th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Crisp(10th), J.Lugo(7th)
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Crisp
SACRIFICE FLIES- I.Kinsler
WALKS- D.Ortiz, J.Varitek, M.Teixeira-2, F.Catalanotto, I.Kinsler
HIT BY PITCH- J.Varitek, I.Kinsler
STRIKE OUTS- M.Ramirez, J.Drew-2, M.Lowell, S.Sosa-3, F.Catalanotto, N.Cruz,
G.Laird, R.Vazquez
GIDP- M.Ramirez
The Texas Rangers put 4 runs on the scoreboard in the 8th inning and easily
topped the Boston Red Sox; the final score was 10 to 4.
Brandon McCarthy(3-4) pitched a fine game. He was reached for 5 hits and 2
walks in 8 innings reducing his ERA from 4.87 to 4.30. Texas banged out 10
hits on the night.
The losing pitcher was Daisuke Matsuzaka(5-2). He was knocked around,
surrendering 6 runs in 5 and 1/3 innings.
| What a wild ninth inning in this one! The Nats staked a 2-0 early lead that was erased by a Brandon Phillips 2-run homer in the 4th, then the Reds took the lead on a Ken Griffey Jr. homer in the 6th and added to their lead with an Adam Dunn solo shot in the 8th. That brings us to the 9th, which the Nats entered down by a 4-2 score. Former Nat Mike Stanton was on the mound. He entered in the 8th to face lefty Robert Fick when the Nats had runners on 1st and 2nd, and got the out. The pitcher was due up first, so I pinch hit with Ronnie Belliard, but he grounded out. Felipe Lopez was up next and he doubled. Cristian Guzman singled to score Lopez, which made it a one-run deficit and brought Jared Burton from the 'pen. Ryan Zimmerman lined out to 2nd, and the Nats are down to their last out. Ryan Langerhans extends the rally by hitting a single and moving Guzman to 2nd. Former Red Austin Kearns was up next, and he singled in the tying run! Ryan Church was intentionally walked to load the bases, and the Reds went to the bullpen again for Brad Salmon to face Brian Schneider. Salmon uncorks a wild pitch, scoring the go-ahead run! Schneider is then intentionally walked to re-load the bases, but Fick grounds out to end the Nats half of the inning. Not to be outdone, the Reds rally in the bottom of the inning off closer Chad Cordero. Ryan Freel walks to lead things off, then Juan Castro bunts to advance Freel to 2nd. With 1st open, I intentionally walk Griffey Jr. Cordero then walks Brandon Phillips as well to load the bases for Jeff Conine with just one out. Conine grounds to short, and Lopez fires the ball home for the 2nd out and then Schneider throws to 1st for the game ending double play! The Nats salvage a series split with the Reds and maintain a 1st place tie in the NL East with the Mets. Jesus Colome gets the win, while Cordero gets his 11th save despite the 3 walks in the inning. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Washington Nationals At 2007 Cincinnati Reds 5/24/2007
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG
F.Lopez 2B 5 1 3 0 .286 R.Freel CF 4 0 1 0 .255
C.Guzman SS 5 2 3 1 .353 A.Gonzalez SS 3 0 1 0 .232
R.Zimmerman 3B 5 0 1 1 .273 B-J.Castro SS 0 0 0 0 .273
D.Young 1B 3 1 1 0 .300 K.Griffey Jr RF 3 2 2 1 .297
D-R.Langerhans CF 1 1 1 0 .207 B.Phillips 2B 4 1 2 2 .324
A.Kearns RF 4 0 3 2 .280 J.Conine 1B 5 0 1 0 .209
R.Church LF 2 0 0 0 .175 A.Dunn LF 4 1 2 1 .244
B.Schneider C 4 0 0 0 .238 E.Encarnacion 3B 3 0 1 0 .186
N.Logan CF 3 0 1 0 .360 D.Ross C 4 0 1 0 .243
C-R.Fick PH,1B 2 0 0 0 .150 M.Belisle P 2 0 0 0 .083
C.Cordero P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-S.Hatteberg PH 1 0 0 0 .303
M.Bacsik P 3 0 1 0 .250 G.Majewski P 0 0 0 0 ----
R.King P 0 0 0 0 ---- M.Stanton P 1 0 0 0 .000
J.Colome P 0 0 0 01.000 J.Burton P 0 0 0 0 ----
E-R.Belliard PH,1B 1 0 0 0 .300 B.Salmon P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 38 5 14 4 Totals 34 4 11 4
A-Pinch Hit For Belisle In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Gonzalez In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Logan In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Young In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Colome In 9th Inning
Nationals....... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 5 14 0
Reds............ 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 - 4 11 1
Nationals (28-20) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Bacsik 6 1/3 8 3 3 0 3 2 92 5.56
R.King 0 1/3 1 0 0 2 0 0 20 0.00
J.Colome WIN(4-3) 1 1/3 2 1 1 0 1 1 18 5.22
C.Cordero SAVE(11th) 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 19 8.10
Totals 9 11 4 4 5 4 3
Reds (15-33) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Belisle 7 9 2 2 2 3 0 120 8.32
G.Majewski HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 0.00
M.Stanton HOLD(3rd) 0 2/3 2 2 2 0 0 0 12 6.04
J.Burton L(0-2) BS(1st) 0 1/3 2 1 1 1 0 0 14 5.79
B.Salmon 0 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2.70
Totals 9 14 5 5 5 3 0
ATTENDANCE- 16,834 DATE- Thursday, May 24th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Andy Fletcher, Mike Reilly, Jeff Kellogg, Eric Cooper
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals:12 Reds:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 2 Reds: 2
ERRORS- J.Conine
DOUBLES- F.Lopez(15th), C.Guzman(5th), A.Kearns(14th), K.Griffey Jr(16th),
A.Dunn(8th)
HOME RUNS- K.Griffey Jr(8th), B.Phillips(10th), A.Dunn(11th)
CAUGHT STEALING- N.Logan, B.Phillips
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Castro
WALKS- D.Young, R.Church-3, B.Schneider, R.Freel, A.Gonzalez, K.Griffey Jr-2,
B.Phillips
HIT BY PITCH- A.Kearns, E.Encarnacion
STRIKE OUTS- A.Kearns, B.Schneider, M.Bacsik, R.Freel-2, B.Phillips, M.Belisle
GIDP- R.Zimmerman, N.Logan, J.Conine, D.Ross
WILD PITCHES- B.Salmon
In a dramatic ending the Washington Nationals staged a comeback and held on to
win over the Cincinnati Reds by the count of 5 to 4.
Washington had the game winning rally in the 9th inning scoring 3 runs on 4
hits. After an out was recorded, Felipe Lopez got things rolling when he
doubled. Cristian Guzman was next and he lined a one-base hit resulting in a
run. One out later, Ryan Langerhans stepped in and he smacked a single.
Austin Kearns was up next and he stroked a single plating another run.
Kearns took second on the throw. Ryan Church stepped into the box and was
walked intentionally to load the bases. Brad Salmon then unleashed a wild
pitch scoring the final run of the inning. Washington ended up with 14 hits
for the game while Cincinnati had 11.
The win went to Jesus Colome(4-3) who allowed 1 run in 1 and 1/3 innings. Chad
Cordero earned his 11th save. Jared Burton(0-2) was charged with the loss in
relief. He surrendered 1 run and 2 hits in 1/3 of an inning.
Pete Mackanin was not very talkative after his team's tough loss. 'I'm not in
the mood for questions, but I'm sure Manny Acta will be glad to talk about
the game as long as you have questions to ask.'
| The Nationals lose a close one in Cincinnati when the Reds get 2 runs off Saul Rivera in the 8th. This one looked like it was going to be all Reds early, as they get 5 runs in the 3rd off Nats starter Jason Simontacchi. Instead, the Nats claw back with 2 runs in the 4th, 1 in the 5th, and 2 in the 6th. The longball was a big part of this game as the Reds get a 3 run shot from Scott Hatteberg and a 2 run shot from Adam Dunn in their 5 run innings, while the Nats got solo shots from Ryan Zimmerman and Austin Kearns in the 4th and a 2 run shot from Ryan Church in the 6th. Rivera hit Ryan Freel and walked Hatteberg with 2 outs in the 8th, then allowed a single to Ken Griffey Jr. to break the tie and a double to Brandon Phillips to make it 7-5 Reds. The Nats would get one back in the 9th, but Ryan Church would line out with runners on 1st and 2nd to end the game. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Washington Nationals At 2007 Cincinnati Reds 5/23/2007
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG
F.Lopez 2B 5 0 2 1 .279 R.Freel CF 4 2 2 0 .255
C.Guzman SS 4 0 0 0 .333 S.Hatteberg 1B 4 2 3 3 .306
R.Zimmerman 3B 5 2 2 1 .275 K.Griffey Jr RF 4 1 2 1 .291
D.Young 1B 2 0 0 0 .299 B.Phillips 2B 5 0 2 1 .320
A-R.Belliard PR,1B 2 1 2 1 .302 A.Dunn LF 4 1 1 2 .238
A.Kearns RF 3 1 1 1 .269 E-N.Hopper LF 0 0 0 0 .303
R.Church LF 5 1 1 2 .177 E.Encarnacion 3B 4 0 0 0 .183
B.Schneider C 4 0 0 0 .245 A.Gonzalez SS 4 0 0 0 .230
D-R.Langerhans CF 0 0 0 0 .198 D.Ross C 3 0 0 0 .243
N.Logan CF 2 1 0 0 .362 K.Lohse P 2 1 0 0 .133
S.Rivera P 0 0 0 0 ---- M.Stanton P 0 0 0 0 .000
J.Simontacchi P 1 0 0 0 .250 T.Coffey P 1 0 0 0 .000
W.Abreu P 1 0 0 0 .000 D.Weathers P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-T.Batista PH 1 0 1 0 .250
B.Traber P 0 0 0 0 .000
C-J.Flores PH,C 1 0 0 0 .273
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 6 9 6 Totals 35 7 10 7
A-Pinch Ran For Young In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Abreu In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Traber In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Schneider In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Dunn In 9th Inning
Nationals....... 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 - 6 9 3
Reds............ 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 - 7 10 0
Nationals (27-20) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Simontacch 3 2/3 7 5 4 1 1 2 67 7.79
W.Abreu 2 1/3 1 0 0 2 3 0 38 2.45
B.Traber 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0.00
S.Rivera LOSS(1-1) 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 24 3.22
Totals 8 10 7 6 4 6 2
Reds (15-32) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
K.Lohse 7 7 5 5 4 4 3 121 4.40
M.Stanton 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 5.47
T.Coffey WIN(1-0) 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 11 4.95
D.Weathers SAVE(8th) 0 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 2.92
Totals 9 9 6 6 6 5 3
ATTENDANCE- 16,529 DATE- Wednesday, May 23rd 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Hunter Wendelstedt, Sam Holbrook, Randy Marsh, Bob Davidson
T- 3:41
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 9 Reds: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1 Reds: 0
ERRORS- R.Zimmerman, D.Young-2
DOUBLES- F.Lopez(14th), R.Zimmerman(10th), K.Griffey Jr(15th), B.Phillips(12th)
HOME RUNS- R.Zimmerman(6th), A.Kearns(5th), R.Church(6th), S.Hatteberg(4th),
A.Dunn(10th)
STOLEN BASES- F.Lopez(10th), N.Logan(4th)
WALKS- C.Guzman, D.Young, A.Kearns-2, N.Logan-2, S.Hatteberg, K.Griffey Jr,
D.Ross, K.Lohse
HIT BY PITCH- R.Freel
STRIKE OUTS- D.Young, B.Schneider-2, N.Logan, J.Simontacchi, K.Griffey Jr,
B.Phillips, A.Dunn-3, D.Ross
GIDP- B.Phillips
16,529 fans were treated to a fine game at Great American Bpk as only one run
separated the combatants at game's end. The Cincinnati Reds won by the
slimmest of margins, 7 to 6.
Cincinnati had the winning rally in the bottom of the 8th inning scoring 2
runs on 2 hits. After two were out Ryan Freel started the attack as he was
hit by a pitch. Scott Hatteberg came next and he drew a walk. Ken Griffey
Jr then banged out a single bringing in a run. Brandon Phillips followed and
he doubled scoring the final run of the inning. Washington threatened in the
9th but Cincinnati was able to put down the rally.
Todd Coffey(1-0) picked up the victory, allowing 1 run in 1 inning. David
Weathers earned his 8th save. Saul Rivera(1-1) suffered the loss in relief.
He surrendered 2 runs and 2 hits in 1 inning.
| The Red Sox suffer an ugly loss in the Bronx at the hands of the Yankees. This one was out of hand early, as the Yankees had 3 home runs off Curt Schilling before there was an out in the 2nd. In fact, if not for a great catch by Coco Crisp off a Matsui blast, it would have been 4 homers! Schilling settles down a bit, but ends up allowing 6 runs over his 5 innings of work. JC Romero and Kyle Snyder are little relief, but it doesn't matter as Andy Pettitte was dealing a 4 hit shutout. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Boston Red Sox At 2007 New York (AL) Yankees 5/23/2007
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
D.Pedroia 2B 4 0 2 0 .362 J.Damon CF 4 1 2 0 .276
C.Crisp CF 4 0 0 0 .250 D.Jeter SS 4 2 2 1 .291
D.Ortiz DH 3 0 1 0 .295 H.Matsui LF 4 0 0 1 .218
M.Ramirez LF 4 0 0 0 .333 A.Rodriguez 3B 5 1 3 1 .361
K.Youkilis 1B 3 0 0 0 .283 J.Posada C 5 1 3 2 .374
M.Lowell 3B 3 0 0 0 .297 B.Abreu RF 5 0 0 0 .246
J.Varitek C 2 0 0 0 .242 J.Giambi DH 2 3 1 1 .214
W.Pena RF 3 0 1 0 .170 R.Cano 2B 4 1 2 2 .253
J.Lugo SS 3 0 0 0 .198 D.Mientkiewicz 1B 4 1 2 2 .214
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 29 0 4 0 Totals 37 10 15 10
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1
Yankees......... 3 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 - 10 15 0
Red Sox (34-12) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Schilling LOSS(5-3) 5 9 6 6 0 5 3 94 3.33
J.Romero 0 1/3 1 2 2 2 0 0 16 5.59
K.Snyder 2 2/3 5 2 2 1 1 0 42 4.70
Totals 8 15 10 10 3 6 3
Yankees (27-18) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Pettitte WIN(7-1) 9 4 0 0 1 5 0 109 2.09
Totals 9 4 0 0 1 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 51,660 DATE- Wednesday, May 23rd 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Tim Tschida, Jim Joyce, Jeff Nelson, Jim Wolf
T- 2:41
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 4 Yankees: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0 Yankees: 2
ERRORS- J.Lugo
DOUBLES- W.Pena(4th), A.Rodriguez(14th), D.Mientkiewicz(7th)
TRIPLES- D.Mientkiewicz(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Posada(9th), J.Giambi(7th), R.Cano(4th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Jeter, H.Matsui
WALKS- D.Ortiz, J.Damon, J.Giambi-2
HIT BY PITCH- J.Varitek
STRIKE OUTS- C.Crisp, D.Ortiz, M.Ramirez, K.Youkilis, M.Lowell, D.Jeter,
A.Rodriguez, B.Abreu-2, R.Cano, D.Mientkiewicz
GIDP- C.Crisp, J.Lugo
WEB GEMS- Bot 1st: Coco Crisp robbed Hideki Matsui of a Homerun!
Jorge Posada blasted a homerun and had 2 RBI and Andy Pettitte went 9 strong
innings at Yankee Stadium as the New York (AL) Yankees, running on all
cylinders, ripped the Boston Red Sox by a large 10 to 0 margin.
New York (AL) took the lead off Curt Schilling in the first inning as they
scored 3 runs on 3 base hits. That was all Pettitte(7-1) needed. New York
(AL) had 15 hits for the night.
The loss was charged to Schilling(5-3). He allowed 3 homeruns in 5 innings of
work.
| The Nats can't capture that recent comeback magic in this one, and instead fall to the Reds by a 2-1 score. They loaded the bases in the 9th for recent hero Ryan Zimmerman, but he hit a fly ball to center field to end the game. The deciding run for the Reds ends up being a 6th inning home run by Ken Griffey off Nats starter Matt Chico, who took the loss. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Washington Nationals At 2007 Cincinnati Reds 5/22/2007
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG
F.Lopez 2B 5 0 1 0 .276 R.Freel CF 4 0 1 0 .250
C.Guzman SS 3 0 1 0 .356 A.Gonzalez SS 4 0 1 0 .236
R.Zimmerman 3B 5 0 0 0 .271 B-J.Castro SS 0 0 0 0 .273
D.Young 1B 3 0 1 0 .303 K.Griffey Jr RF 4 1 1 1 .286
C-R.Belliard PR,1B 0 0 0 0 .293 B.Phillips 2B 4 1 2 0 .318
A.Kearns RF 2 0 0 0 .268 J.Conine 1B 4 0 1 1 .210
B.Schneider C 4 1 1 0 .252 A.Dunn LF 1 0 0 0 .238
N.Logan CF 3 0 2 0 .378 D-N.Hopper LF 0 0 0 0 .303
R.Langerhans LF 3 0 0 1 .198 E.Encarnacion 3B 2 0 0 0 .189
M.Chico P 2 0 0 0 .143 D.Ross C 3 0 0 0 .248
A-R.Fick PH 1 0 0 0 .155 K.Saarloos P 2 0 0 0 .000
J.Rauch P 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Weathers P 1 0 0 0 .000
E-R.Church PH 1 0 0 0 .176 J.Burton P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 32 1 6 1 Totals 29 2 6 2
A-Pinch Hit For Chico In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Gonzalez In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Young In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Dunn In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Rauch In 9th Inning
Nationals....... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 0
Reds............ 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 2 6 1
Nationals (27-19) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Chico LOSS(6-2) 6 5 2 2 3 4 1 85 3.30
J.Rauch 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 20 1.63
Totals 8 6 2 2 3 6 1
Reds (14-32) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
K.Saarloos 5 3 1 1 5 0 0 81 2.45
D.Weathers WIN(1-3) 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 38 2.96
J.Burton SAVE(1st) 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 21 5.27
Totals 9 6 1 1 7 1 0
ATTENDANCE- 16,605 DATE- Tuesday, May 22nd 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Derryl Cousins, Kerwin Danley, Doug Eddings, Dana Demuth
T- 2:29
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals:11 Reds: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1 Reds: 2
ERRORS- K.Saarloos
DOUBLES- C.Guzman(4th), A.Gonzalez(6th), J.Conine(4th)
HOME RUNS- K.Griffey Jr(7th)
WALKS- C.Guzman-2, D.Young, A.Kearns-2, N.Logan, R.Langerhans, A.Dunn-2,
E.Encarnacion
STRIKE OUTS- R.Church, R.Freel, J.Conine, E.Encarnacion, D.Ross, K.Saarloos,
D.Weathers
GIDP- D.Young, R.Langerhans, E.Encarnacion
WILD PITCHES- M.Chico, K.Saarloos
WEB GEMS- Bot 4th: Cristian Guzman robbed Adam Dunn of a base hit.
16,605 fans were treated to a fine game at Great American Bpk as only one run
separated the combatants at game's end. The Cincinnati Reds won by the
slimmest of margins, 2 to 1.
In the bottom of the 6th inning Cincinnati scored 1 run. Ken Griffey Jr hit a
bases-empty home run (his 7th of the season). Washington had a chance to
come back in the 9th but they came up short.
The win went to David Weathers(1-3) who allowed no runs in 3 innings. Jared
Burton gained credit for his 1st save. Matt Chico(6-2) was tagged with the
loss.
Pete Mackanin was in a talkative mood in the clubhouse, 'Great game! If only
we could win all of the close ones - wouldn't that be nice! Since that's not
going to happen, I think I'll savor this one for a little while.'
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