| From the "you couldn't script it any better" department, the Nationals win for the 2nd straight day on a Ronnie Belliard walk-off homer. Yesterday it was a 12th inning solo shot in a scoreless game, this time it was a 3-run shot in the 13th. The real story though was how the game got to 5-5 in the first place. The Cubs broke a 1-1 tie in the 8th with a run, then took a 5-1 lead with 3 more in the 9th. The Cubs 9th: [1]*** TOP OF INNING 9 *** SUBSTITUTE LF- Ryan Church 0 M.Derosa 3-11 3 Fly Out b-0 1 A.Pagan 1- 6 3 Ground Out b-0 2 M.Fontenot 3- 5 3 Single b-1 2 1 R.Bowen 6- 2 1 5 Single 1-2 b-1 SUBSTITUTE PH- Jacque Jones SUBSTITUTE P - Ray King 2 12 J.Jones 6- 2 3 1 Base Error - P 2-3 1-2 b-1 2 123 A.Soriano 6-10 6 Walk 3-H 2-3 1-2 b-1 SUBSTITUTE P - Luis Ayala SUBSTITUTE RF- Ryan Langerhans 2 123 R.Theriot 6- 7 9 5 Single 3-H 2-3 1-2 b-1 2 123 D.Lee 3- 3 3 HBP 3-H 2-3 1-2 b-1 2 123 A.Ramirez 1- 9 6 Fly Out b-0 As you can see, an error loaded the bases with 2 outs, then 3 straight batters knock in a single run with a one base advancement (walk, single, HBP). The Nats counter with this: [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 *** SUBSTITUTE P - Mike Wuertz 0 R.Langerhan 5- 5 2 2 Home Run b-H 0 N.Logan 2- 6 14 4 Single b-1 0 1 1 Stolen Base 1-2 0 2 F.Lopez 5- 6 18 3 Single 2-H b-1 SUBSTITUTE P - Bob Howry 0 1 R.Zimmerman 3- 5 6 Single 1-2 b-1 0 12 D.Young 2-10 4 Single 2-H 1-2 b-1 0 12 R.Belliard 4- 8 4 Strike Out b-0 SUBSTITUTE PH- Brian Schneider 1 12 B.Schneider 2- 4 4 Walk 2-3 1-2 b-1 1 123 R.Church 4- 8 5 Pop Out b-0 2 123 J.Flores 4-10 5 1 Base Error - SS 3-H 2-3 1-2 b-1 2 123 R.Langerhan 2-10 3 Strike Out b-0 When Langerhans led off with the homer, I thought maybe they could get a rally going. Before you know it they get 4 straight hits and are down by just one run. A Brian Schneider walk loads the bases, Ryan Church pops out, but the Nats also take advantage of an error when Jesus Flores scores on Ryan Theriot's miscue. 4 innings later, the Nats get the winning hit from Belliard and now have a 3 game winning streak! |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Chicago (NL) Cubs At 2007 Washington Nationals 7/4/2007
Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
A.Soriano LF 6 2 3 1 .281 N.Logan CF 7 1 4 0 .357
R.Theriot SS 7 0 3 2 .256 F.Lopez SS 6 1 1 1 .259
D.Lee 1B 4 0 1 2 .339 R.Zimmerman 3B 7 2 2 0 .274
A.Ramirez 3B 5 0 0 0 .362 D.Young 1B 5 1 2 1 .309
M.Derosa RF 5 0 1 0 .330 R.Belliard 2B 7 2 2 3 .305
G-F.Pie PR,CF 1 0 1 0 .234 A.Kearns RF 3 0 0 0 .236
A.Pagan CF,RF 4 0 0 0 .119 L.Ayala P 0 0 0 0 ----
M.Fontenot 2B 6 1 2 0 .269 F-B.Schneider PH,C 1 0 0 0 .237
R.Bowen C 5 1 1 0 .163 R.Fick LF 2 0 0 0 .150
R.Hill P 2 0 0 0 .056 C-R.Church PH,LF 2 0 0 0 .204
B-D.Ward PH 1 0 0 0 .284 J.Flores C 5 0 2 1 .227
C.Marmol P 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Cordero P 0 0 0 0 ----
W.Ohman P 0 0 0 0 .000 H-D.Jimenez PH 1 0 0 0 .278
D-J.Jones PH 1 1 0 0 .275 C.Schroder P 0 0 0 0 ----
M.Wuertz P 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Chico P 2 0 0 0 .088
B.Howry P 1 0 0 0 .200 A-T.Batista PH 1 0 0 0 .265
S.Eyre P 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Rivera P 0 0 0 0 ----
I-C.Floyd PH 1 0 0 0 .365 R.King P 0 0 0 0 ----
B.Petrick P 0 0 0 0 ---- E-R.Langerhans RF 2 1 1 1 .178
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Totals 49 5 12 5 Totals 51 8 14 7
A-Pinch Hit For Chico In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hill In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Fick In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Ohman In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (RF) For King In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Ayala In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Ran For Derosa In 10th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Cordero In 12th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Eyre In 13th Inning
Cubs............ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 - 5 12 1
Nationals....... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 - 8 14 2
Cubs (47-36) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Hill 7 5 1 1 4 9 0 111 3.82
C.Marmol HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 3.00
W.Ohman HOLD(3rd) 0 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 8.86
M.Wuertz 0 3 3 3 0 0 1 10 6.14
B.Howry BS(2nd) 3 2 1 0 1 3 0 54 3.94
S.Eyre 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 20 6.39
B.Petrick LOSS(0-2) 0 3 3 3 0 0 1 13 13.50
Totals 12 14 8 7 8 13 2
Nationals (43-41) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Chico 7 4 1 0 3 5 0 96 3.80
S.Rivera 1 2/3 4 3 1 0 1 0 36 5.56
R.King 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9 1.01
L.Ayala 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 3.18
C.Cordero 3 2 0 0 1 3 0 45 4.91
C.Schroder WIN(1-0) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 0.00
Totals 13 12 5 1 5 10 0
ATTENDANCE- 21,023 DATE- Wednesday, July 4th 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Doug Eddings, Dana Demuth, Derryl Cousins, Kerwin Danley
T- 4:02
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs:12 Nationals:15
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 0 Nationals: 1
ERRORS- R.Theriot, F.Lopez, R.King
DOUBLES- A.Soriano-2(21st), J.Flores(2nd)
HOME RUNS- R.Belliard(6th), R.Langerhans(6th)
STOLEN BASES- N.Logan-2(13th), F.Lopez(20th)
CAUGHT STEALING- A.Pagan
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Lee
WALKS- A.Soriano, A.Ramirez, A.Pagan-2, R.Bowen, F.Lopez, D.Young-2, A.Kearns,
B.Schneider, R.Fick, R.Church, R.Langerhans
HIT BY PITCH- D.Lee
STRIKE OUTS- A.Soriano, D.Lee, A.Ramirez, A.Pagan, M.Fontenot, R.Bowen-3,
R.Hill, B.Howry, N.Logan-3, F.Lopez-3, R.Zimmerman, R.Belliard,
A.Kearns-2, R.Fick, J.Flores, R.Langerhans
WILD PITCHES- C.Cordero
WEB GEMS- Bot 11th: Ryan Theriot robbed Ronnie Belliard of a base hit.
Ronnie Belliard went yard and had 3 RBI as the Washington Nationals defeated
the Chicago (NL) Cubs in 13 innings by the score of 8 to 5 at RFK
STADIUM.
Both teams were tied at 5 runs apiece after nine innings. Finally, Washington
pulled the game out in the 13th inning. Ryan Zimmerman led off and keyed the
rally when he ripped a base-knock. Dmitri Young stepped up to the plate and
he stroked a base-hit. Belliard then clubbed a three-run home run (his 6th
of the season) making Washington the winners and sending the 21,023 fans home
happy. Washington had a total of 14 hits for the game.
The victory went to Chris Schroder(1-0) who went 1 inning, allowing no runs.
Billy Petrick(0-2) suffered the loss in relief. He was unable to retire a
batter giving up 3 hits and no walks.
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