| A remarkable series for the Nats ends in truly remarkable fashion, as Jason Bergmann no-hits the Cubs for 8 2/3 innings but the Nationals need 15 innings to finally push a run across and win the game. This is the 2nd game in the series to end 1-0 in extra innings. It is the 3rd straight game to go to extra innings, with the previous 2 games going 12 and 13 innings respectively. The win completes the series sweep of the Cubs, which has cost the Cubs first place in the NL Central. The story starts with Bergmann, who was quite simply dominating the Cub hitters. Only 3 batters reached base in the first 8 innings - one by walk, 2 by error, and none by hit. In the 9th, Bergmann struck out Soriano (for the 4th time!) to start the inning, then got Mike Fontenot to fly out to center. That left old friend Daryle Ward between Bergmann and history, and wouldn't you know that he lines a ball down the right field line, fair. Bergmann struck out Aramis Ramirez for the 3rd out, his 10th K of the game. In a sense, it's probably better that Bergmann didn't get the no-hitter because the Nats didn't bother scoring any runs either. It would have been nice to win it in the bottom of the 9th, but they waste a Nook Logan leadoff single. Instead, the bullpens take over and keep up the scoreless battle. The Cubs finally get their 2nd hit of the game in the 12th, a leadoff single by Fontenot, but he would be stranded at 2nd. The Cubs threaten in the 13th, loading the bases without benefit of a hit. They get a one out walk, followed by a Felipe Lopez error at short to put runners on 2nd and 3rd. I intentionally walk Ramirez with first open, and it works out as the next 2 batters foul out and fly out to end the threat. Finally in the 15th, the Nats rally. Ryan Church gets a leadoff single. The pitcher's spot comes up, so I go to the last hitter on the bench, D'Angelo Jimenez. Jimenez rips a double to put runners on 2nd and 3rd with no outs. Tony Batista grounds out and Jesus Flores flies out, but then Nook Logan walks to load the bases. The Cubs go to Scott Eyre out of the 'pen to face Felipe Lopez, but Lopez singles to score the winning run! oh, and in a game that was bad for the Cubs offense, it doesn't get any worse than Alfonso Soriano. 0 for 6, 6 K's! |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Chicago (NL) Cubs At 2007 Washington Nationals 7/5/2007
Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
A.Soriano LF,CF 6 0 0 0 .276 N.Logan CF 6 0 2 0 .356
M.Fontenot 2B 5 0 1 0 .266 F.Lopez SS 7 0 2 1 .260
D.Ward 1B 4 0 1 0 .282 R.Zimmerman 3B 6 0 2 0 .275
C-F.Pie PR 0 0 0 0 .234 D.Young 1B 2 0 0 0 .307
D-M.Derosa 1B,RF 2 0 0 0 .327 A-R.Langerhans PR,LF, 3 0 0 0 .174
A.Ramirez 3B 5 0 0 0 .356 R.Belliard 2B 6 0 0 0 .298
C.Floyd RF 2 0 0 0 .361 B.Schneider C 4 0 1 0 .237
E-D.Lee PH,1B 3 0 0 0 .335 J.Rauch P 0 0 0 0 .000
J.Jones CF 4 0 0 0 .270 G-R.Church PH,LF 2 1 1 0 .206
H-R.Theriot PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .255 A.Kearns RF 4 0 1 0 .236
K.Hill C 6 0 0 0 .119 B.Traber P 0 0 0 0 .000
C.Izturis SS 6 0 0 0 .272 S.Rivera P 0 0 0 0 ----
S.Marshall P 2 0 0 0 .143 J-D.Jimenez PH 1 0 1 0 .316
C.Marmol P 1 0 0 0 .000 R.Fick LF 2 0 0 0 .147
B.Howry P 1 0 0 0 .167 B-T.Batista 1B 4 0 0 0 .237
I-A.Pagan PH 1 0 0 0 .117 J.Bergmann P 3 0 0 0 .125
S.Gallagher P 1 0 0 0 .000 R.King P 0 0 0 0 ----
S.Eyre P 0 0 0 0 .000 F-J.Flores C 3 0 0 0 .218
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Totals 50 0 2 0 Totals 53 1 10 1
A-Pinch Ran For Young In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Fick In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Ward In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Pie In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Floyd In 10th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (C ) For King In 11th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Rauch In 12th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Jones In 13th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Howry In 13th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For Rivera In 15th Inning
Cubs............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0
Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 10 4
Cubs (47-37) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
S.Marshall 5 2/3 2 0 0 0 3 0 63 3.59
C.Marmol 4 2 0 0 2 4 0 58 2.45
B.Howry 2 1/3 2 0 0 0 3 0 30 3.75
S.Gallagher LOSS(0-1) 2 2/3 3 1 1 1 0 0 48 21.32
S.Eyre 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 6.39
Totals 14 2/3 10 1 1 3 10 0
Nationals (44-41) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Bergmann 9 1 0 0 1 10 0 106 3.42
R.King 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 23 0.95
J.Rauch 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 1.54
B.Traber 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 23 5.01
S.Rivera WIN(5-2) 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 33 5.32
Totals 15 2 0 0 4 13 0
ATTENDANCE- 32,873 DATE- Thursday, July 5th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Ed Montague, Jerry Layne, Bill Miller, Marvin Hudson
T- 4:35
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 9 Nationals:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 0 Nationals: 0
ERRORS- N.Logan, F.Lopez, R.Zimmerman, D.Young
DOUBLES- N.Logan(7th), D.Jimenez(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- R.Theriot(7th)
CAUGHT STEALING- A.Kearns
WALKS- M.Fontenot, A.Ramirez, C.Floyd, R.Theriot, N.Logan, D.Young, A.Kearns
STRIKE OUTS- A.Soriano-6, M.Fontenot, D.Ward-2, A.Ramirez, K.Hill, C.Izturis,
S.Marshall, F.Lopez, R.Zimmerman-2, R.Langerhans-2, R.Belliard-2,
B.Schneider, A.Kearns, R.Fick
WILD PITCHES- C.Marmol
Felipe Lopez had 2 base hits and Jason Bergmann carried a no-hitter into the
9th inning at RFK STADIUM as the Washington Nationals beat the reeling
Chicago (NL) Cubs in 15 innings 1 to 0.
Neither team scored in the first nine innings. Washington ended up winning it
in the 15th inning. Ryan Church banged out a single. D'Angelo Jimenez next
to the plate and he doubled. Two outs later Nook Logan stepped up to the
plate and he drew a walk to load the bases. Lopez came up and he stroked a
base-hit making Washington victorious to the delight of the the home town
crowd. Washington finished with 10 hits while Chicago (NL) ended up with 2.
Saul Rivera(5-2) was the winner allowing no runs in 2 innings. The
right-handed Bergmann lost his no-hit bid when Daryle Ward singled with two
outs in the 9th inning. The loss was charged to Sean Gallagher(0-1) in
relief. He gave up 1 run and 3 hits in 2 and 2/3 innings.
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