| The Nationals close out a terrible June with a win, which makes them 10-16 in the month. This one was 2-0 Nats for a while thanks to a couple early runs and a solid start by Jason Bergmann, then the Pirates pulled within a run in the 7th before the Nats busted it open in the top of the 8th with 3 runs on 5 hits, the big clout belonging to Dmitri Young with his 4th homer of the year. Still, it ended up being a harrowing experience as the Pirates rally in the bottom of the 8th and the Nats barely escape with the one run lead. The Pirates 8th: [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 *** SUBSTITUTE LF- Ryan Langerhans SUBSTITUTE P - Saul Rivera SUBSTITUTE 1B- Tony Batista 0 J.Bautista 1-12 10 4 Single b-1 0 1 F.Sanchez 4-11 5 Fly Out b-0 1 1 A.Laroche 3- 2 3 HBP 1-2 b-1 1 12 X.Nady 6- 4 5 Single 2-3 1-2 b-1 1 123 R.Doumit 4- 5 3 Strike Out b-0 SUBSTITUTE PH- Jason Bay 2 123 J.Bay 3- 4 8 2 Single 3-H 2-3 1-2 b-1 SUBSTITUTE P - Chad Cordero 2 123 J.Wilson 1 Wild Pitch 3-H 2-3 1-2 SUBSTITUTE PR- Rajai Davis 2 23 J.Wilson 5- 8 2 1 Base Error - 2B 3-H 2-3 b-1 SUBSTITUTE PH- Jose Castillo 2 1 3 J.Castillo 4- 4 1 Foul Out b-0 OK, so Rivera didn't have his best stuff. After allowing a bases-loaded single to Jason Bay, I bring in closer Chad Cordero to (hopefully) get the third out. Instead, Cordero uncorks a wild pitch to score another run. The next batter grounds to 2nd, but Ronnie Belliard commits an error and another run comes in! The next batter went to the catcher's x-chart, but thank god it wasn't a passed ball or error, it was just a foul pop for the 3rd out. Oh and in case you were wondering how you hit a double and a triple in an inning, score no runs, and only send 3 batters to the plate, this is how: [1]*** TOP OF INNING 2 *** 0 B.Schneider 5- 3 5 Double b-2 0 2 J.Bergmann 4 Pop Out Double Play 2-o b-0 2 N.Logan 2- 6 8 4 Triple b-0 The explanation: Schneider doubles, and I try to sacrifice with the pitcher Bergmann. Bergmann goes to 2 strikes but it is still a 56% chance, so I go for it. Instead he pops out to 2nd and the Pirates double off Schneider! Next Nook Logan hits a triple (his 2nd of the game), and is a 1-10 for an inside the park homer. Since there's 2 outs I try it, and sure enough he pulls a 12 and is out at the plate. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Washington Nationals At 2007 Pittsburgh Pirates 6/30/2007
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
N.Logan CF 5 1 2 0 .351 N.McLouth CF 5 0 0 0 .296
F.Lopez SS 5 0 1 1 .268 J.Bautista 3B 5 1 2 0 .225
R.Zimmerman 3B 3 2 1 0 .276 F.Sanchez 2B 4 0 1 0 .302
D.Young 1B 3 1 2 2 .304 A.Laroche 1B 3 1 0 0 .239
B-R.Langerhans LF 0 0 0 0 .179 X.Nady LF 4 1 2 0 .251
R.Belliard 2B 3 1 2 1 .303 R.Doumit RF,C 4 1 1 1 .270
A.Kearns RF 4 0 1 0 .237 R.Paulino C 2 0 1 0 .311
R.Church LF 4 0 1 1 .211 D-J.Bay PH 1 0 1 1 .255
S.Rivera P 0 0 0 0 ---- E-R.Davis PR,RF 0 0 0 0 .294
C.Cordero P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Wilson SS 4 0 2 0 .313
B.Schneider C 4 0 1 0 .232 T.Gorzelanny P 2 0 0 0 .136
J.Bergmann P 3 0 0 0 .143 A-M.Kata PH 1 0 0 0 .281
C-T.Batista 1B 1 0 0 0 .290 T.Armas Jr P 0 0 0 0 .067
F-J.Castillo PH 1 0 0 0 .150
M.Capps P 0 0 0 0 .875
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Totals 35 5 11 5 Totals 36 4 10 2
A-Pinch Hit For Gorzelanny In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Young In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Bergmann In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Paulino In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Bay In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Armas Jr In 8th Inning
Nationals....... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 5 11 1
Pirates......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 - 4 10 0
Nationals (40-40) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Bergmann WIN(2-5) 7 6 1 1 3 5 1 90 3.92
S.Rivera 0 2/3 3 3 2 0 1 0 22 5.56
C.Cordero SAVE(15th) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 5.59
Totals 9 10 4 3 3 6 1
Pirates (36-44) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
T.Gorzelanny LOSS(5-9) 7 6 2 2 2 4 0 112 3.52
T.Armas Jr 1 5 3 3 0 1 1 24 3.58
M.Capps 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 2.79
Totals 9 11 5 5 2 6 1
ATTENDANCE- 20,976 DATE- Saturday, June 30th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Andy Fletcher, Mike Reilly, Jeff Kellogg, Eric Cooper
T- 2:59
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 6 Pirates: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 2 Pirates: 1
ERRORS- R.Belliard
DOUBLES- B.Schneider(12th), J.Wilson(22nd)
TRIPLES- N.Logan-2(2nd)
HOME RUNS- D.Young(4th), R.Doumit(5th)
STOLEN BASES- F.Lopez(19th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Belliard
WALKS- R.Zimmerman, D.Young, F.Sanchez, A.Laroche, R.Paulino
HIT BY PITCH- A.Laroche
STRIKE OUTS- N.Logan-2, F.Lopez, R.Zimmerman, R.Church, J.Bergmann, N.McLouth-2,
A.Laroche, R.Doumit, T.Gorzelanny-2
GIDP- N.McLouth, R.Doumit
WILD PITCHES- C.Cordero, J.Bergmann
First baseman Dmitri Young slammed a homerun and had 2 RBI as the Washington
Nationals topped the Pittsburgh Pirates by a score of 5 to 4 at PNC
Park.
Washington started with a bang, jumping out to an early lead in their half of
the first scoring one runner utilizing 3 base hits. Nook Logan tripled.
Felipe Lopez stepped up next and he banged out a single scoring the run.
Pittsburgh made it exciting in the 9th, but they were unable to push the
needed runs across.
Jason Bergmann(2-5) got credit for the victory, pitching 7 innings and
allowing 1 run. Chad Cordero recorded the save, his 15th. Tom
Gorzelanny(5-9) suffered the loss.
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