September 21, 2007: Nationals 5 Phillies 4 (10)

Posted by spooky at 8:08 AM




Nats starter Shawn Hill was going for his 8th win against no losses in this game, but instead it's Jon Rauch out of the bullpen who goes to 8-0 as the Nats win it in 10. The win combined with a Mets loss puts the Nats magic number at 2.

The Phillies brought in Tom Gordon to pitch the 9th, and he was able to retire the top of the Nats order in order. They left him in for the 10th, which would prove to be a mistsake. He plunks Wily Mo Pena to lead off the inning, then walks both Ryan Church and Austin Kearns to load the bases. At this point the Phillies go to Brett Myers out of the pen, but he's no help as he allows a single to Robert Fick which brings in the winning run.

In other playoff news, the Los Angeles Angels clinched the AL East thanks to Oakland's loss today. The Mets lost, but so did the wild card leading Cubs, keeping the Mets just a half game back. The defending world champion Houston Astros are a game back in the wild card. In the AL, the Yankees have a 4 game lead over the Indians and A's in the wild card race. The Indians have a better chance of winning the division, where they are only 2 games behind the Twins.


Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2007 Philadelphia Phillies At 2007 Washington Nationals   9/21/2007
 
  Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Rollins SS        5  1  3  1 .311     F.Lopez SS          3  0  0  0 .247  
  C.Utley 2B          5  0  1  0 .312     R.Belliard 2B       5  0  2  0 .283  
  P.Burrell LF        5  1  1  1 .273     R.Zimmerman 3B      5  0  0  0 .270  
  R.Howard 1B         4  1  1  1 .287     W.Pena LF           3  1  0  0 .396  
  A.Rowand CF         4  0  0  0 .294     R.Church CF         3  2  2  1 .223  
  G.Dobbs 3B          4  0  2  0 .300     A.Kearns RF         3  2  2  2 .245  
  J.Werth RF          4  1  1  0 .320     R.Fick 1B           5  0  2  1 .211  
  C.Ruiz C            4  0  1  0 .266     B.Schneider C       4  0  1  1 .236  
  A.Eaton P           2  0  2  0 .150     S.Hill P            1  0  0  0 .148  
  J.Romero P          0  0  0  0 .000   A-C.Guzman PH         1  0  0  0 .316  
C-M.Bourn PH          1  0  0  0 .373     L.Ayala P           0  0  0  0 ----  
  T.Gordon P          0  0  0  0 .000     M.Bowie P           0  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Myers P           0  0  0  0 .125     S.Rivera P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        B-R.Langerhans PH     1  0  0  0 .172  
                                          J.Rauch P           0  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38  4 12  3                 Totals      34  5  9  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Hill In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Rivera In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Romero In 9th Inning
 
Phillies........ 2 1 0  0 0 1  0 0 0  0 -  4 12  1
Nationals....... 0 2 2  0 0 0  0 0 0  1 -  5  9  0
 
Phillies (76-78)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
A.Eaton                   7 2/3   8   4   4   5   7   2 140   6.28
J.Romero                  0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   5.17
T.Gordon LOSS(2-3)        1       0   1   1   2   1   0  24   2.81
B.Myers                   0       1   0   0   0   0   0   5   5.48
Totals                    9       9   5   5   7   9   2
 
Nationals (88-66)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
S.Hill                    6      10   4   4   0   5   2  79   3.15
L.Ayala                   0 1/3   2   0   0   0   0   0   9   4.60
M.Bowie                   0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.28
S.Rivera                  1 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0  14   4.31
J.Rauch WIN(8-0)          2       0   0   0   0   1   0  22   1.53
Totals                   10      12   4   4   0   7   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 32,600 DATE- Friday, September 21st 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Bill Hohn, Brian O'Nora, Phil Cuzzi, Jerry Crawford
T- 3:17
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 5  Nationals:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 1  Nationals: 1
ERRORS- J.Rollins
DOUBLES- J.Rollins(36th), R.Church(29th), R.Fick(4th)
HOME RUNS- P.Burrell(34th), R.Howard(48th), R.Church(21st), A.Kearns(13th)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Ruiz
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Eaton, S.Hill
WALKS- F.Lopez-2, W.Pena, R.Church-2, A.Kearns-2
HIT BY PITCH- W.Pena
STRIKE OUTS- P.Burrell, R.Howard-3, A.Rowand, G.Dobbs, J.Werth, F.Lopez-2,
             R.Belliard, R.Zimmerman, W.Pena-3, R.Fick, R.Langerhans
GIDP- P.Burrell, B.Schneider
 
The Washington Nationals edged the Philadelphia Phillies in 10 innings at RFK
STADIUM by the score of 5 to 4.
 
The game was deadlocked at 4 after nine full innings.  Finally, Washington
pulled the game out in the 10th inning.  Wily Mo Pena was hit by a pitch.
Ryan Church next to the plate and he drew a walk.  Austin Kearns then drew a
walk to load the bases.  Robert Fick stepped in and he lined a base-hit
making Washington victorious to the delight of the the home town crowd.
Washington won despite being out-hit by Philadelphia 12 hits to 9.  
 
Jon Rauch(8-0) went 2 innings allowing no runs for the victory. Tom
Gordon(2-3) was hit with the loss in relief.  He gave up 1 run and no hits in
1 inning.








 

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