September 22, 2007: Nationals 5 Phillies 4 (11) - Nationals clinch NL East

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The 2007 National League East Champions, the Washington Nationals! The Nationals will return to the playoffs after a 1 year hiatus. The Phillies bullpen betrayed them again - Fabio Castro entered in the bottom of the 11th and gave up a game winning bomb to pinch hitter Wily Mo Pena. The Phillies almost coughed it up in the 9th, when Jose Mesa sandwiched 2 walks around a single to load the bases. Fortunately for the Phillies, Geoff Geary came in and got Austin Kearns to ground into a double play.

The Nats clinch the division because of their win and the Mets' loss to the Marlins. The Mets are now third in the wild card standings, 1 1/2 games back. The Astros are just 1 game back of the Cubs.


Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2007 Philadelphia Phillies At 2007 Washington Nationals   9/22/2007
 
  Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Rollins SS        6  0  1  0 .310     N.Logan CF          4  1  2  1 .333  
  C.Utley 2B          3  1  0  0 .309     F.Lopez SS          5  0  2  1 .248  
  P.Burrell LF        5  2  2  3 .275     R.Zimmerman 3B      4  0  0  0 .268  
  R.Howard 1B         5  0  1  0 .287     A.Kearns RF         4  1  2  0 .247  
  A.Rowand CF         3  1  2  0 .296     R.Church LF         4  1  2  0 .225  
  G.Dobbs 3B          5  0  0  0 .296     R.Belliard 2B       4  1  1  0 .282  
  J.Werth RF          4  0  2  0 .323     R.Fick 1B           4  0  1  1 .212  
B-M.Bourn PR,RF       1  0  0  0 .370     B.Schneider C       5  0  2  1 .238  
  C.Coste C           5  0  1  1 .248     T.Redding P         2  0  0  0 .074  
  K.Kendrick P        3  0  0  0 .128   A-J.Maxwell PH        1  0  0  0 .375  
C-S.Victorino PH      0  0  0  0 .245     S.Rivera P          0  0  0  0 ----  
  J.Mesa P            0  0  0  01.000     J.Albaladejo P      0  0  0  0 ----  
  G.Geary P           0  0  0  0 .333   D-C.Guzman PH         1  0  0  0 .314  
E-C.Roberson PH       1  0  1  0 .280     J.Colome P          0  0  0  0 .500  
  F.Castro P          0  0  0  0 .000   F-W.Pena PH           1  1  1  1 .402  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      41  4 10  4                 Totals      39  5 13  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Redding In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Werth In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Kendrick In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Albaladejo In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Geary In 11th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Colome In 11th Inning
 
Phillies........ 0 0 1  1 2 0  0 0 0  0 0 -  4 10  0
Nationals....... 1 0 0  3 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 -  5 13  0
 
Phillies (76-79)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
K.Kendrick                8      10   4   4   2   3   0 127   4.96
J.Mesa                    0 1/3   1   0   0   2   0   0  21   7.63
G.Geary                   1 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  18   5.18
F.Castro LOSS(0-3)        0       1   1   1   0   0   1   4  23.00
Totals                   10      13   5   5   4   3   1
 
Nationals (89-66)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Redding                 6       6   4   4   3   4   2 101   3.14
S.Rivera                  2       2   0   0   1   2   0  29   4.21
J.Albaladejo              1       0   0   0   1   0   0  13   0.00
J.Colome WIN(7-3)         2       2   0   0   0   0   0  30   3.86
Totals                   11      10   4   4   5   6   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 46,175 DATE- Saturday, September 22nd 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Paul Schrieber, Marty Foster, Tim McClelland, Fieldin Culbreth
T- 3:41
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies:10  Nationals:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 3  Nationals: 0
DOUBLES- A.Kearns(41st)
TRIPLES- N.Logan(4th)
HOME RUNS- P.Burrell-2(36th), W.Pena(9th)
STOLEN BASES- S.Victorino(20th), C.Roberson(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Rollins
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Fick
WALKS- C.Utley-3, A.Rowand, S.Victorino, N.Logan, R.Zimmerman, R.Church,
       R.Belliard
HIT BY PITCH- A.Rowand, A.Kearns
STRIKE OUTS- C.Utley, P.Burrell, R.Howard-2, G.Dobbs, K.Kendrick, N.Logan,
             R.Fick, T.Redding
GIDP- R.Zimmerman, A.Kearns, R.Belliard
PASSED BALLS- C.Coste, B.Schneider
 
The Washington Nationals nipped the Philadelphia Phillies in 11 innings 5 to 4
at RFK STADIUM in a hard fought contest.
 
The game was deadlocked at 4 after nine full innings.  Washington won the game
in the 11th inning.  Wily Mo Pena lofted a solo-blast 'downtown' (his 9th of
the season) making Washington the victors to the delight of the home town
faithful.  Washington ended up with 13 hits for the game while Philadelphia
had 10.  
 
Jesus Colome(7-3) got credit for the victory, pitching 2 innings and allowing
no runs. Fabio Castro(0-3) took the loss in relief.  He surrendered 1 hit and
no walks without retiring a batter.








 

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