September 23, 2007: Phillies 5 Nationals 3

Posted by spooky at 6:25 PM




The Nationals snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, as a 3-0 lead after 7 turns into a 5-3 loss. Joel Hanrahan was cruising, pitching a 2-hitter through 7 innings. In the 8th, he allowed a home run to Jimmy Rollins to make it 3-1 but otherwise escaped unscathed. In the 9th, Chad Cordero came in from the Nationals and the wheels came off. The gory details:

[1]*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Chad Cordero
SUBSTITUTE CF- Ryan Langerhans
0 R.Howard 3- 7 4 Walk b-1
0 1 A.Rowand 5- 4 5 2 Base Error - 3B 1-3 b-2
SUBSTITUTE PH- Michael Bourn
0 23 M.Bourn 1 Wild Pitch 3-H 2-3
0 3 M.Bourn 1 Single 3-H b-1
0 1 J.Werth 1 Single 1-3 b-1
SUBSTITUTE P - Jon Rauch
0 1 3 C.Ruiz 4-11 3 Fly Out b-0
SUBSTITUTE PH- Chris Coste
1 1 3 C.Coste 4- 8 4 Strike Out b-0
2 1 3 1 Stolen Base 1-2
2 23 J.Rollins 6- 7 2 Single 3-H 2-3 b-1
2 1 3 C.Utley 2-10 1 5 Single 3-H 1-2 b-1
2 12 P.Burrell 3-11 18 3 Pop Out b-0

Notice it was tied when Rauch came in with runners on 1st and 3rd, he got 2 outs and I thought he would weasel out of the jam but then he allowed singles to Rollins and Utley to score 2. Brett Myers got the Nats 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 9th.

The loss and the last week of the season don't mean much for the Nats, as they will almost certainly host the Central winner in the first round of the playoffs. The Rockies have 101 wins, the Nats have 89 and the Brewers and Cubs both have 83. The wild card will almost definitely come from the East or Central, so the Rockies will host that team. Currently, the Cubs have a 1 game lead over the Astros in the wild card race, with the Mets 2 1/2 back. The Brewers have just a half game on the Cubs and a game and a half on the Astros. Should be an interesting final week!


Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2007 Philadelphia Phillies At 2007 Washington Nationals   9/23/2007
 
  Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Rollins SS        4  1  2  2 .311     N.Logan CF          4  1  1  0 .332  
  C.Utley 2B          5  0  3  1 .313     C.Cordero P         0  0  0  0 ----  
  P.Burrell LF        3  0  0  0 .273     J.Rauch P           0  0  0  0 .000  
  R.Howard 1B         3  1  0  0 .285     R.Belliard 2B       5  0  1  2 .281  
  A.Rowand CF         4  1  0  0 .294     R.Zimmerman 3B      5  0  0  0 .266  
  G.Dobbs 3B          2  0  1  0 .297     A.Kearns RF         4  0  1  0 .247  
E-M.Bourn PH          1  1  1  1 .375     T.Batista 1B        4  0  1  0 .225  
G-W.Helms 3B          0  0  0  0 .247     J.Flores C          4  0  0  0 .238  
H-A.Nunez 3B          0  0  0  0 .187     J.Maxwell LF        2  1  2  0 .500  
  J.Werth RF          4  1  1  0 .322   B-R.Church PH,LF      2  1  2  0 .228  
  C.Ruiz C            4  0  0  0 .263     D.Jimenez SS        3  0  0  0 .261  
  C.Hamels P          1  0  0  0 .075     J.Hanrahan P        2  0  1  1 .360  
A-C.Roberson PH       1  0  0  0 .269   D-R.Langerhans PH,CF  0  0  0  0 .172  
  A.Alfonseca P       0  0  0  0 .000                                          
C-T.Iguchi PH         1  0  0  0 .274                                          
  C.Condrey P         0  0  0  0 .200                                          
  G.Geary P           0  0  0  0 .333                                          
F-C.Coste PH          1  0  0  0 .247                                          
  B.Myers P           0  0  0  0 .125                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  5  8  4                 Totals      35  3  9  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Hamels In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Maxwell In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Alfonseca In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Hanrahan In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Dobbs In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Geary In 9th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Bourn In 9th Inning
H-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Helms In 9th Inning
 
Phillies........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 4  -  5  8  0
Nationals....... 1 1 0  0 0 1  0 0 0  -  3  9  1
 
Phillies (77-79)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Hamels                  5       5   2   2   3   5   0  88   3.57
A.Alfonseca               2       2   1   1   0   1   0  28   4.80
C.Condrey                 0 2/3   2   0   0   1   1   0  16   6.36
G.Geary WIN(5-2)          0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   3   5.15
B.Myers SAVE(12th)        1       0   0   0   0   0   0  11   5.36
Totals                    9       9   3   3   4   8   0
 
Nationals (89-67)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Hanrahan                8       4   1   1   4   6   1 110   4.87
C.Cordero L(4-5) BS(10th) 0       2   4   1   1   0   0  12   4.28
J.Rauch                   1       2   0   0   0   1   0  18   1.51
Totals                    9       8   5   2   5   7   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 32,457 DATE- Sunday, September 23rd 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Paul Nauert, Gerry Davis, Brian Gorman, Mike Everitt
T- 2:54
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 7  Nationals:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 0  Nationals: 2
ERRORS- R.Zimmerman
DOUBLES- N.Logan(26th), R.Church(30th)
HOME RUNS- J.Rollins(32nd)
STOLEN BASES- J.Werth(8th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Hanrahan
WALKS- J.Rollins, P.Burrell-2, R.Howard, G.Dobbs, N.Logan, A.Kearns, D.Jimenez,
       R.Langerhans
STRIKE OUTS- P.Burrell, R.Howard-2, J.Werth, C.Ruiz, C.Hamels, C.Coste, N.Logan,
             R.Zimmerman, A.Kearns, T.Batista, J.Flores-3, J.Hanrahan
GIDP- R.Howard, J.Werth
WILD PITCHES- C.Cordero
 
The Philadelphia Phillies came roaring back in the top of the ninth to spoil
the anticipated celebration of the hometown fans.  The final score,, was 5 to
3.
 
Philadelphia had the winning rally in the top of the 9th inning when they
scored 4 runs on 4 hits.  Philadelphia finished with 8 hits in the victory.
 
Geoff Geary(5-2) got credit for the victory, pitching 1/3 of an inning and
allowing no runs. Geary was helped out by Brett Myers who recorded his 12th
save.  Chad Cordero(4-5) took the loss in relief.  
 
Manny Acta was not very talkative after his team's tough loss.  'I'm not in
the mood for questions, but I'm sure Charlie Manual will be glad to talk
about the game as long as you have questions to ask.'








 

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