September 29, 2007: Nationals 8 Phillies 5

Posted by spooky at 3:34 PM




The Nationals slug their way to a win over the Phillies in their penultimate game of the season. Dmitri Young returned to the Nats lineup with a 3 for 4 day and 2 home runs; Ryan Zimmerman and Wily Mo Pena also contributed longballs. Zimmerman has the Nats team lead in homers with 26, 2 more than he had for the 2007 season in real life.

The NL playoff race got a little bit clearer today, as an Astros loss to the Braves eliminated them from playoff contention. The Cubs, Brewers and Mets were all winners, meaning the Cubs retain their one game lead over the Brewers, who retain their one game lead over the Mets in the wild card. However, this situation means that the Cubs have clinched a playoff spot and have in fact clinched the division by virtue of a better head-to-head record than the Brewers. If the Cubs lose and the Brewers win tomorrow, they would tie for the division lead but the Mets would be eliminated. The Cubs, with the better head to head record, would be the division champion and the Brewers the wild card. If the Brewers lose and the Mets win, they would play a one game tiebreaker for the wild card.

This also means that the Cubs will be the Nationals' NLDS opponent, with the Brewers or Mets playing the Rockies.


Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2007 Washington Nationals At 2007 Philadelphia Phillies   9/29/2007
 
  Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  F.Lopez SS,2B       5  0  2  0 .254     J.Rollins SS        5  1  1  0 .313  
  R.Belliard 2B       4  0  1  0 .277     C.Utley 2B          5  0  1  0 .311  
  S.Rivera P          0  0  0  0 ----     P.Burrell LF        3  1  0  0 .271  
  J.Rauch P           0  0  0  0 .000     R.Howard 1B         5  0  2  1 .286  
D-D.Jimenez PH        0  0  0  0 .258     A.Rowand CF         4  1  2  1 .295  
  C.Cordero P         0  0  0  0 ----     J.Werth RF          4  2  2  2 .324  
  R.Zimmerman 3B      5  1  1  2 .269     W.Helms 3B          5  0  1  0 .245  
  D.Young 1B          4  3  3  2 .313     C.Ruiz C            4  0  1  1 .262  
  A.Kearns RF         3  1  1  0 .245     A.Eaton P           2  0  1  0 .161  
  R.Church CF         3  0  0  1 .234     G.Geary P           0  0  0  0 .333  
  W.Pena LF           4  1  1  2 .402   A-T.Iguchi PH         0  0  0  0 .274  
  B.Schneider C       4  1  1  0 .239     J.Mesa P            0  0  0  01.000  
  M.Chico P           2  1  0  0 .158   C-C.Roberson PH       1  0  1  0 .276  
  L.Ayala P           0  0  0  0 ----     T.Gordon P          0  0  0  0 .000  
B-C.Guzman PH,SS      2  0  0  0 .309                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  8 10  7                 Totals      38  5 12  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Geary In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Ayala In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Mesa In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Rauch In 9th Inning
 
Nationals....... 0 1 0  3 3 0  0 0 1  -  8 10  0
Phillies........ 2 0 0  2 0 0  0 1 0  -  5 12  1
 
Nationals (91-70)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Chico WIN(10-9)         5       8   4   4   3   6   1  89   4.24
L.Ayala HOLD(5th)         1       0   0   0   1   1   0  16   4.19
S.Rivera HOLD(8th)        1 1/3   3   1   1   0   1   0  26   4.50
J.Rauch HOLD(16th)        0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   8   1.58
C.Cordero SAVE(34th)      1       1   0   0   0   1   0  18   4.14
Totals                    9      12   5   5   4  10   1
 
Phillies (79-82)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
A.Eaton LOSS(7-10)        4 2/3   8   7   4   0   1   4  82   6.32
G.Geary                   1 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0  11   4.90
J.Mesa                    2       0   0   0   1   2   0  28   7.19
T.Gordon                  1       2   1   1   1   1   0  20   3.62
Totals                    9      10   8   5   2   5   4
 
ATTENDANCE- 20,769 DATE- Saturday, September 29th 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Ed Montague, Jerry Layne, Bill Miller, Marvin Hudson
T- 3:25
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 4  Phillies:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0  Phillies: 1
ERRORS- A.Eaton
DOUBLES- D.Young(46th), J.Rollins(37th), A.Rowand(54th), J.Werth(14th),
         C.Roberson(1st)
HOME RUNS- R.Zimmerman(26th), D.Young-2(12th), W.Pena(11th), J.Werth(12th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Church
WALKS- D.Jimenez, A.Kearns, P.Burrell-2, J.Werth, T.Iguchi
HIT BY PITCH- A.Rowand
STRIKE OUTS- R.Belliard, D.Young, A.Kearns-2, C.Guzman, J.Rollins, C.Utley,
             P.Burrell-2, R.Howard-2, A.Rowand, W.Helms, C.Ruiz, A.Eaton
GIDP- R.Zimmerman
WILD PITCHES- T.Gordon
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Aaron Rowand robbed Ryan Church of a Homerun!
 
Dmitri Young rocketed 2 homeruns and scored 3 times as the Washington
Nationals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies by a score of 8 to 5 at
Citizen's Bank Park.
 
Young provided the offensive punch.  He lofted a solo-blast 'downtown' in the
2nd inning, doubled in the 4th inning and hit a bases-empty home run (his
12th of the season) in the 5th inning.  Washington banged out 10 hits on the
afternoon.  
 
Matt Chico(10-9) got the win allowing 4 runs in 5 innings. Chad Cordero gained
credit for his 34th save.  Adam Eaton(7-10) was the loser.  He served up 4
homeruns in his 4 and 2/3 innings.








 

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