September 30, 2007: Nationals 5 Phillies 4

Posted by spooky at 8:40 PM




The Nationals close out the season by closing out a series sweep of the Phillies. The Nats struck early for their 5 runs, then squeaked out a win as the Phillies valiantly tried a comeback. The Nats got 4 runs in the 2nd on back to back homers, a 3 run shot off the big bat of Wily Mo Pena followed by a solo shot by Ronnie Belliard. The Phillies scored 2 in the 8th to pull within a run and had the bases loaded in the 9th, but Chris Coste grounded out to end the game.

The Nationals will have home field advantage in their NLDS series against the NL Central champion Cubs. The Cubs clinched yesterday by virtue of a tiebreaker with the Brewers, but they didn't even need it since they won today. The Brewers also won to clinch the wild card, although they didn't even need the win since the Mets got beat badly by the Marlins. The Brewers will face the Rockies in the other NLDS series.


Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2007 Washington Nationals At 2007 Philadelphia Phillies   9/30/2007
 
  Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  N.Logan CF          5  1  2  0 .329     J.Rollins SS        5  1  1  0 .313  
  F.Lopez SS          4  0  0  0 .252     S.Victorino RF      3  0  0  0 .243  
  R.Zimmerman 3B      5  1  1  0 .269     C.Utley 2B          4  1  2  0 .313  
  D.Young 1B          3  0  0  0 .311     R.Howard 1B         4  0  1  0 .286  
A-R.Langerhans PR,RF  1  0  0  0 .174     A.Rowand CF         4  1  2  0 .296  
  W.Pena RF           3  2  3  3 .417     P.Burrell LF        3  1  1  2 .272  
B-T.Batista 1B        1  0  1  0 .218     G.Dobbs 3B          4  0  1  1 .294  
  R.Belliard 2B       4  1  2  1 .279   H-M.Bourn PR          0  0  0  0 .369  
  J.Flores C          4  0  0  0 .232   J-A.Nunez 3B          0  0  0  0 .191  
  J.Maxwell LF        3  0  1  1 .389   K-C.Coste PH          1  0  0  0 .245  
F-R.Fick PH           1  0  0  0 .215     C.Ruiz C            2  0  0  0 .260  
  W.Abreu P           0  0  0  0 .000   C-C.Roberson PH       1  0  1  0 .300  
  J.Colome P          0  0  0  0 .500   E-P.Laforest C        1  0  0  0 .235  
  J.Bergmann P        3  0  0  0 .071     J.Moyer P           1  0  0  0 .109  
  J.Albaladejo P      0  0  0  0 ----     G.Geary P           1  0  0  0 .286  
G-R.Church PH,LF      1  0  0  0 .234   D-J.Werth PH          1  0  0  0 .322  
                                          T.Gordon P          0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        I-T.Iguchi PH         1  0  1  1 .275  
                                          C.Condrey P         0  0  0  0 .200  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38  5 10  5                 Totals      36  4 10  4
 
A-Pinch Ran For Young In 5th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Pena In 5th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Ruiz In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Geary In 7th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Roberson In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Maxwell In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Albaladejo In 8th Inning
H-Pinch Ran For Dobbs In 8th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Gordon In 8th Inning
J-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Bourn In 9th Inning
K-Pinch Hit For Nunez In 9th Inning
 
Nationals....... 0 1 4  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  5 10  0
Phillies........ 2 0 0  0 0 0  0 2 0  -  4 10  2
 
Nationals (92-70)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Bergmann WIN(6-7)       6       5   2   2   3   5   0 100   3.53
J.Albaladejo HOLD(1st)    1       1   0   0   0   1   0  10   0.93
W.Abreu HOLD(3rd)         1       3   2   2   1   0   0  27   4.11
J.Colome SAVE(2nd)        1       1   0   0   2   2   0  22   3.95
Totals                    9      10   4   4   6   8   0
 
Phillies (79-83)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Moyer LOSS(16-13)       2 2/3   5   5   1   0   0   2  59   4.59
G.Geary                   4 1/3   3   0   0   0   6   0  52   4.57
T.Gordon                  1       2   0   0   0   2   0  17   3.55
C.Condrey                 1       0   0   0   0   1   0  10   6.06
Totals                    9      10   5   1   0   9   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 20,574 DATE- Sunday, September 30th 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Derryl Cousins, Kerwin Danley, Doug Eddings, Dana Demuth
T- 2:52
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 7  Phillies:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1  Phillies: 1
ERRORS- C.Utley, G.Geary
DOUBLES- W.Pena(9th), J.Maxwell(1st), R.Howard(35th), A.Rowand(55th)
HOME RUNS- W.Pena(12th), R.Belliard(12th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Rollins(33rd), C.Utley(4th)
WALKS- S.Victorino, C.Utley, R.Howard, A.Rowand, P.Burrell-2
HIT BY PITCH- F.Lopez, S.Victorino
STRIKE OUTS- N.Logan, R.Zimmerman-2, J.Flores-2, J.Maxwell, R.Fick,
             J.Bergmann-2, J.Rollins, S.Victorino, R.Howard-2, A.Rowand,
             P.Burrell, G.Geary, J.Werth
GIDP- R.Belliard, G.Dobbs
 
20,574 fans were treated to a fine game at Citizen's Bank Park as only one run
separated the combatants at game's end.  The Washington Nationals won by the
slimmest of margins, 5 to 4.
 
Wily Mo Pena had a big day against Philadelphia.  He doubled in the 2nd
inning, clubbed a three-run home run (his 12th of the season) in the 3rd
inning and slapped a one-base hit in the 5th inning.  Philadelphia threatened
in the 9th but Washington was able to put down the rally.  
 
Jason Bergmann(6-7) allowed 2 runs in 6 innings, and picked up the victory.
Jesus Colome got the save, his 2nd.  Jamie Moyer(16-13) was given the loss.
He was not very effective, surrendering 5 runs in 2 and 2/3 innings.








 

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