October 6, 2007: Nationals 4 Cubs 2 (Nationals lead series, 2-1)

Posted by spooky at 8:40 AM




Despite getting outhit, the Nationals ride a big 5th inning to the 4-2 win and take the lead in their best of 5 series with the Cubs. 4 doubles drove the scoring, here's how it played out.
[1]*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0 A.Kearns 6- 5 17 5 Double b-2
0 2 W.Pena 1-11 5 HBP b-1
0 12 R.Belliard 1- 8 11 5 Double 2-H 1-H b-2
0 2 B.Schneider 1- 3 8 1 Pop Out b-0
1 2 T.Redding 2- 8 6 Strike Out b-0
2 2 N.Logan 2- 7 2 3 Double 2-H b-2
2 2 F.Lopez 6- 6 1 5 Double 2-H b-2
SUBSTITUTE P - Kerry Wood
2 2 R.Zimmerman 6- 5 3 Strike Out b-0

Tim Redding worked 6 innings for the win, giving up 2 runs in the first on a Derrek Lee home run. Redding almost got touched for more runs in the bottom of the 4th, as the Cubs loaded the bases with none out. Redding got pitcher Rich Hill to line out, struck out Alfonso Soriano, then got Ryan Theriot to fly out to center to end the threat.

Jon Rauch, Luis Ayala and Chad Cordero each worked a scoreless inning out of the bullpen.

Jason Bergmann will get the ball for the Nats in game 4 against Carlos Zambrano, who will go on short rest. I found something online that said that the Cubs intended to use Zambrano on short rest in the real life 2007 NLDS. It never got to 4 games though, as the Cubs got swept by the DBacks. Still, with them facing elimination, I assume they would make the same decision.


Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2007 Washington Nationals At 2007 Chicago (NL) Cubs       10/6/2007
 
  Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cubs               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  N.Logan CF          4  1  2  1 .250     A.Soriano LF        5  0  1  0 .143  
  F.Lopez SS          4  0  1  1 .250     R.Theriot SS,2B     5  1  3  0 .462  
  R.Zimmerman 3B      3  0  1  0 .182     D.Lee 1B            5  1  2  2 .385  
  D.Young 1B          2  0  0  0 .222     A.Ramirez 3B        5  0  2  0 .308  
C-R.Church LF         1  0  0  0 .000     C.Floyd RF          4  0  0  0 .333  
  A.Kearns RF         4  1  1  0 .333     M.Derosa 2B         3  0  1  0 .333  
  W.Pena LF           2  1  0  0 .333   D-R.Cedeno PH,SS      1  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Rauch P           0  0  0  0 ----     J.Jones CF          4  0  2  0 .231  
E-D.Jimenez PH        1  0  0  0 .000     J.Kendall C         2  0  0  0 .000  
  L.Ayala P           0  0  0  0 ----     R.Hill P            2  0  0  0 .000  
  C.Cordero P         0  0  0  0 ----     K.Wood P            0  0  0  0 ----  
  R.Belliard 2B       4  1  2  2 .417   A-D.Ward PH           1  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Schneider C       4  0  0  0 .000     K.Hart P            0  0  0  0 ----  
  T.Redding P         2  0  0  0 .000   F-M.Fontenot PH       1  0  0  0 .000  
B-R.Fick PH,1B        2  0  1  0 .333     B.Howry P           0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  4  8  4                 Totals      38  2 11  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Wood In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Redding In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Young In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Derosa In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Rauch In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Hart In 8th Inning
 
Nationals....... 0 0 0  0 4 0  0 0 0  -  4  8  1
Cubs............ 2 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  2 11  0
 
Nationals (2-1)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Redding WIN(1-0)        6       8   2   2   2   5   1 103   3.00
J.Rauch HOLD(1st)         1       2   0   0   0   1   0  24   0.00
L.Ayala HOLD(1st)         1       0   0   0   0   0   0   9   0.00
C.Cordero SAVE(1st)       1       1   0   0   0   2   0  12   0.00
Totals                    9      11   2   2   2   8   1
 
Cubs (1-2)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Hill LOSS(0-1)          4 2/3   5   4   4   1   5   0  83   7.71
K.Wood                    1 1/3   0   0   0   1   2   0  17   2.70
K.Hart                    2       1   0   0   2   3   0  27   0.00
B.Howry                   1       2   0   0   0   1   0  17   0.00
Totals                    9       8   4   4   4  11   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 39,400 DATE- Saturday, October 6th 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Ted Barrett, Mark Carlson, Larry Young, Angel Hernandez
T- 2:52
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 7  Cubs:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0  Cubs: 1
ERRORS- R.Zimmerman
DOUBLES- N.Logan(2nd), F.Lopez(3rd), R.Zimmerman(1st), A.Kearns(3rd),
         R.Belliard(1st), R.Fick(1st), J.Jones(2nd)
HOME RUNS- D.Lee(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- F.Lopez
WALKS- N.Logan, F.Lopez, R.Zimmerman, D.Young, J.Kendall-2
HIT BY PITCH- W.Pena
STRIKE OUTS- F.Lopez, R.Zimmerman-2, R.Church, A.Kearns, W.Pena-2, R.Belliard,
             B.Schneider, T.Redding, R.Fick, A.Soriano-3, D.Lee, A.Ramirez,
             C.Floyd-2, R.Cedeno
GIDP- A.Kearns
 
Ronnie Belliard had 2 base hits and 2 RBI at Wrigley Field as the Washington
Nationals beat the Chicago (NL) Cubs by the count of 4 to 2.
 
Washington delivered all the runs required in the 5th inning when they tallied
4 runs on 4 hits.  The highlight belonged to Belliard who helped quiet the
crowd when he doubled scoring two baserunners.  Although they lost, Chicago
(NL) did out-hit Washington 11 to 8.  
 
The victory was credited to Tim Redding(1-0) who went 6 innings, allowing 2
runs. Chad Cordero recorded the save, his 1st.  Rich Hill(0-1) was given the
loss.  
 
'I always am most impressed when a pitcher finds a way to win even without his
best stuff,' Manny Acta said after the game.  'Redding did not have command
of his pitches most of the afternoon, but he proved he really knew how to
pitch!'








 

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