October 9, 2007: Cubs 6 Nationals 3 (Cubs win series, 3-2)

Posted by spooky at 11:27 PM




The Nats tried a valiant late-inning comeback, but it was too little too late as the Cubs take the deciding game 5 by a 6-3 score and will go on to face the Rockies in the NLCS. The Cubs got runs in the 1st and 2nd, then put the death blow on the Nats with a 4 run 4th. Ryan Theriot and Geovany Soto both had 2 doubles for the Cubbies, while Aramis Ramirez had 3 hits. Ted Lilly pitched 7 shutout innings before tiring in the 8th. The Nats get 3 runs in the 8th and had the bases loaded when Ryan Langerhans hit a fly ball with a ballpark home run chance...and the ball was caught by Cubs right fielder Matt Murton for the out. The Nats got a double in the 9th from Ryan Zimmerman, but otherwise went down quietly.

The Nats starters, who were a liability at times during the season, were the downfall of the team in the series loss. Starters had a 5.14 ERA, while the bullpen had a 1.13 ERA. The team also had a power outage with no home runs in the series, despite a .256 BA which was very similar to their team batting average for the season.

Ted Lilly is the series MVP. He went 2-0 with a 2.20 ERA, and struck out 21 in his 16 1/3 innings of work. I forgot to mention the MVP for the Red Sox-Twins series - it is closer Jonathan Papelbon, who saved all 3 Red Sox wins without allowing a single hit.


Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2007 Chicago (NL) Cubs At 2007 Washington Nationals       10/9/2007
 
  Cubs               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Soriano LF        5  1  1  0 .182     N.Logan CF          5  1  2  0 .294  
  R.Theriot SS        5  2  2  2 .409     F.Lopez SS          4  1  1  0 .263  
  D.Lee 1B            3  0  1  0 .333     R.Zimmerman 3B      5  0  1  1 .143  
  A.Ramirez 3B        5  0  3  1 .333     D.Young 1B          4  0  1  1 .353  
  M.Murton RF         4  0  0  0 .250   C-R.Church PR,LF      1  1  0  0 .333  
  G.Soto C            4  2  2  0 .333     A.Kearns RF         4  0  1  0 .250  
  M.Derosa 2B         3  0  1  0 .267     W.Pena LF           3  0  1  0 .333  
  J.Jones CF          4  1  2  1 .250     J.Colome P          0  0  0  0 ----  
  T.Lilly P           3  0  0  0 .000   D-R.Fick PH,1B        1  0  1  0 .400  
  B.Howry P           0  0  0  0 ----     R.Belliard 2B       4  0  1  1 .333  
  S.Eyre P            0  0  0  0 ----     J.Flores C          3  0  2  0 .375  
                                          M.Chico P           1  0  0  0 .333  
                                          J.Hanrahan P        0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        A-D.Jimenez PH        1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          C.Schroder P        0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        B-R.Langerhans PH,LF  2  0  0  0 .000  
                                          L.Ayala P           0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          S.Rivera P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  6 12  4                 Totals      38  3 11  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Hanrahan In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Schroder In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Young In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Colome In 8th Inning
 
Cubs............ 1 1 0  4 0 0  0 0 0  -  6 12  0
Nationals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 3 0  -  3 11  2
 
Cubs (3-2)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Lilly WIN(2-0)          7 1/3   8   3   3   1   8   0 122   2.20
B.Howry                   0 1/3   2   0   0   1   1   0  17   0.00
S.Eyre SAVE(1st)          1 1/3   1   0   0   0   2   0  19   7.71
Totals                    9      11   3   3   2  11   0
 
Nationals (2-3)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Chico LOSS(1-1)         3 2/3   7   6   5   4   1   0  73   7.00
J.Hanrahan                1 1/3   1   0   0   2   1   0  24   0.00
C.Schroder                2       1   0   0   0   2   0  26   0.00
J.Colome                  1       1   0   0   0   0   0  16   7.71
L.Ayala                   0 2/3   2   0   0   1   1   0  20   0.00
S.Rivera                  0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Totals                    9      12   6   5   7   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 41,577 DATE- Tuesday, October 9th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Tim Tschida, Jim Joyce, Jeff Nelson, Jim Wolf
T- 3:22
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs:11  Nationals:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 0  Nationals: 2
ERRORS- R.Zimmerman, W.Pena
DOUBLES- R.Theriot-2(2nd), G.Soto-2(3rd), N.Logan(3rd), R.Zimmerman(2nd),
         W.Pena(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- F.Lopez(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- T.Lilly
WALKS- D.Lee-2, M.Murton, G.Soto, M.Derosa-2, J.Jones, F.Lopez, J.Flores
STRIKE OUTS- D.Lee, A.Ramirez-2, M.Murton, T.Lilly, N.Logan-2, R.Zimmerman,
             D.Young, R.Church, A.Kearns, W.Pena, R.Belliard, J.Flores,
             D.Jimenez, R.Langerhans
GIDP- J.Jones, T.Lilly
PASSED BALLS- J.Flores
WEB GEMS- Bot 8th: Ryan Theriot robbed Ryan Zimmerman of a base hit.
 
At RFK STADIUM the Chicago (NL) Cubs outscored the Washington Nationals 6 to
3.
 
Chicago (NL) drew first blood jumping out to an early lead in the first inning
plating an isolated run.  Chicago (NL) totaled 12 hits on the night.  
 
Ted Lilly(2-0) allowed 3 runs in 7 and 1/3 innings, and picked up the victory.
Scott Eyre gained credit for his 1st save.  Matt Chico(1-1) took the loss.
He allowed a few too many baserunners giving up 7 hits and 4 walks in 3 and
2/3 innings.








 

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