July 14, 2006: Pirates 8 Nationals 5
Sunday, July 08, 2007




The Nationals' first game back from the all-star break was going well until the 7th inning, when it all fell apart. Starter Ramon Ortiz had pitched 6 shutout innings but tired in the 7th, allowing a home run and 2 singles before I pulled him in favor of Jon Rauch. The normally reliable Rauch allowed a double to Freddy Sanchez, which scored 2 runs and tied the game, and then allowed a single that knocked in Sanchez with the go-ahead run. Finally, he allowed a 2-run home run to pich hitter Jeromy Burnitz to make it 7-4 Pirates. The Pirates would add one more in the 8th, and the Nats could only muster one in the 9th for the 8-5 final.

Felipe Lopez and Austin Kearns both contributed in their Nationals debut. Lopez went 2 for 5 and would have contributed to an 8th inning rally if Alfonso Soriano hadn't been thrown out at home on the play. Kearns went 0 for 2, but walked 3 times and scored 2 runs. Unfortunately, both men also grounded into a double play during the game.


Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2006 Washington Nationals At 2006 Pittsburgh Pirates      7/14/2006
 
  Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Soriano LF        4  0  2  0 .265     N.McLouth RF        5  1  2  0 .227  
  F.Lopez SS          5  0  2  0 .312     J.Wilson SS         4  1  2  0 .269  
  J.Vidro 2B          4  0  1  0 .268     F.Sanchez 3B        4  1  3  3 .346  
  A.Kearns CF         2  2  0  0 .331     J.Bay LF            5  1  3  1 .315  
  N.Johnson 1B        3  1  2  0 .317     S.Casey 1B          2  0  0  0 .276  
  R.Zimmerman 3B      3  1  0  0 .251     M.Capps P           0  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Guillen RF        4  1  2  3 .202   D-J.Burnitz PH        1  1  1  2 .219  
  J.Rauch P           0  0  0  0 .000     D.Marte P           0  0  0  0 .000  
  R.Corcoran P        0  0  0  0 ----   E-J.Hernandez PH      1  0  0  0 .365  
  S.Rivera P          0  0  0  0 ----     V.Santos P          0  0  0  0 .118  
F-D.Ward PH           1  0  1  1 .286     M.Gonzalez P        0  0  0  0 .143  
  B.Schneider C       4  0  1  0 .222     J.Castillo 2B       4  0  0  0 .253  
G-M.Anderson PH       0  0  0  0 .274     J.Bautista CF       3  1  0  0 .249  
H-M.Lecroy PH         1  0  0  0 .159     R.Paulino C         4  1  2  0 .322  
  R.Ortiz P           3  0  2  1 .282     Z.Duke P            1  0  0  0 .212  
C-A.Escobar RF        1  0  0  0 .333   A-J.Randa PH          1  0  0  0 .225  
                                          S.Torres P          0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        B-C.Wilson 1B         2  1  1  2 .222  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  5 13  5                 Totals      37  8 14  8
 
A-Pinch Hit For Duke In 5th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Torres In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Ortiz In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Capps In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Marte In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Rivera In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Schneider In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Anderson In 9th Inning
 
Nationals....... 0 0 0  2 2 0  0 0 1  -  5 13  1
Pirates......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  7 1    -  8 14  0
 
Nationals (40-51)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Ortiz                   6 1/3   8   4   4   1   8   1 101   4.15
J.Rauch LOSS(1-1) BS(2nd) 0       3   3   3   0   0   1  10   3.63
R.Corcoran                1       2   1   1   1   3   0  24   9.00
S.Rivera                  0 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  13   4.50
Totals                    8      14   8   8   2  11   2
 
Pirates (32-59)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
Z.Duke                    5       7   4   4   6   2   0  92   5.60
S.Torres                  1 1/3   2   0   0   2   0   0  24   6.61
M.Capps WIN(4-2)          0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   3.14
D.Marte HOLD(8th)         1       2   0   0   0   2   0  18   3.65
V.Santos                  0 2/3   2   1   1   1   0   0  13   6.47
M.Gonzalez SAVE(7th)      0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   6   4.28
Totals                    9      13   5   5   9   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 23,554 DATE- Friday, July 14th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Cb Bucknor, Mark Carlson, John Hirschbeck, Wally Bell
T- 3:16
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals:12  Pirates: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1  Pirates: 4
ERRORS- J.Guillen
DOUBLES- J.Guillen(15th), J.Wilson(12th), F.Sanchez(24th)
HOME RUNS- J.Burnitz(15th), C.Wilson(10th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- F.Sanchez
WALKS- A.Soriano, J.Vidro, A.Kearns-3, N.Johnson-2, R.Zimmerman-2, J.Wilson,
       S.Casey
HIT BY PITCH- J.Bautista
STRIKE OUTS- A.Soriano, B.Schneider, M.Lecroy, R.Ortiz, A.Escobar, N.McLouth,
             J.Bay, J.Castillo-3, J.Bautista-2, R.Paulino-2, Z.Duke, C.Wilson
GIDP- F.Lopez, A.Kearns, R.Zimmerman, S.Casey
 
At PNC Park the Pittsburgh Pirates put a halt to their 5 game losing streak
and outscored the Washington Nationals 8 to 5.
 
Pittsburgh had 7 runs cross the plate in the bottom of the 7th inning with the
help of 6 hits.  The crucial at-bat was provided by Craig Wilson who brought
the crowd to their feet when he cleared the fences for a two-run home run
(his 10th of the season).  Pittsburgh finished with 14 hits in the victory.
 
Matt Capps(4-2) went 2/3 of an inning allowing no runs for the win. Capps got
help from Mike Gonzalez who earned his 7th save.  Jon Rauch(1-1) suffered the
loss in relief.  He allowed 3 hits and no walks without retiring a batter.
 
'Ahhh, that victory was surely needed.  Man alive, things were getting awfully
grim,' noted Jim Tracy.  'Now, we need to string a bunch of wins together and
turn things around!'








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