July 30, 2006: Nationals 20 Dodgers 11 (10)
Sunday, July 29, 2007
| Going into the bottom of the 9th in this one, the Nationals had an 11-6 lead. 7 home runs later, the game would end as a 20-11 Nats victory. Here's how it happened: Travis Hughes had pitched the 8th for the Nationals and allowed 1 run. With the 5 run lead, I decided to try to get 2 innings out of him. Rafael Furcal leads off the inning with a walk, Kenny Lofton follows with a fly out, and JD Drew walks to put runners on 1st and 2nd. At this point I decide to not take any chances and go to my closer. Chad Cordero allows a double to Andre Either to score a run, which is followed by a Wilson Betemit home run to make it an 11-10 game. The next batter, James Loney, also homers to tie the game. Cesar Izturis singles, followed by a Toby Hall ground out for the 2nd out which sends Izturis to 2nd. Cordero then walks Russell Martin and Rafael Furcal to load the bases, but is able to get Lofton to ground out to end the inning. With the game tied, we head to extra innings. The Dodgers go with Giovanni Carrara out of the bullpen, a curious choice since Carrara had pitched a total of 4 2/3 innings in the previous 2 games in the series and given up 8 runs, 6 of them earned. He gets Ryan Zimmerman to ground out to start the inning, but Austin Kearns puts one over the fence to give the Nats a 12-11 lead. Next Alex Escobar singles, followed by Brian Schneider who doubles. With the pitcher's spot due up and a rally afoot, I pinch hit with Daryle Ward, who is intentionally walked to load the bases. Felipe Lopez singles to score one to make it 13-11, and Darrin Jackson then makes it count with a grand slam to give the Nats a 6 run lead. Alfonso Soriano flies out, but then the real fun begins: Nick Johnson, Ryan Zimmerman, and Austin Kearns go back-to-back-to-back with solo homers to make it 20-11!!! This was Kearns' 2nd home run of the inning, and 3rd of the game with a 3 run shot in the 5th. Alex Escobar hits a fly ball deep to left, but it's caught to end the inning. Chris Booker enters the game for the Nationals, and gets the Dodgers 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 10th. I checked it out, and 5 home runs is the major league record for homers in an inning. It had been done 5 times before, once in the AL and 4 times in the NL. Oddly enough, all 4 previous times in the NL had been against the Cincinnati Reds. This would be the first time it was done in extra innings. The 7 total home runs in the game for the Nationals is one shy of the team record, set in 1978 in a game where the Expos beat the Braves by a score of 19-0. That game featured 2 homers by Andre Dawson and 3 from Larry Parrish. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2006 Washington Nationals At 2006 Los Angeles(NL) Dodgers 7/30/2006
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG
F.Lopez SS 7 1 3 2 .316 R.Furcal SS 4 2 1 0 .287
D.Jackson 2B 5 3 2 4 .232 K.Lofton CF 5 1 1 0 .289
A.Soriano LF 7 2 2 3 .262 J.Drew RF 5 1 1 1 .294
N.Johnson 1B 5 2 3 3 .324 A.Ethier LF 5 2 2 3 .333
R.Zimmerman 3B 6 2 2 1 .260 W.Betemit 3B 6 2 2 5 .212
A.Kearns RF 6 4 3 5 .320 J.Loney 1B 4 1 2 1 .340
A.Escobar CF 6 3 3 0 .310 C.Izturis 2B 4 1 2 0 .238
C.Booker P 0 0 0 0 ---- T.Hall C 5 0 1 1 .236
B.Schneider C 6 2 3 2 .238 M.Hendrickson P 1 0 0 0 .222
R.Ortiz P 4 0 2 0 .326 E.Dessens P 0 0 0 0 ----
M.Bowie P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-J.Cruz PH 0 1 0 0 .268
C-L.Matos PH 1 0 0 0 .149 B.Tomko P 0 0 0 0 .115
T.Hughes P 0 0 0 0 ---- B-O.Saenz PH 1 0 1 0 .317
C.Cordero P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Beimel P 0 0 0 0 .000
F-D.Ward PH 0 1 0 0 .298 D-J.Repko PH 1 0 0 0 .263
G-R.Church CF 0 0 0 0 .210 J.Broxton P 0 0 0 0 .200
E-R.Martin PH 0 0 0 0 .348
G.Carrara P 0 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 53 20 23 20 Totals 41 11 13 11
A-Pinch Hit For Dessens In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Tomko In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Bowie In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Beimel In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Broxton In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Cordero In 10th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Ward In 10th Inning
Nationals....... 0 3 0 2 5 0 0 1 0 9 - 20 23 0
Dodgers......... 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 0 - 11 13 2
Nationals (48-57) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Ortiz 5 2/3 8 5 5 4 2 1 100 4.67
M.Bowie 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 2.00
T.Hughes 1 1/3 1 3 3 3 0 0 35 15.43
C.Cordero WIN(4-4) 0 2/3 4 3 3 2 0 2 41 4.10
C.Booker 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 6.35
Totals 10 13 11 11 9 5 3
Dodgers (45-60) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Hendrickso 4 2/3 12 10 8 6 4 2 116 5.29
E.Dessens 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.08
B.Tomko 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 16 3.90
J.Beimel 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 29 3.32
J.Broxton 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 4.81
G.Carrara LOSS(3-1) 1 8 9 9 1 0 5 38 7.77
Totals 10 23 20 18 8 6 7
ATTENDANCE- 53,536 DATE- Sunday, July 30th 2006 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Joe Brinkman, Derryl Cousins, Jeff Nelson, Tim Timmons
T- 4:49
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals:11 Dodgers: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1 Dodgers: 1
ERRORS- M.Hendrickson-2
DOUBLES- F.Lopez(16th), D.Jackson(12th), N.Johnson(44th), B.Schneider(12th),
R.Furcal(24th), A.Ethier-2(19th), T.Hall(12th), O.Saenz(16th)
TRIPLES- A.Soriano(5th), A.Escobar(2nd)
HOME RUNS- D.Jackson(2nd), A.Soriano(25th), N.Johnson(17th), R.Zimmerman(16th),
A.Kearns-3(24th), W.Betemit-2(8th), J.Loney(5th)
WALKS- D.Jackson-2, N.Johnson-2, R.Zimmerman, A.Kearns, A.Escobar, D.Ward,
R.Furcal-2, K.Lofton, J.Drew, A.Ethier, J.Loney, C.Izturis, J.Cruz,
R.Martin
STRIKE OUTS- F.Lopez-2, A.Soriano-2, A.Kearns, R.Ortiz, R.Furcal, J.Drew-2,
A.Ethier, M.Hendrickson
GIDP- A.Kearns, W.Betemit
Right fielder Austin Kearns smashed 3 homeruns and had 5 RBI at Dodger Stadium
where the Washington Nationals beat the ice-cold Los Angeles(NL) Dodgers in
10 innings 20 to 11.
The score was knotted at 11 after nine innings. Washington won the game in the
10th inning. The crucial at-bat was provided by Damian Jackson who silenced
Dodger Stadium as he emptied the bases with a Grand Slam homerun (his 2nd of
the season). Washington provided plenty of action in the 5th inning when
they had 5 runs on 3 hits and the 10th inning which saw them plate 9 runs on
8 hits. Washington had 23 hits for the game and Los Angeles(NL) had 13.
Chad Cordero(4-4) was the winner allowing 3 runs in 2/3 of an inning. Giovanni
Carrara(3-1) absorbed the loss in relief. He allowed 5 homeruns in 1 inning
of work.
posted by spooky @ 10:12 PM,
