August 14, 2006: Nationals 4 Braves 2
Sunday, August 26, 2007
| There was a time when the Nats/Expos and Braves would be a marquee matchup between the top two teams in the NL East. Not this year, as the Braves were 21 games back at the start of the day while the Nats were 25.5 back of the division-leading Phillies. Still, I take joy in beating the Braves, especially when they do it with power, pitching, and baserunning like today. Ramon Ortiz contributes 8 innings, allowing 5 hits and 2 runs while striking out 9. The 8 innings were especially important after a couple 11 inning losses in which the Nats bullpen was overworked. For power, the Nats got a solo homer from Austin Kearns to account for one of their 4 runs. The 4th and final run scored on a ground out, but only because Alfonso Soriano was already on 3rd after executing a double steal with Nick Johnson. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2006 Atlanta Braves At 2006 Washington Nationals 8/14/2006
Braves AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
M.Giles 2B 3 0 1 0 .292 F.Lopez SS 3 0 0 1 .307
E.Renteria SS 3 0 0 0 .272 B.Castro 2B 4 1 1 0 .300
C.Jones 3B 4 0 0 0 .330 C.Cordero P 0 0 0 0 ----
A.Jones CF 4 1 1 0 .258 A.Soriano LF 4 1 0 0 .257
B.McCann C 4 1 2 1 .319 N.Johnson 1B 3 0 1 1 .314
J.Francoeur RF 4 0 0 0 .255 R.Zimmerman 3B 3 0 0 1 .257
A.Laroche 1B 4 0 1 1 .276 A.Kearns RF 4 1 2 1 .318
M.Diaz LF 3 0 0 0 .316 A.Escobar CF 4 1 1 0 .349
C.James P 2 0 0 0 .077 B.Harper C 4 0 0 0 .200
W.Franklin P 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Ortiz P 1 0 1 0 .314
A-R.Langerhans PH 1 0 1 0 .228 B-R.Church PH 1 0 0 0 .174
T.Yates P 0 0 0 0 .000 C-D.Jackson 2B 0 0 0 0 .215
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Totals 32 2 6 2 Totals 31 4 6 4
A-Pinch Hit For Franklin In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Ortiz In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Church In 9th Inning
Braves.......... 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 6 1
Nationals....... 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 4 6 0
Braves (57-60) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.James LOSS(3-8) 6 1/3 6 4 4 5 6 1 111 4.56
W.Franklin 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0.00
T.Yates 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 16 3.11
Totals 8 6 4 4 6 7 1
Nationals (54-64) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Ortiz WIN(9-10) 8 5 2 2 1 9 1 112 4.62
C.Cordero SAVE(25th) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 13 4.47
Totals 9 6 2 2 1 11 1
ATTENDANCE- 43,868 DATE- Monday, August 14th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Tim Tschida, Ted Barrett, Laz Diaz, Rick Reed
T- 2:46
LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 5 Nationals:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 0 Nationals: 1
ERRORS- M.Giles
DOUBLES- A.Jones(21st), N.Johnson(50th)
TRIPLES- B.Castro(1st)
HOME RUNS- B.McCann(20th), A.Kearns(26th)
STOLEN BASES- A.Soriano(20th), N.Johnson(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- E.Renteria
SACRIFICE FLIES- F.Lopez
WALKS- M.Giles, F.Lopez, B.Castro, N.Johnson, R.Zimmerman, R.Ortiz-2
STRIKE OUTS- M.Giles-2, C.Jones-2, A.Jones-2, J.Francoeur, A.Laroche, M.Diaz-2,
C.James, F.Lopez, B.Castro-2, A.Soriano-2, A.Kearns, A.Escobar
GIDP- E.Renteria
Austin Kearns left the yard as the Washington Nationals defeated the Atlanta
Braves by the score of 4 to 2 at RFK STADIUM.
Washington jumped on top to stay in the bottom of the 2nd inning scoring one
runner utilizing 2 base hits. Both teams totaled 6 on the night.
The victory was credited to Ramon Ortiz(9-10) who went 8 innings, allowing 2
runs. Chad Cordero earned the save, his 25th. Chuck James(3-8) was the
loser.
posted by spooky @ 4:44 PM,
