September 10, 2006: Nationals 12 Rockies 10
Sunday, October 14, 2007
| Just your average pitcher's duel at Coors Field. :) Actually, this one was sort of a duel in the sense that they were dueling to see who sucks more. Nats starter Pedro Astacio allows 6 hits, 6 runs (all earned), and issues 6 walks over his 5 innings. Rockies starter Jeff Francis goes 5 1/3, allowing 11 hits, 9 runs (all earned), and issues 4 walks. Brandon Harper and Bernie Castro both came through for the Nats in a rare start for each - Harper had 4 hits including a solo homer to lead off the Nats 4-run 4th, while Castro went 3 for 6 with 2 triples and 4 RBI. It is the 2nd time this season that Castro has had 2 triples in a game. The Nats did try to give this one away in the 9th. Saul Rivera had entered to start the 8th and put the Rockies down in order. In the 9th, he walked the leadoff batter and then allowed a single and an RBI double. The Rockies then got another run on a sac fly, making it a 2 run deficit with a runner on 2nd and the tying run at the plate. Rivera walked that batter, and it was time for closer Chad Cordero. The Rockies counter with pinch hitter Vinny Castilla, who flies out for the 2nd out. With runners still on 1st and 2nd, Kaz Mastui flies out as well to end the game. This is the 3rd win for the Nats in the 4 game series with the Rockies, and also the third time they've scored 10 runs or more in the series. They totalled 44 runs over the 4 games. The Nats also are over the .500 mark for the first time since May 6th, when they were 16-15. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2006 Washington Nationals At 2006 Colorado Rockies 9/10/2006
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Rockies AB R H RBI AVG
A.Soriano LF 4 1 1 1 .270 K.Matsui 2B 6 1 2 0 .242
S.Rivera P 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Helton 1B 2 2 0 0 .311
C.Cordero P 0 0 0 0 ---- G.Atkins 3B 3 2 2 4 .336
F.Lopez SS 6 2 2 3 .300 M.Holliday LF 4 2 2 3 .339
A.Kearns RF 5 1 3 1 .313 J.Baker RF 5 1 2 0 .286
N.Johnson 1B 6 0 1 1 .306 J.Salazar CF 5 0 1 1 .286
R.Zimmerman 3B 3 2 1 0 .266 C.Barmes SS 3 0 1 0 .242
B.Harper C 5 3 4 1 .333 J.Hampson P 0 0 0 0 ----
B.Castro 2B 6 1 3 4 .279 C-B.Hawpe PH 1 0 0 0 .314
N.Logan CF 3 2 1 0 .156 J.Mesa P 0 0 0 01.000
P.Astacio P 3 0 0 0 .258 N.Field P 0 0 0 0 ----
C.Booker P 0 0 0 0 ---- E-R.Spilborghs PH 0 0 0 1 .270
F.Rodriguez P 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Iannetta C 3 2 2 0 .423
B-M.Dorta PH 0 0 0 0 .200 G-C.Freeman PR 0 0 0 0 .284
C.Schroder P 0 0 0 0 .500 J.Francis P 0 0 0 0 .130
D-R.Church PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .217 A-J.Carroll SS 2 0 1 0 .343
F-V.Castilla PH 1 0 0 0 .194
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Totals 42 12 16 11 Totals 35 10 13 9
A-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Francis In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Rodriguez In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Hampson In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Schroder In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Field In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Carroll In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Ran For Iannetta In 9th Inning
Nationals....... 0 2 0 4 1 2 1 2 0 - 12 16 1
Rockies......... 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 - 10 13 1
Nationals (72-71) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
P.Astacio WIN(4-5) 5 6 6 6 6 3 1 90 6.39
C.Booker 0 2/3 3 2 2 0 2 1 22 6.10
F.Rodriguez HOLD(4th) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.61
C.Schroder HOLD(1st) 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 13 4.15
S.Rivera 1 1/3 2 2 2 2 1 0 32 4.63
C.Cordero SAVE(32nd) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.88
Totals 9 13 10 10 8 7 2
Rockies (75-68) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Francis LOSS(7-11) 5 1/3 11 9 9 4 6 2 108 4.43
J.Hampson 1 2/3 2 1 1 4 1 0 46 15.00
J.Mesa 1 2/3 3 2 1 2 2 0 42 4.80
N.Field 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10.80
Totals 9 16 12 11 10 9 2
ATTENDANCE- 49,497 DATE- Sunday, September 10th 2006 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Eric Cooper, Bill Miller, Gerry Davis, Brian Gorman
T- 3:36
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals:13 Rockies: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1 Rockies: 1
ERRORS- B.Harper, J.Mesa
DOUBLES- R.Zimmerman(32nd), N.Logan(2nd), G.Atkins(43rd), J.Baker(1st),
J.Salazar(1st)
TRIPLES- B.Castro-2(6th)
HOME RUNS- F.Lopez(14th), B.Harper(4th), G.Atkins(29th), M.Holliday(40th)
STOLEN BASES- F.Lopez(54th), K.Matsui(6th)
CAUGHT STEALING- R.Zimmerman, J.Carroll
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Francis-2
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Spilborghs
WALKS- A.Soriano-2, A.Kearns, R.Zimmerman-3, B.Harper, N.Logan-2, M.Dorta,
T.Helton-3, G.Atkins-2, M.Holliday, C.Iannetta-2
STRIKE OUTS- A.Soriano-3, F.Lopez, A.Kearns, R.Zimmerman, B.Castro, N.Logan,
P.Astacio, K.Matsui, T.Helton, J.Baker, J.Salazar, B.Hawpe,
C.Iannetta, J.Carroll
GIDP- F.Lopez, M.Holliday
BALKS- J.Mesa
WILD PITCHES- J.Mesa
Chad Cordero was great in relief at Coors Field where the Washington Nationals
beat the Colorado Rockies by the score of 12 to 10.
Bernie Castro provided much of the offense. He tripled bringing in two
baserunners in the 2nd inning, tripled resulting in a run in the 5th inning
and lined a one-base hit which plated a run in the 8th inning. Colorado made
it exciting in the 9th, but they were unable to push the needed runs across.
Pedro Astacio(4-5) went 5 innings allowing 6 runs for the win. Cordero earned
his 32nd save. Jeff Francis(7-11) was the losing pitcher. He got hit hard,
allowing 11 hits and 4 walks in 5 and 1/3 innings.
'I just wanted to give my team a chance to win.' said Astacio, 'I got burned
on a couple of pitches. But we won the game, and that's all that matters.'
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