September 17, 2006: Nationals 3 Brewers 2
Saturday, October 20, 2007




The Nationals bats were mostly silent in this one, but came alive at just the right time. Felipe Lopez led off the bottom of the ninth with a double, and Austin Kearns followed it up with a 2 run shot to right-center to win the game for the Nats. It's a shame that Nats starter Mike O'Connor was not able to get the win, as he contributes his best (and longest) outing of the year by allowing just 4 hits and 1 earned run over 8 innings. Also of note: Ryan Zimmerman contributed the error that led to the Brewers first run in the 2nd, but made up for it by doubling to lead off the the bottom of the same inning and then advancing to 3rd and scoring on consecutive ground outs.

With 2 weeks left in the season, the National League playoff race is a bit anti-climactic. The only race where the magic number is not under 5 is the East, but the 2nd place Phillies have all but wrapped up the wild card. The Nats are 3rd in the wild card race, but would need to win all their remaining games and have the Phillies lose all their remaining games to force a tiebreaker. The Phillies wild card magic number is just 4 over the Rockies. Since the Mets magic number to clinch a playoff spot is just 2, we should see the NL playoff teams set within just a few days, but since just 3 games separate all 4 teams we will definitely see some jockeying for seeding.


Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2006 Milwaukee Brewers At 2006 Washington Nationals       9/17/2006
 
  Brewers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Clark CF          4  0  0  0 .256     A.Soriano LF        4  0  0  0 .264  
  T.Graffanino 2B     4  0  0  0 .247     F.Lopez SS          4  1  2  0 .295  
  C.Hart RF           4  0  0  0 .235     A.Kearns RF         4  1  1  2 .314  
  B.Hall SS           4  1  1  1 .274     R.Zimmerman 3B      3  1  1  0 .278  
  P.Fielder 1B        3  0  0  0 .233     J.Vidro 1B          3  0  0  0 .262  
  K.Mench LF          4  1  0  0 .262     B.Castro 2B         3  0  0  1 .268  
  B.Shouse P          0  0  0  0 .500     B.Harper C          3  0  1  0 .333  
  D.Bell 3B           3  0  2  1 .295     N.Logan CF          3  0  1  0 .229  
  D.Miller C          3  0  1  0 .266     M.O'Connor P        2  0  1  0 .115  
  D.Davis P           1  0  0  0 .036   B-G.Lombard PH        1  0  0  0 .600  
A-J.Cirillo PH        1  0  0  0 .337     S.Rivera P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  D.Sarfate P         0  0  0  0 ----                                          
C-G.Gross LF          0  0  0  0 .280                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  2  4  2                 Totals      30  3  7  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Davis In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For O'Connor In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Sarfate In 9th Inning
 
Brewers......... 0 1 0  1 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  4  0
Nationals....... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 2  -  3  7  2
 
Brewers (59-90)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Davis                   6       5   1   1   0   6   0  85   4.94
D.Sarfate HOLD(2nd)       2       0   0   0   0   2   0  21   7.71
B.Shouse L(2-2) BS(2nd)   0       2   2   2   0   0   1   8   5.26
Totals                    8       7   3   3   0   8   1
 
Nationals (77-72)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.O'Connor                8       4   2   1   1   6   1 103   2.92
S.Rivera WIN(4-6)         1       0   0   0   0   1   0  10   4.40
Totals                    9       4   2   1   1   7   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 12,731 DATE- Sunday, September 17th 2006 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Rick Reed, Tim Tschida, Ted Barrett, Laz Diaz
T- 2:31
LEFT ON BASE- Brewers: 4  Nationals: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Brewers: 1  Nationals: 0
ERRORS- R.Zimmerman, B.Harper
DOUBLES- F.Lopez(21st), R.Zimmerman(36th)
TRIPLES- D.Bell(5th)
HOME RUNS- B.Hall(35th), A.Kearns(28th)
STOLEN BASES- P.Fielder(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Davis
WALKS- P.Fielder
STRIKE OUTS- T.Graffanino, C.Hart-2, B.Hall, P.Fielder-2, J.Cirillo,
             A.Soriano-2, A.Kearns, R.Zimmerman, J.Vidro, B.Harper, N.Logan-2
GIDP- R.Zimmerman
 
Mike O'Connor came through with a solid 8 innings at RFK STADIUM as the
Washington Nationals staged a comeback win over the woeful Milwaukee Brewers
by the count of 3 to 2.
 
Washington won the game with a rally in the bottom of the 9th inning scoring 2
runs on 2 hits.  Felipe Lopez kicked off the action when he doubled.  Austin
Kearns stepped up next and he bombed a two-run dinger (his 28th of the
season) giving Washington the victory and sending the 12,731 home-town fans
home happy.  Washington ended up with 7 hits for the game while Milwaukee had
4.  
 
Saul Rivera(4-6) was the winner allowing no runs in 1 inning. Brian
Shouse(2-2) was charged with the loss in relief.  Frank Robinson was
ebullient after the game, 'It's great to win a hard fought game like that.
Our guys just weren't going to be denied.  And did you see the fans - they
were going wild! Yes sir, a very enjoyable win this afternoon!'








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