September 2, 2006: Nationals 4 Diamondbacks 3 (13)
Thursday, October 04, 2007




It takes 13 innings, but the Nationals get their 2nd comeback win of the day to sweep a twin bill from the DBacks. The Nats were mostly kept in check by old friend Livan Hernandez, with the Diamondbacks touching Nats starter Jason Bergmann for 3 runs. The Nats would cut the lead to a run in the 7th thanks to a Robert Fick solo homer, and would tie the game up in the 9th when pinch hitter Felipe Lopez singled with one out and then stole both 2nd and 3rd before being knocked in on a Nook Logan single. Logan would get to 3rd on a Brian Schneider pinch hit single, but Soriano and Vidro would both fail to come through and we go to extra innings.

Chad Cordero would pitch a scoreless 10th and 11th for the Nats, while Jon Rauch came in to keep the DBacks scoreless in the 12th and the 13th as well. In the bottom of the 13th Austin Kearns leads off with a double, with Rauch up. Now I had a bat left on the bench but the bullpen is thin and Rauch had only thrown 21 pitches in 2 innings thus far. So I have Rauch bunt, which works to perfection and Kearns goes to 3rd. Felipe Lopez was up next and he singles to left field, Kearns scores and the Nats now have a 6 game winning streak and are just 1 game under .500!


Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2006 Arizona Diamondbacks At 2006 Washington Nationals     9/2/2006
 
  Diamondbacks       AB  R  H RBI AVG     Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Young CF          6  0  1  0 .214     A.Soriano LF        5  0  0  0 .261  
  O.Hudson 2B         6  0  1  0 .314     J.Vidro 2B          6  0  2  0 .272  
  L.Gonzalez LF       6  0  1  0 .299     R.Zimmerman 3B      6  0  2  0 .264  
  E.Byrnes RF         5  0  0  0 .276     N.Johnson 1B        5  0  2  0 .303  
  C.Tracy 3B          4  0  1  0 .281     A.Kearns RF         6  1  1  0 .308  
  T.Clark 1B          5  0  0  0 .156     R.Fick C            5  2  2  1 .271  
  C.Counsell SS       4  2  0  0 .240     J.Rauch P           0  0  0  0 .000  
  C.Snyder C          5  1  3  3 .306     M.Dorta SS          3  0  0  0 .000  
  L.Hernandez P       1  0  0  0 .240   D-F.Lopez PH,SS       3  1  2  1 .295  
B-C.Quentin PH        1  0  0  0 .254     N.Logan CF          5  0  2  1 .400  
  B.Lyon P            0  0  0  0 .200     J.Bergmann P        1  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Julio P           0  0  0  0 .250   A-R.Church PH         1  0  1  1 .200  
  J.Valverde P        0  0  0  0 .333     R.Wagner P          0  0  0  0 .000  
F-S.Drew PH           1  0  0  0 .347   C-B.Castro PH         1  0  0  0 .235  
  B.Medders P         0  0  0  0 .000     S.Rivera P          0  0  0  0 ----  
H-J.Estrada PH        1  0  0  0 .313   E-B.Schneider PH      1  0  1  0 .236  
  R.Choate P          0  0  0  0 ----     C.Cordero P         0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        G-B.Harper PH,C       1  0  0  0 .290  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      45  3  7  3                 Totals      49  4 15  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Bergmann In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hernandez In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Wagner In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Dorta In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Rivera In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Valverde In 10th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Cordero In 11th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Medders In 12th Inning
 
Diamondbacks.... 0 2 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 -  3  7  0
Nationals....... 0 0 0  0 1 0  1 0 1  0 0 0  1 -  4 15  1
 
Diamondbacks (59-76)     IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
L.Hernandez               6       6   1   1   0   2   0  75   6.05
B.Lyon HOLD(10th)         0 2/3   1   1   1   0   1   1  12   3.24
J.Julio HOLD(8th)         0 2/3   0   0   0   1   1   0  14   3.81
J.Valverde BS(6th)        1 2/3   3   1   1   1   2   0  40   4.10
B.Medders                 2       2   0   0   0   0   0  24   3.08
R.Choate LOSS(0-1)        1 1/3   3   1   1   0   0   0  24   7.11
Totals                   12 1/3  15   4   4   2   6   1
 
Nationals (67-68)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Bergmann                5       3   3   2   1   5   1  71   5.77
R.Wagner                  2       3   0   0   0   1   0  23   5.66
S.Rivera                  2       0   0   0   0   1   0  24   4.26
C.Cordero                 2       1   0   0   1   2   0  34   4.08
J.Rauch WIN(5-3)          2       0   0   0   0   1   0  21   3.71
Totals                   13       7   3   2   2  10   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 41,166 DATE- Saturday, September 2nd 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Eric Cooper, Bill Miller, Gerry Davis, Brian Gorman
T- 3:40
LEFT ON BASE- Diamondbacks: 6  Nationals:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Diamondbacks: 1  Nationals: 0
ERRORS- A.Soriano
DOUBLES- O.Hudson(33rd), C.Tracy(35th), A.Kearns(35th), R.Fick(4th)
HOME RUNS- C.Snyder(3rd), R.Fick(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- A.Soriano(24th), F.Lopez-2(51st)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Young
SACRIFICE HITS- L.Hernandez, J.Rauch
WALKS- C.Tracy, C.Counsell, A.Soriano, N.Johnson
STRIKE OUTS- C.Young-3, O.Hudson, L.Gonzalez, E.Byrnes-2, C.Tracy, C.Snyder,
             L.Hernandez, J.Vidro, A.Kearns-2, R.Fick-2, N.Logan
GIDP- R.Zimmerman
 
41,166 fans watched an exciting game at RFK STADIUM.  The Washington Nationals
topped the struggling Arizona Diamondbacks by the slimmest of margins, 4 to
3.
 
The game was deadlocked at 3 after nine full innings.  Washington won the game
in the 13th inning.  Austin Kearns doubled.  Jon Rauch came to the plate and
laid down a sacrifice bunt.  Felipe Lopez then stroked a single making
Washington the winners and sending the 41,166 fans home happy.  Washington
ended up with 15 hits for the game while Arizona had 7.  
 
Rauch(5-3) got credit for the victory, pitching 2 innings and allowing no
runs. Randy Choate(0-1) was the losing pitcher in relief.  He pitched 1 and
1/3 innings allowing 3 hits and no walks.








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