September 20, 2006: Nationals 5 Braves 3
Saturday, October 27, 2007




This was another game where the Nats were down early, came back to tie it, and went ahead in the late innings and held on for the win. However, this one could have gone quite differently...in the top of the 6th, the Braves had runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out and the pitcher's spot due up. They pinch hit with Daryle Ward, who is a pretty decent pinch hitter, which I know because he spent most of this season on the Nationals. Since first is open, I intentionally walk him. Now there is the lefty Pete Orr due up and Nats starter Ramon Ortiz has already allowed 9 hits and 2 home runs in the game, so I bring in Billy Traber, the one lefty in my pen. Traber gets Orr to fly out to left and the Braves send the runner from third. Soriano uncorks a throw and gets the runner at the plate! No runs cross the plate, the game remains tied, and the Nats eventually strike with a 7th inning homer from Soriano. The Braves get a runner on in the 8th but he gets erased when caught stealing 2nd, and Chad Cordero shuts them down in the 9th with 2 K's for his 35th save of the season.

Also, both Austin Kearns and Ryan Zimmerman got hits, so their hitting streaks extend to 21 and 17 games respectively.

In league news, the Rockies are still clinging to playoff hopes and keeping the Mets, Phillies, and Padres from clinching playoff spots. All 3 of those teams sit at 91 wins while the Rockies are at 81 wins with 10 left to play. That means that all 3 teams have magic numbers of 1: for the Mets and Phillies, it's a playoff spot; for the Padres, it's the NL West. The Phillies now sit just a half game back of the Mets for the NL East.


Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2006 Atlanta Braves At 2006 Washington Nationals          9/20/2006
 
  Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  P.Orr 2B            5  1  1  0 .207     A.Soriano LF        4  1  2  2 .264  
  E.Renteria SS       4  0  0  0 .272     F.Lopez SS          4  1  2  0 .293  
  C.Jones 3B          5  0  0  0 .323     A.Kearns RF         4  1  2  1 .316  
  A.Jones CF          4  2  3  3 .266     N.Johnson 1B        4  0  0  0 .305  
  B.McCann C          3  0  1  0 .343     R.Zimmerman 3B      3  0  1  2 .278  
  J.Francoeur RF      4  0  1  0 .253     R.Church CF         4  0  1  0 .229  
  A.Laroche 1B        4  0  1  0 .268     C.Cordero P         0  0  0  0 ----  
  M.Diaz LF           4  0  3  0 .311     B.Castro 2B         4  0  0  0 .253  
  L.Cormier P         2  0  0  0 .067     B.Schneider C       3  0  1  0 .235  
A-D.Ward PH           0  0  0  0 .295   C-H.Mateo PR          0  1  0  0 .231  
  M.McBride P         0  0  0  0 .000     F.Rodriguez P       0  0  0  0 .000  
  K.Ray P             0  0  0  0 .000   E-N.Logan CF          0  0  0  0 .200  
  O.Villarreal P      0  0  0  0 .091     R.Ortiz P           1  1  0  0 .274  
D-W.Aybar PH          1  0  0  0 .264     B.Traber P          0  0  0  0 .091  
  P.Moylan P          0  0  0  0 ----   B-B.Harper PH,C       1  0  0  0 .319  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  3 10  3                 Totals      32  5  9  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Cormier In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Traber In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Schneider In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Villarreal In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Rodriguez In 9th Inning
 
Braves.......... 2 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  3 10  1
Nationals....... 0 0 3  0 0 0  2 0    -  5  9  1
 
Braves (72-80)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
L.Cormier                 5       6   3   3   1   1   0  79   3.92
M.McBride LOSS(3-4)       1       1   1   1   1   2   0  16   3.63
K.Ray                     0 1/3   1   1   1   0   0   1   4   5.20
O.Villarreal              0 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  13   4.36
P.Moylan                  1       0   0   0   0   1   0  10   5.93
Totals                    8       9   5   5   2   4   1
 
Nationals (79-73)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Ortiz                   5 1/3   9   3   3   1   7   2  85   4.55
B.Traber WIN(5-2)         1 2/3   0   0   0   2   1   0  27   4.75
F.Rodriguez HOLD(5th)     1       1   0   0   0   0   0   7   4.66
C.Cordero SAVE(35th)      1       0   0   0   0   2   0  15   3.82
Totals                    9      10   3   3   3  10   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 19,167 DATE- Wednesday, September 20th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Phil Cuzzi, Jerry Crawford, Chuck Meriwether, Brian O'Nora
T- 2:41
LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 9  Nationals: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 0  Nationals: 1
ERRORS- J.Francoeur, F.Lopez
DOUBLES- B.McCann(33rd), A.Laroche(47th), F.Lopez(22nd), R.Church(8th),
         B.Schneider(15th)
HOME RUNS- A.Jones-2(40th), A.Soriano(41st)
CAUGHT STEALING- M.Diaz
WALKS- E.Renteria, B.McCann, D.Ward, R.Zimmerman, R.Ortiz
STRIKE OUTS- P.Orr, E.Renteria, C.Jones-2, A.Jones, A.Laroche-2, M.Diaz,
             L.Cormier-2, N.Johnson, R.Zimmerman, R.Church-2
WEB GEMS- Bot 3rd: Brian McCann blocked the plate, saving a run!
          Top 6th: Brian Schneider blocked the plate, saving a run!
 
Alfonso Soriano connected with a 'big fly' and had 2 RBI as the Washington
Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves by a score of 5 to 3.
 
Washington took the lead for keeps in the bottom of the 7th inning with 2 runs
on 3 hits.  Brian Schneider led off and keyed the rally when he doubled.
After an out was recorded, Soriano came to the plate and bombed a two-run
dinger (his 41st of the season).  Chad Cordero was perfect in the ninth
giving him his 35th save on the season.  
 
The win went to Billy Traber(5-2) who allowed no runs in 1 and 2/3 innings.
Macay McBride(3-4) was the loser in relief.  He allowed 1 run and 1 hit in 1
inning.








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