September 3, 2006: Nationals 5 Diamondbacks 4
Saturday, October 06, 2007
| The Nationals extend their winning streak to 7 games and sweep the series from the DBacks in the process with a 5-4 win. The Nats also move to .500 for the first time since May 21st, when they were just 22-22. They also now have sole possession of 3rd place for the first time since May 25th, and their 17.5 game deficit in the division is the smallest since June 13th. Of course, they still sit 14 games back in the wild card race with just 26 games left in the season, so they are playing for pride at this point. The winning edge for the Nats in this game were the 6 walks the DBacks issued, as well as taking advantage of errors and utilizing their speed. Alfonso Soriano had 3 steals in the game, yet did not even have a hit! Here's how the Nats big 4 run 5th inning went: Tony Armas was up first and struck out. Next was Soriano, who reached on a 2 base error by DBacks RF Carlos Quentin. Soriano stole third, then I attempted the squeeze with Felipe Lopez at the plate because Soriano would be the tying run in what was a 2-1 ballgame at the time. Lopez misses the pitch, and Soriano attempts to steal home on a 1-6 chance. The split comes up a 1 and Soriano is safe with the tying run! Lopez then hits the ball to Quentin, who commits another 2 base error. Jose Vidro walks, Nick Johnson grounds out, and the DBacks intentionally walk Ryan Zimmerman to get the force at any base with Austin Kearns up. Unfortunately for the DBacks, Kearns clears the bases with a triple before Brian Schneider lines out to end the inning. All 4 runs would be unearned, which helps Arizona starter Brandon Webb's ERA but does not keep him from being on the hook for the loss. The DBacks would get a run in both the 7th and the 8th, but Chad Cordero shuts them down in the 9th for his 31st save. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2006 Arizona Diamondbacks At 2006 Washington Nationals 9/3/2006
Diamondbacks AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
S.Drew SS 4 0 0 0 .339 A.Soriano LF 3 1 0 0 .260
O.Hudson 2B 4 0 0 0 .312 F.Lopez SS 5 1 1 0 .294
L.Gonzalez LF 2 2 2 0 .301 J.Vidro 2B 3 1 0 0 .270
E.Byrnes CF 4 0 1 1 .276 N.Johnson 1B 3 1 0 0 .301
J.Estrada C 4 1 0 0 .310 R.Zimmerman 3B 2 1 1 1 .265
C.Jackson 1B 3 1 1 2 .278 A.Kearns RF 4 0 2 3 .309
C.Tracy 3B 3 0 1 0 .281 B.Schneider C 4 0 0 0 .234
C.Quentin RF 4 0 0 1 .246 N.Logan CF 4 0 0 0 .222
B.Webb P 2 0 1 0 .200 T.Armas Jr P 2 0 1 0 .044
B-C.Counsell PH 1 0 0 0 .239 A-G.Lombard PH 1 0 0 0 .000
G.Aquino P 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Booker P 0 0 0 0 ----
R.Choate P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Perez P 0 0 0 0 ----
D-C.Snyder PH 1 0 0 0 .303 C-B.Castro PH 1 0 1 0 .250
C.Cordero P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 32 4 6 4 Totals 32 5 6 4
A-Pinch Hit For Armas Jr In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Webb In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Perez In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Choate In 9th Inning
Diamondbacks.... 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 - 4 6 2
Nationals....... 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 - 5 6 1
Diamondbacks (59-77) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Webb LOSS(9-10) 6 4 5 1 4 6 0 112 3.79
G.Aquino 1 2/3 2 0 0 2 3 0 24 3.79
R.Choate 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.92
Totals 8 6 5 1 6 9 0
Nationals (68-68) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
T.Armas Jr WIN(9-5) 6 4 2 1 2 4 0 84 2.63
C.Booker HOLD(3rd) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17 5.87
B.Perez HOLD(1st) 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 22 9.00
C.Cordero SAVE(31st) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 4.01
Totals 9 6 4 3 3 6 0
ATTENDANCE- 41,724 DATE- Sunday, September 3rd 2006 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Bill Miller, Gerry Davis, Brian Gorman, Eric Cooper
T- 3:05
LEFT ON BASE- Diamondbacks: 5 Nationals: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Diamondbacks: 0 Nationals: 2
ERRORS- C.Quentin-2, R.Zimmerman
DOUBLES- E.Byrnes(44th), C.Jackson(29th), C.Tracy(36th), T.Armas Jr
TRIPLES- A.Kearns(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- C.Jackson(5th), A.Soriano-3(27th), F.Lopez(52nd), B.Castro(5th)
WALKS- L.Gonzalez-2, C.Tracy, A.Soriano-2, J.Vidro, N.Johnson, R.Zimmerman-2
HIT BY PITCH- C.Jackson
STRIKE OUTS- S.Drew, O.Hudson, C.Jackson, C.Tracy, C.Quentin, C.Counsell,
F.Lopez, J.Vidro, N.Johnson-2, A.Kearns-2, N.Logan-2, T.Armas Jr
GIDP- O.Hudson, E.Byrnes
BALKS- B.Webb
WILD PITCHES- T.Armas Jr
The red-hot Washington Nationals scored 4 runs in the 5th inning and edged the
ice-cold Arizona Diamondbacks at RFK STADIUM by the score of 5 to
4.
Washington tallied 4 runs in the 5th inning. The crucial at-bat was provided
by Austin Kearns who came through for the home fans when he tripled clearing
the bases. Arizona threatened in the 9th but their rally came up short.
Tony Armas Jr(9-5) went 6 innings allowing 2 runs for the win. Chad Cordero
recorded his 31st save. Brandon Webb(9-10) was hit with the loss. He gave
up 5 runs and 4 hits in 6 innings.
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