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Colorado Rockies @ Washington Nationals

2005-07-20 · Night game · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · Att: 32381 · 89°F, sunny · Wind 5 mph · 2:54

Colorado Rockies defeated Washington Nationals 3–2. Colorado Rockies put up 2 in the 6th. Jason Jennings earned the win and Brian Fuentes picked up the save. JD Closser went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
COL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	9
WAS	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8

W: Jason Jennings L: Livan Hernandez SV: Brian Fuentes

Umpires — HP: Tom Hallion · 1B: Paul Nauert · 2B: Mark Wegner · 3B: Larry Poncino · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Colorado Rockies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cory Sullivan	4	1	2	0	1	0
Aaron Miles	3	0	0	0	0	1
Todd Helton	3	0	1	0	0	0
Eric Byrnes	4	0	0	0	0	1
Matt Holliday	4	0	2	1	0	0
Luis Gonzalez	3	0	1	0	0	0
Desi Relaford	3	1	0	0	0	1
JD Closser	3	1	2	2	1	0
Jason Jennings	3	0	1	0	0	2
Dustan Mohr	1	0	0	0	0	1

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jamey Carroll	2	1	1	1	1	0
Jose Vidro	3	0	1	1	0	1
Brad Wilkerson	4	0	2	0	0	2
Jose Guillen	4	0	0	0	0	1
Brian Schneider	3	0	0	0	0	0
Preston Wilson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Church	4	0	2	0	0	1
Carlos Baerga	3	1	2	0	0	0
Livan Hernandez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marlon Byrd	1	0	0	0	0	1
Gary Bennett	1	0	0	0	0	0
Vinny Castilla	1	0	0	0	0	0

Colorado Rockies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jason Jennings	5.0	4	0	3
Jose Acevedo	1.2	3	0	1
Mike DeJean	0.1	0	0	1
Dan Miceli	1.0	0	1	1
Brian Fuentes	1.0	1	0	0

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Livan Hernandez	7.0	8	2	5
Gary Majewski	1.0	0	0	0
Mike Stanton	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cory Sullivan: 43/G4
Aaron Miles: HP
Todd Helton: 9/F9M
Eric Byrnes: K

Bot 1

Jamey Carroll: S9/L4D+
Jose Vidro: D9/L8RM+.1-H;BX3(5)
Brad Wilkerson: S9/L89S+
Jose Guillen: 3/DP/P3D.1X1(31)

Top 2

Matt Holliday: D7/F7D+
Luis Gonzalez: HP
Desi Relaford: PO2(26)
Desi Relaford: K
JD Closser: S8/L4MD+.1-2
Jason Jennings: K

Bot 2

Brian Schneider: 63/G6S-
Preston Wilson: 53/G5+
Ryan Church: 8/F8RXD+

Top 3

Cory Sullivan: W
Aaron Miles: 8/L8RM+
Todd Helton: 63/G6+.1-2
Eric Byrnes: 8/F8RD

Bot 3

Carlos Baerga: D9/G
Livan Hernandez: 13/SH/BG25.2-3
Jamey Carroll: 9/SF/F89M.3-H
Jose Vidro: K

Top 4

Matt Holliday: 3/P
Luis Gonzalez: S7/L78M+
Desi Relaford: 7/F78M
JD Closser: W.1-2
Jason Jennings: K

Bot 4

Brad Wilkerson: K
Jose Guillen: E6/TH/G6.B-2
Brian Schneider: 9/F9M.2-3
Preston Wilson: 63/G6S-

Top 5

Cory Sullivan: S7/L7S+
Aaron Miles: 13/SH.1-2
Todd Helton: HP
Eric Byrnes: 7/L7M+
Matt Holliday: D9/L9LS+.2-H;1-3
Luis Gonzalez: 43/G4MD+

Bot 5

Ryan Church: K
Carlos Baerga: 3/G3+
Livan Hernandez: 63/G4M

Top 6

Desi Relaford: HP
JD Closser: HR/F9D+.1-H
Jason Jennings: S7
Cory Sullivan: 36(1)/FO/BG23
Aaron Miles: CS2(26)
Aaron Miles: K

Bot 6

Jamey Carroll: 9/F89D
Jose Vidro: 31/G3+
Brad Wilkerson: D8/F78XD+
Jose Guillen: K

Top 7

Todd Helton: S9/L9M+
Eric Byrnes: 54(1)3/GDP/G56+
Matt Holliday: 63/G6

Bot 7

Brian Schneider: 9/F89XD+
Preston Wilson: 4/P4D
Ryan Church: S8/G4M
Carlos Baerga: S8/L13+.1-2
Marlon Byrd: SB3
Marlon Byrd: K

Top 8

Luis Gonzalez: 6/L6
Desi Relaford: 43/G34
JD Closser: 5/P5D

Bot 8

Jamey Carroll: W
Jose Vidro: 3/SH/BG34S+.1-2
Brad Wilkerson: K
Jose Guillen: 8/F8LS

Top 9

Dustan Mohr: K
Cory Sullivan: S1/BG3S
Aaron Miles: 46(1)3/GDP/G4MD

Bot 9

Gary Bennett: 9/F9M+
Preston Wilson: 8/F8LXD+
Ryan Church: D9/L9LS+
Carlos Baerga: WP.2-3
Carlos Baerga: HP
Vinny Castilla: 6/L6+

Notes & reviews

Byrnes over threw the cutoff and Vidro took off as the ball rolled past him; Gonzalez retrieved the ball and tagged Vidro
Stanton's 1000th major league game; 10th pitcher with 1000

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