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Cincinnati Reds @ Washington Nationals

2005-08-25 · Day game · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · Att: 40762 · 83°F, sunny · Wind 3 mph R to L · 3:27

Cincinnati Reds defeated Washington Nationals 5–3. Cincinnati Reds put up 3 in the 7th. Brandon Claussen earned the win and David Weathers picked up the save. Brad Wilkerson went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	5	13
WAS	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	9

W: Brandon Claussen L: Livan Hernandez SV: David Weathers

Umpires — HP: Greg Gibson · 1B: Angel Hernandez · 2B: Chad Fairchild · 3B: Tom Hallion · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Felipe Lopez	5	1	2	0	0	1
Rich Aurilia	4	0	0	0	1	0
Ken Griffey	5	2	3	1	0	0
Adam Dunn	4	1	0	0	0	0
Sean Casey	4	1	3	0	1	0
Austin Kearns	4	0	2	2	1	1
Jason LaRue	5	0	1	1	0	1
Edwin Encarnacion	4	0	1	0	0	2
Brandon Claussen	3	0	1	0	0	1
Jacob Cruz	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brad Wilkerson	4	1	1	2	1	1
Jose Vidro	5	0	1	0	0	1
Nick Johnson	3	0	0	0	2	0
Jose Guillen	5	0	1	0	0	3
Preston Wilson	4	0	1	0	0	1
Vinny Castilla	4	1	2	0	0	0
Gary Bennett	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jamey Carroll	2	0	2	1	0	0
Livan Hernandez	2	0	1	0	0	0
Carlos Baerga	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Blanco	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cristian Guzman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Schneider	0	1	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brandon Claussen	5.2	6	2	5
Matt Belisle	0.1	0	0	0
Brian Shackelford	1.0	0	1	1
Todd Coffey	1.0	1	0	0
Kent Mercker	0.1	1	0	0
David Weathers	0.2	1	0	1

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Livan Hernandez	6.0	10	3	5
Joey Eischen	0.0	1	0	0
Hector Carrasco	1.0	1	0	1
Travis Hughes	0.1	1	0	0
Mike Stanton	1.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Felipe Lopez: S6/G56S-
Rich Aurilia: W.1-2
Ken Griffey: 36(1)/FO/G3.2-3;B-1
Adam Dunn: 6/P6D-
Sean Casey: W.1-2
Austin Kearns: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jason LaRue: K

Bot 1

Brad Wilkerson: 3/G3
Jose Vidro: 6/L6+
Nick Johnson: W
Jose Guillen: K

Top 2

Edwin Encarnacion: K
Brandon Claussen: S8/L8RS-
Felipe Lopez: 8/F8RD+
Rich Aurilia: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 2

Preston Wilson: K
Vinny Castilla: E6/G6.B-1
Gary Bennett: K
Jamey Carroll: BK.1-2
Jamey Carroll: S8/L8RS.2-H(UR)
Livan Hernandez: S7/P7S-.1-3
Brad Wilkerson: 7/F78S

Top 3

Ken Griffey: S9/L9S
Adam Dunn: 7/P7S-
Sean Casey: S6/G6.1-2
Austin Kearns: S7/L7S+.2-3;1-2
Jason LaRue: 4!/LDP/L4MD.2X2(46)

Bot 3

Jose Vidro: 8/F8LM-
Nick Johnson: W
Jose Guillen: 5/L5+
Preston Wilson: 8/F8LD

Top 4

Edwin Encarnacion: K
Brandon Claussen: K
Felipe Lopez: K

Bot 4

Vinny Castilla: S5/G5+.B-2(E5/TH)
Gary Bennett: 5/L5+
Jamey Carroll: S8/P8RS-.2-3
Livan Hernandez: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 5

Rich Aurilia: 63/G6
Ken Griffey: S9/G34
Adam Dunn: 9/F9M
Sean Casey: S9/G3+.1-3
Austin Kearns: S8/L8RM+.3-H;1-2
Jason LaRue: 9/F9M

Bot 5

Brad Wilkerson: K
Jose Vidro: 53/G56
Nick Johnson: 7/F7M

Top 6

Edwin Encarnacion: S8/L8LD+
Brandon Claussen: 2/BP2L-
Felipe Lopez: 36(1)/FO/G3.B-1
Rich Aurilia: BK.1-2
Rich Aurilia: 13/G15

Bot 6

Jose Guillen: K
Preston Wilson: D8/L8LXD+
Vinny Castilla: S7/L7S+.2-3
Gary Bennett: 6/P6D-
Carlos Baerga: 53/G5

Top 7

Ken Griffey: HR/L9D+
Adam Dunn: HP
Sean Casey: S9/G34+.1-3
Austin Kearns: K
Jason LaRue: WP.3-H;1-2
Jason LaRue: D7/F7D+.2-H
Edwin Encarnacion: 2/P2LF-
Jacob Cruz: 6/P7S-

Bot 7

Tony Blanco: 8/F8LM
Brad Wilkerson: W
Jose Vidro: K
Nick Johnson: BK.1-2
Nick Johnson: 43/G4

Top 8

Felipe Lopez: S8/G6+
Rich Aurilia: 3/P3F
Ken Griffey: 9/F9S
Adam Dunn: 8/F8RM

Bot 8

Jose Guillen: S8/G6M+
Preston Wilson: 9/F9M
Vinny Castilla: 5!4(1)/FO/G56
Gary Bennett: 6/P6D-

Top 9

Sean Casey: 8!/F78S
Austin Kearns: 9/F9M
Jason LaRue: 63/G6

Bot 9

Cristian Guzman: 63/G6
Brian Schneider: HP
Brad Wilkerson: HR/F8RXD+.1-H
Jose Vidro: S7/P7S-
Nick Johnson: 54(1)/FO/G56
Jose Guillen: K

Notes & reviews

Griffey's 40th park to homer in
balk called because 1Bman Casey moved away from the bag into the dirt cutout; he was fooled by Shackelford's motion and caught the ball nearly on the grass

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