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Washington Nationals @ Atlanta Braves

2006-05-14 · Day game · Turner Field · Att: 31062 · 69°F, cloudy · Wind 15 mph L to R · 2:54

Washington Nationals defeated Atlanta Braves 8–1. Washington Nationals put up 4 in the 5th. Tony Armas earned the win. Alfonso Soriano went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WAS	0	0	1	0	4	3	0	0	0	8	14
ATL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5

W: Tony Armas L: John Thomson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Wally Bell · 1B: Mark Carlson · 2B: CB Bucknor · 3B: John Hirschbeck · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alfonso Soriano	5	2	3	3	0	0
Jose Vidro	4	1	1	0	1	1
Nick Johnson	4	1	1	1	1	0
Jose Guillen	5	1	1	1	0	1
Ryan Church	5	1	1	2	0	2
Ryan Zimmerman	5	0	2	1	0	1
Wiki Gonzalez	5	1	3	0	0	0
Royce Clayton	4	1	2	0	0	0
Tony Armas	4	0	0	0	0	1

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Marcus Giles	3	0	0	0	1	1
Edgar Renteria	4	0	1	0	0	0
Chipper Jones	4	0	0	0	0	2
Andruw Jones	2	0	0	0	1	1
Brian McCann	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jeff Francoeur	4	0	1	0	0	0
Adam LaRoche	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ryan Langerhans	3	0	0	0	0	1
John Thomson	1	0	1	0	0	0
Pete Orr	1	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Diaz	1	0	1	0	0	0
Wilson Betemit	1	1	1	1	0	0

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tony Armas	7.0	3	2	6
Gary Majewski	1.0	1	0	1
Felix Rodriguez	1.0	1	0	0

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Thomson	5.0	8	1	2
Peter Moylan	0.1	3	1	1
Macay McBride	1.2	2	0	1
Mike Remlinger	1.0	1	0	1
Chad Paronto	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Alfonso Soriano: 53/G56
Jose Vidro: 13/G
Nick Johnson: W
Jose Guillen: K

Bot 1

Marcus Giles: K
Edgar Renteria: 13/BG
Chipper Jones: K

Top 2

Ryan Church: K
Ryan Zimmerman: S9/L4D
Wiki Gonzalez: S7/L7S.1-2
Royce Clayton: 53/G56S.2-3;1-2
Tony Armas: 13/G15+

Bot 2

Andruw Jones: 8/F8RXD+
Brian McCann: K
Jeff Francoeur: S6/G6M
Adam LaRoche: CS2(26)

Top 3

Alfonso Soriano: HR/F7D+
Jose Vidro: 8/F8RXD+
Nick Johnson: 53/G56S
Jose Guillen: 13/G13

Bot 3

Adam LaRoche: 13/G25-
Ryan Langerhans: 43/G4
John Thomson: S8/G4M
Marcus Giles: W.1-2
Edgar Renteria: S9/L89S.2-3;1-2
Chipper Jones: K

Top 4

Ryan Church: 7!/L7M+
Ryan Zimmerman: 63/G6
Wiki Gonzalez: S8/G6M+
Royce Clayton: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 4

Andruw Jones: K
Brian McCann: 7/F78D+
Jeff Francoeur: 53/G

Top 5

Tony Armas: 43/G4
Alfonso Soriano: 8/F8RXD+
Jose Vidro: S8/F8LS
Nick Johnson: E3/G3S.1-2
Jose Guillen: D9/L3D.2-H(UR);1-3
Ryan Church: S9/L9M.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Ryan Zimmerman: SB2
Ryan Zimmerman: S7/L78S+.2-H(UR)
Wiki Gonzalez: CS2(24)

Bot 5

Adam LaRoche: 6/P4MD
Ryan Langerhans: 9/L9M
Pete Orr: 8/F8LXD+

Top 6

Wiki Gonzalez: S7/G56
Royce Clayton: D9/L9LM.1-3
Tony Armas: K
Alfonso Soriano: S9/G4.3-H;2-H;B-2(TH)
Jose Vidro: W
Nick Johnson: S9/L7S+.2-H;1-2
Jose Guillen: 64(1)/FO/G6MD.2-3
Ryan Church: K

Bot 6

Marcus Giles: 163/G13+
Edgar Renteria: 7/F78D
Chipper Jones: 5/P5

Top 7

Ryan Zimmerman: 43/G4+
Wiki Gonzalez: 9/F89D
Royce Clayton: T9/L9LS
Tony Armas: 13/G15

Bot 7

Andruw Jones: W
Brian McCann: 8/F8LXD+
Jeff Francoeur: 36(1)/FO/G34S
Adam LaRoche: K

Top 8

Alfonso Soriano: S1/G25-
Jose Vidro: K
Nick Johnson: 64(1)/FO/G6S
Jose Guillen: 54(1)/FO/G56

Bot 8

Ryan Langerhans: K
Matt Diaz: S9/L9S
Marcus Giles: 9/F9M
Edgar Renteria: 9/F9LM

Top 9

Ryan Church: 8/F8LXD+
Ryan Zimmerman: K
Wiki Gonzalez: 43/G4S

Bot 9

Chipper Jones: 8/F8RXD+
Wilson Betemit: HR/F9D+
Brian McCann: 7/F7M
Jeff Francoeur: 3/P34

Notes & reviews

Braves 1B Adam LaRoche did not hustle to the bag and was beaten there by Nick Johnson
Braves Manager Bobby Cox ejected by 1B umpire Mark Carlson for arguing that Carlson got the call wrong on Nick Johnson in the top of the inning

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