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Washington Nationals @ Florida Marlins

2006-04-16 · Day game · Sun Life Stadium · Att: 10296 · 84°F, sunny · Wind 7 mph to CF · 3:15

Washington Nationals defeated Florida Marlins 7–5. Washington Nationals put up 3 in the 9th. Gary Majewski earned the win and Chad Cordero picked up the save. Ryan Church went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WAS	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	7	8
FLO	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	5	10

W: Gary Majewski L: Matt Herges SV: Chad Cordero

Umpires — HP: Larry Poncino · 1B: Bruce Dreckman · 2B: Ed Hickox · 3B: Gary Darling · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alfonso Soriano	4	1	1	0	1	0
Marlon Anderson	4	1	1	0	0	1
Nick Johnson	3	1	2	0	2	0
Ryan Zimmerman	3	1	0	1	1	2
Ryan Church	4	3	2	4	1	1
Marlon Byrd	4	0	1	0	0	1
Brian Schneider	4	0	1	0	0	1
Royce Clayton	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ramon Ortiz	2	0	0	0	0	1
Daryle Ward	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Vidro	0	0	0	1	0	0
Brendan Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0

Florida Marlins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hanley Ramirez	5	1	1	0	0	2
Alfredo Amezaga	4	0	1	0	1	0
Miguel Cabrera	3	1	1	1	2	1
Josh Willingham	4	0	2	0	0	0
Mike Jacobs	4	0	2	1	0	1
Chris Aguila	3	1	0	0	1	0
Miguel Olivo	4	2	2	2	0	0
Reggie Abercrombie	4	0	0	0	0	1
Sergio Mitre	2	0	0	0	0	1
Dan Uggla	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wes Helms	1	0	1	1	0	0
Matt Treanor	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ramon Ortiz	5.0	8	2	1
Felix Rodriguez	2.0	0	1	2
Mike Stanton	0.1	0	0	1
Gary Majewski	0.2	2	1	1
Chad Cordero	1.0	0	0	1

Florida Marlins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sergio Mitre	5.2	5	2	6
Ricky Nolasco	0.1	0	0	0
Carlos Martinez	2.0	1	2	2
Matt Herges	1.0	2	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Alfonso Soriano: 53/G
Marlon Anderson: S5/G56S-
Nick Johnson: S7/L8LM+.1-3
Ryan Zimmerman: 9/SF/F89M.3-H;1-2(TH)
Ryan Church: K

Bot 1

Hanley Ramirez: 9/F9D+
Alfredo Amezaga: W
Miguel Cabrera: PO1(E1).1-2
Miguel Cabrera: FC2.2X3(265)
Josh Willingham: D7/L7LS+.1-3
Mike Jacobs: 7/F78M

Top 2

Marlon Byrd: E5/TH/G56
Brian Schneider: 43/G4S.1-2
Royce Clayton: K
Ramon Ortiz: K

Bot 2

Chris Aguila: 9/F9M
Miguel Olivo: 63/G6S
Reggie Abercrombie: 63/G6S

Top 3

Alfonso Soriano: 4/P4D
Marlon Anderson: 43/G4
Nick Johnson: S9/L89S
Ryan Zimmerman: WP.1-2
Ryan Zimmerman: K

Bot 3

Sergio Mitre: 3/G3+
Hanley Ramirez: 9/F89D
Alfredo Amezaga: S7/G56
Miguel Cabrera: SB2
Miguel Cabrera: W
Josh Willingham: 7/F78S

Top 4

Ryan Church: 43/G4
Marlon Byrd: HP
Brian Schneider: POCS2(136)
Brian Schneider: K

Bot 4

Mike Jacobs: S9/L89S
Chris Aguila: 64(1)3/GDP/G6S
Miguel Olivo: HR/F78XD+
Reggie Abercrombie: 8/F8RXD+

Top 5

Royce Clayton: 8/F8LS
Ramon Ortiz: 53/G5
Alfonso Soriano: W
Marlon Anderson: 13/G13-

Bot 5

Sergio Mitre: K
Hanley Ramirez: S8/G6
Alfredo Amezaga: 143/G13.1-2
Miguel Cabrera: S7/L56+.2-H
Josh Willingham: S6/G6.1-2
Mike Jacobs: S9/L9S+.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Chris Aguila: 8/F8LXD+

Top 6

Nick Johnson: W
Ryan Zimmerman: K
Ryan Church: HR/F78XD+.1-H
Marlon Byrd: D7/F7LM+
Brian Schneider: 63/G6S.2-3
Royce Clayton: HP
Daryle Ward: 9/F9D+

Bot 6

Miguel Olivo: 2/P2RF
Reggie Abercrombie: K
Dan Uggla: 8/L8LD+

Top 7

Alfonso Soriano: 8/F8LXD+
Marlon Anderson: K
Nick Johnson: W
Ryan Zimmerman: 1/L15

Bot 7

Hanley Ramirez: K
Alfredo Amezaga: 5/P2LF
Miguel Cabrera: W
Josh Willingham: 9/F89M

Top 8

Ryan Church: W
Marlon Byrd: K
Brian Schneider: SB2
Brian Schneider: S9/L9S.2-3
Jose Vidro: 9/SF/F89M.3-H;1-2(TH)
Brendan Harris: 8/F8LD

Bot 8

Mike Jacobs: K
Chris Aguila: W
Miguel Olivo: D8/F78XD+.1-H
Reggie Abercrombie: 4/L4D-
Wes Helms: T9/F9S.2-H
Hanley Ramirez: K

Top 9

Alfonso Soriano: D7/G5
Marlon Anderson: 23/SH/BG25-.2-3
Nick Johnson: E6/TH/G6S.3-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Ryan Zimmerman: W
Ryan Church: OA.2X3(25);1-2
Ryan Church: HR/F9D+.2-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Marlon Byrd: 3/G

Bot 9

Alfredo Amezaga: 8/F8LM
Miguel Cabrera: K
Matt Treanor: 4/P4

Notes & reviews

Nationals shortstop Royce Clayton left the game due to an injured elbow
these runs are not earned; the ruling was that Zimmerman would have been out on the OA play for the third out of the inning; very generous

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