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St. Louis Cardinals @ Washington Nationals

2007-08-05 · Day game · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · Att: 33517 · 86°F · Wind 5 mph from CF · 3:12

Washington Nationals defeated St. Louis Cardinals 6–3. Washington Nationals put up 3 in the 8th. Ray King earned the win and Chad Cordero picked up the save. Ryan Ludwick went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	8
WAS	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3		6	12

W: Ray King L: Ryan Franklin SV: Chad Cordero

Umpires — HP: Brian Runge · 1B: Mark Wegner · 2B: Adrian Johnson · 3B: Mike Winters · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
David Eckstein	5	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Spiezio	3	0	1	0	1	0
Albert Pujols	4	1	2	0	0	1
Juan Encarnacion	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ryan Ludwick	3	1	1	1	0	1
Jim Edmonds	3	0	2	1	1	0
Gary Bennett	3	0	0	0	0	1
Adam Wainwright	2	1	1	1	0	0
Aaron Miles	4	0	1	0	0	1
Chris Duncan	0	0	0	0	1	0
Yadier Molina	1	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Rolen	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Felipe Lopez	2	0	0	0	1	0
Ronnie Belliard	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ryan Zimmerman	5	2	3	1	0	1
Dmitri Young	5	1	3	3	0	2
Austin Kearns	5	0	1	0	0	0
Ryan Church	2	1	1	0	1	1
Jesus Flores	3	0	0	0	0	2
Nook Logan	3	1	2	1	1	0
Matt Chico	2	0	1	1	0	1
Ryan Langerhans	1	0	0	0	0	0
D'Angelo Jimenez	1	1	0	0	1	0
Robert Fick	0	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Adam Wainwright	7.0	8	3	7
Ryan Franklin	1.0	4	1	1

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Chico	5.0	6	3	2
Saul Rivera	1.0	1	0	1
Luis Ayala	1.1	1	1	1
Ray King	0.2	0	0	0
Chad Cordero	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

David Eckstein: 8/F8RD
Scott Spiezio: W
Albert Pujols: 7/F7D+
Juan Encarnacion: K

Bot 1

Felipe Lopez: W
Ronnie Belliard: 3/SH/BG3S+.1-2
Ryan Zimmerman: K
Dmitri Young: K

Top 2

Ryan Ludwick: HR/F78D+
Jim Edmonds: W
Gary Bennett: 9/F89D
Adam Wainwright: 24/SH/BG2R-.1-2
Aaron Miles: 43/G4M

Bot 2

Austin Kearns: 63/G6+
Ryan Church: D9/L89XD+
Jesus Flores: K
Nook Logan: W
Matt Chico: S6/G6M.2-H;1-3
Felipe Lopez: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 3

David Eckstein: 7/F7LD
Scott Spiezio: S7/G56+
Albert Pujols: S7/L7LM.1-2
Juan Encarnacion: 8/F8LD.2-3
Ryan Ludwick: HP.1-2
Jim Edmonds: 7/F7S

Bot 3

Ronnie Belliard: 63/G6M
Ryan Zimmerman: D7/L78M+
Dmitri Young: D7/L78D+.2-H
Austin Kearns: 7/F7D
Ryan Church: IW
Jesus Flores: HP.2-3;1-2
Nook Logan: S6/G6S-.3-H;2-3;1-2
Matt Chico: K

Top 4

Gary Bennett: 53/G56
Adam Wainwright: HR/F78XD+
Aaron Miles: 8/F8LD
David Eckstein: 13/G-

Bot 4

Felipe Lopez: 8/F8LXD
Ronnie Belliard: 13/G13-
Ryan Zimmerman: S6/G56
Dmitri Young: K

Top 5

Scott Spiezio: 63/G6
Albert Pujols: S7/L6D+
Juan Encarnacion: W.1-2
Ryan Ludwick: K
Jim Edmonds: D9/L9M+.2-H;1XH(942)

Bot 5

Austin Kearns: 8/F8LD
Ryan Church: HP
Jesus Flores: K
Nook Logan: 53/G

Top 6

Gary Bennett: K
Adam Wainwright: 9/L9D
Aaron Miles: S8/L6MD+
David Eckstein: 6/P5-

Bot 6

Ryan Langerhans: 43/G34
D'Angelo Jimenez: 53/G56
Ronnie Belliard: S8/P8RS-
Ryan Zimmerman: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 7

Scott Spiezio: 9/F89M
Albert Pujols: K
Juan Encarnacion: 9/L89D

Bot 7

Dmitri Young: S9/L9M
Austin Kearns: 8!/F8LXD+
Ryan Church: K
Jesus Flores: 8/F8RD

Top 8

Ryan Ludwick: 6/P6M-
Jim Edmonds: D8/F8RD
Chris Duncan: W
Yadier Molina: 14!(1)3/GDP/G15

Bot 8

Nook Logan: S5/BG25
Robert Fick: 53/SH/BG25.1-2
D'Angelo Jimenez: W
Ronnie Belliard: SB3
Ronnie Belliard: K
Ryan Zimmerman: S7/F78M.3-H;1-2
Dmitri Young: D7/F8LXD+.2-H;1-H
Austin Kearns: S8/G6M+.2XH(82)

Top 9

Aaron Miles: K
David Eckstein: 7/F7D
Scott Rolen: 9!/L89M

Notes & reviews

Chico's first career RBI
Cardinals Mgr Tony LaRussa argues the call with 1B umpire Mark Wegner
Ludwick threw up his hands when 1B umpire Mark Wegner called his half swing a strike then stared at 1B and finally walked towards the dugout; Manager Tony La Russa ejected by Wegner for arguing the call from the dugout; LaRussa came on the field and argued for quite a while before leaving; at one point he held up two fingers and told Wegner he had missed two calls
Nationals Felipe Lopez left the game due to an injured knee

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