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Philadelphia Phillies @ Washington Nationals

2007-09-23 · Day game · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · Att: 40519 · 78°F, sunny · Wind 11 mph L to R · 3:22

Washington Nationals defeated Philadelphia Phillies 5–3. Washington Nationals put up 2 in the 6th. Luis Ayala earned the win and Chad Cordero picked up the save. Austin Kearns went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Luis Ayala L: Antonio Alfonseca SV: Chad Cordero

Umpires — HP: Gary Darling · 1B: Jerry Meals · 2B: Larry Poncino · 3B: Chad Fairchild · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Rollins	5	0	1	0	0	0
Chase Utley	4	1	1	0	1	2
Pat Burrell	3	0	1	1	1	1
Ryan Howard	2	0	0	0	3	1
Aaron Rowand	4	0	1	1	1	1
Greg Dobbs	2	1	1	0	1	1
Jayson Werth	5	0	0	0	0	4
Carlos Ruiz	4	0	1	1	0	1
Cole Hamels	1	1	1	0	1	0
Pete LaForest	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tadahito Iguchi	1	0	0	0	0	0
Abraham Nunez	1	0	1	0	0	0
Shane Victorino	1	0	0	0	0	1
Wes Helms	1	0	0	0	0	1

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
D'Angelo Jimenez	3	2	2	0	1	0
Ronnie Belliard	2	1	0	0	2	1
Ryan Zimmerman	4	1	1	0	0	0
Austin Kearns	4	1	3	2	0	0
Tony Batista	2	0	0	0	1	1
Jesus Flores	2	0	0	1	0	2
Justin Maxwell	2	0	0	0	0	1
Nook Logan	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joel Hanrahan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cristian Guzman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Church	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Langerhans	1	0	0	0	0	1
Robert Fick	1	0	1	1	0	0
Brian Schneider	0	0	0	1	0	0
Wily Mo Pena	1	0	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cole Hamels	5.0	2	2	6
Antonio Alfonseca	0.1	2	2	0
Geoff Geary	0.2	0	0	0
Kyle Lohse	1.0	0	0	1
Kane Davis	0.2	4	0	0
Clay Condrey	0.1	0	0	0

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joel Hanrahan	4.2	4	3	7
Mike Bacsik	0.0	0	1	0
Saul Rivera	0.1	0	0	0
Luis Ayala	1.0	1	1	1
Arnie Munoz	0.1	0	2	0
Jon Rauch	1.2	1	0	2
Chad Cordero	1.0	2	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jimmy Rollins: 63/G6M
Chase Utley: K
Pat Burrell: 3/P3F

Bot 1

D'Angelo Jimenez: S8/L4D
Ronnie Belliard: W.1-2
Ryan Zimmerman: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M.2-3
Austin Kearns: S8/L8RS.3-H
Tony Batista: 5/P5F-

Top 2

Ryan Howard: 7/F78S-
Aaron Rowand: K
Greg Dobbs: K

Bot 2

Jesus Flores: K
Justin Maxwell: 63/G6
Nook Logan: 13/BG

Top 3

Jayson Werth: 9/F9M-
Carlos Ruiz: 53/G5
Cole Hamels: S7
Jimmy Rollins: S8/L4D.1-2
Chase Utley: K

Bot 3

Joel Hanrahan: 8/F8RM-
D'Angelo Jimenez: W
Ronnie Belliard: SB2
Ronnie Belliard: K
Ryan Zimmerman: 3/L3

Top 4

Pat Burrell: K
Ryan Howard: K
Aaron Rowand: W
Greg Dobbs: S8/L8RD+.1-2
Jayson Werth: K

Bot 4

Austin Kearns: 43/G4
Tony Batista: K
Jesus Flores: K

Top 5

Carlos Ruiz: 3/P
Cole Hamels: W
Jimmy Rollins: 6/P6D-
Chase Utley: W.1-2
Pat Burrell: S7.2-H;1-2
Ryan Howard: W.2-3;1-2
Aaron Rowand: 64(1)/FO/G6M

Bot 5

Justin Maxwell: K
Nook Logan: K
Cristian Guzman: 3/G

Top 6

Greg Dobbs: W
Jayson Werth: K.1-3(E2/TH1)(E9)
Carlos Ruiz: S9/P9LS-.3-H(UR)
Pete LaForest: 5/P5F
Jimmy Rollins: 43/G4

Bot 6

D'Angelo Jimenez: D9/G3+.B-3(E9)
Ronnie Belliard: W
Ryan Zimmerman: 6/P6MD-
Austin Kearns: S8/G6M+.3-H;1-2
Tony Batista: W.2-3;1-2
Jesus Flores: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ryan Church: 4!6(1)3/GDP/G34

Top 7

Chase Utley: 4/P9LMF-
Pat Burrell: W
Ryan Howard: W.1-2
Aaron Rowand: 8/F8LD
Tadahito Iguchi: 8/F8RD-

Bot 7

Nook Logan: 63/G6
Ryan Langerhans: K
D'Angelo Jimenez: 13/G13-

Top 8

Jayson Werth: K
Carlos Ruiz: K
Abraham Nunez: S7/L7LS
Jimmy Rollins: 9/F9D

Bot 8

Ronnie Belliard: 7/F7LMF-
Ryan Zimmerman: S7/G6+
Austin Kearns: S9/G34.1-2
Robert Fick: S48/G4MD.2-H;1-3
Brian Schneider: 9/SF/F89D+.3-H
Wily Mo Pena: S8/L8RS.1-2
Nook Logan: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 9

Chase Utley: DGR/F78XD+
Shane Victorino: K
Ryan Howard: W
Aaron Rowand: S7.2-H;1-2
Wes Helms: K
Jayson Werth: K

Notes & reviews

The last game at RFK Stadium with appropriate ceremony, including the appearance by Courtney Kennedy, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy
Howard's 195th strikeout of the season to tie the single-season record
the ball got past Werth in the corner
on the elbow; Flores in a lot of pain
Nationals catcher Jesus Flores left the game due to an injured elbow

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