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Washington Nationals @ Philadelphia Phillies

2008-08-19 · Night game · Citizens Bank Park · Att: 44143 · 80°F, sunny · Wind 15 mph L to R · 2:31

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Washington Nationals 5–4. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 5th. Ryan Madson earned the win and Brad Lidge picked up the save. Willie Harris went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WAS	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	4	11
PHI	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1		5	7

W: Ryan Madson L: Steven Shell SV: Brad Lidge

Umpires — HP: Joe West · 1B: Ed Rapuano · 2B: Ed Hickox · 3B: CB Bucknor · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Emilio Bonifacio	5	0	0	0	0	1
Willie Harris	5	2	2	1	0	1
Ryan Zimmerman	4	1	1	1	0	1
Lastings Milledge	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ronnie Belliard	4	0	4	1	0	0
Jesus Flores	4	0	1	1	0	2
Austin Kearns	3	0	1	0	1	1
Kory Casto	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jason Bergmann	3	0	0	0	0	1
Aaron Boone	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Rollins	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jayson Werth	4	1	1	1	0	1
Chase Utley	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Howard	3	1	1	0	1	1
Pat Burrell	4	0	1	0	0	1
Shane Victorino	3	2	2	0	0	0
Greg Dobbs	2	1	1	1	0	0
Chris Coste	2	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Blanton	1	0	0	0	0	1
Geoff Jenkins	0	0	0	1	0	0
So Taguchi	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jason Bergmann	6.1	6	0	4
Steven Shell	1.0	1	0	0
Charlie Manning	0.1	0	1	0
Saul Rivera	0.1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Blanton	5.0	8	1	3
Chad Durbin	2.0	3	0	1
Ryan Madson	1.0	0	0	2
Brad Lidge	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Emilio Bonifacio: K
Willie Harris: HR/F9LD+
Ryan Zimmerman: 63/G6
Lastings Milledge: 53/G56+

Bot 1

Jimmy Rollins: 9/L9M+
Jayson Werth: 63/G6M
Chase Utley: 9/F9D

Top 2

Ronnie Belliard: D9/L89XD+
Jesus Flores: 7/F78XD.2-3
Austin Kearns: W
Kory Casto: 6/L6
Jason Bergmann: 43/G34

Bot 2

Ryan Howard: S9/L89S+
Pat Burrell: 6/P6MD
Shane Victorino: D9/L9LD+.1-3
Greg Dobbs: 7/SF/F78D.3-H
Chris Coste: 8/F8LD

Top 3

Emilio Bonifacio: 7/F7S
Willie Harris: 3/BG3S+
Ryan Zimmerman: 7/F7LD

Bot 3

Joe Blanton: K
Jimmy Rollins: 31/G34+
Jayson Werth: 9/F9LS

Top 4

Lastings Milledge: S9/G34+
Ronnie Belliard: S7/L7M+.1-3
Jesus Flores: S7/G56+.3-H;1-2
Austin Kearns: 8/F8LS
Kory Casto: 3/L34+
Jason Bergmann: K

Bot 4

Chase Utley: 63/G4
Ryan Howard: K
Pat Burrell: K

Top 5

Emilio Bonifacio: 8/F8RXD+
Willie Harris: S8/G4M+
Ryan Zimmerman: T9/F9LD.1-H
Lastings Milledge: 8/F8LS
Ronnie Belliard: S8/L6D.3-H
Jesus Flores: K

Bot 5

Shane Victorino: T7/L8LD+
Greg Dobbs: E7/P78S.3-H(NR)
Chris Coste: SB2
Chris Coste: S67/L6D.2-3
Geoff Jenkins: 7/SF/F7D.3-H(UR)
Jimmy Rollins: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 6

Austin Kearns: S8/G6M+
Kory Casto: S8/G6M.1-2
Jason Bergmann: 15(2)/FO.1-2;B-1
Emilio Bonifacio: 3/G3.2-3;1-2
Willie Harris: 9/F89D

Bot 6

Jayson Werth: K
Chase Utley: 6/P4MD
Ryan Howard: 3/G3

Top 7

Ryan Zimmerman: K
Lastings Milledge: 7/F7M
Ronnie Belliard: S9/L89S
Jesus Flores: CS2(24)

Bot 7

Pat Burrell: S64/G6M
Shane Victorino: 46(1)/FO/UINT/G4M
Greg Dobbs: S8/L6MD.1-3
Chris Coste: 9/SF/F89M.3-H
So Taguchi: 53/BG56S+

Top 8

Jesus Flores: K
Austin Kearns: K
Kory Casto: 13/G13

Bot 8

Jimmy Rollins: 9/F89XD+
Jayson Werth: HR/F78XD+
Chase Utley: 31/G3
Ryan Howard: W
Pat Burrell: 7/F7S

Top 9

Aaron Boone: K
Emilio Bonifacio: 6/P6
Willie Harris: K

Notes & reviews

Nationals catcher Jesus Flores made a snap throw to 1B on an attempted pick off; the ball sailed into RF and Shane Victorino ran to 3B; however, Flores' arm had struck HP umpire Joe West thus causing the errant throw; Victorino was returned to 1B on the umpire interference

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