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Philadelphia Phillies @ Washington Nationals

2008-07-29 · Night game · Nationals Park · Att: 34039 · 85°F, cloudy · Wind 2 mph from CF · 2:27

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Washington Nationals 2–1. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 3rd. Brett Myers earned the win and Brad Lidge picked up the save. Chase Utley went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Brett Myers L: Collin Balester SV: Brad Lidge

Umpires — HP: Gary Cederstrom · 1B: Tim Timmons · 2B: Fieldin Culbreth · 3B: Jim Reynolds · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Jimmy Rollins	4	1	1	0	0
Shane Victorino	4	0	1	0	1
Chase Utley	4	1	2	2	0
Ryan Howard	4	0	1	0	1
Pat Burrell	4	0	2	0	2
Geoff Jenkins	4	0	0	0	2
Greg Dobbs	3	0	0	0	1
Chris Coste	4	0	0	0	0
Brett Myers	3	0	0	0	2
Eric Bruntlett	1	0	1	0	0

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO
Willie Harris	4	0	1	0	1
Ronnie Belliard	3	0	0	0	0
Ryan Zimmerman	3	0	0	1	1
Austin Kearns	4	0	0	0	0
Jesus Flores	4	1	0	0	0
Lastings Milledge	3	1	0	0	0
Paul Lo Duca	2	1	0	0	0
Felipe Lopez	3	0	0	0	0
Collin Balester	1	1	0	0	0
Kory Casto	1	0	0	0	0
Ryan Langerhans	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brett Myers	7.0	4	1	2
J. C. Romero	0.2	0	0	0
Chad Durbin	0.1	0	0	0
Brad Lidge	1.0	0	0	0

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Collin Balester	6.0	6	5
Garrett Mock	1.0	0	2
Charlie Manning	1.0	1	0
Joel Hanrahan	1.0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jimmy Rollins: 43/G4
Shane Victorino: K
Chase Utley: 9/F9M

Bot 1

Willie Harris: 13/G
Ronnie Belliard: 9/F9M
Ryan Zimmerman: K

Top 2

Ryan Howard: K
Pat Burrell: S7
Geoff Jenkins: FC6/G6.1X2(6E4);B-1
Greg Dobbs: 3/P3F
Chris Coste: 7/F7S

Bot 2

Austin Kearns: 3/P34S
Jesus Flores: 43/G4
Lastings Milledge: 6/P

Top 3

Brett Myers: 43/G4
Jimmy Rollins: S7/L78M
Shane Victorino: 8/F8LM
Chase Utley: HR/F9D+.1-H
Ryan Howard: S9/L34D+
Pat Burrell: K

Bot 3

Paul Lo Duca: HP
Felipe Lopez: 3(B)46(1)/GDP/G3
Collin Balester: S8/L8RS
Willie Harris: 4/P4D

Top 4

Geoff Jenkins: 3/G3
Greg Dobbs: 7/F78M
Chris Coste: 53/G56

Bot 4

Ronnie Belliard: HP
Ryan Zimmerman: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Austin Kearns: 63/G6

Top 5

Brett Myers: K
Jimmy Rollins: 9/F9LD
Shane Victorino: S9/G34
Chase Utley: CS2(26)

Bot 5

Jesus Flores: S8/L6M
Lastings Milledge: 4/P9LSF
Paul Lo Duca: 8/F8RD
Felipe Lopez: 63/G4M

Top 6

Chase Utley: 9/F9LD
Ryan Howard: 7/F7D
Pat Burrell: S8/G6M+
Geoff Jenkins: K

Bot 6

Kory Casto: 7/L7LM
Willie Harris: K
Ronnie Belliard: 3/G3

Top 7

Greg Dobbs: K
Chris Coste: 9/F9LM
Brett Myers: K

Bot 7

Ryan Zimmerman: W
Austin Kearns: 9/F89M
Jesus Flores: 8/F8LS
Lastings Milledge: S5/G56+.1X3(5654)

Top 8

Jimmy Rollins: 63/G6
Shane Victorino: 7!/F7LD+
Chase Utley: S9
Ryan Howard: 7/F78D

Bot 8

Paul Lo Duca: S8/L6MD
Felipe Lopez: E4/FO/G4.1-2;B-1
Ryan Langerhans: 14/SH/BG56S.2-3;1-2
Willie Harris: 53/G6S-.3-H(UR);2-3
Ronnie Belliard: 43/G4

Top 9

Pat Burrell: K
Geoff Jenkins: K
Eric Bruntlett: S7/L7S
Chris Coste: 3/G3S

Bot 9

Ryan Zimmerman: 53/G5
Austin Kearns: 3/P3DF
Jesus Flores: 9/F9M

Notes & reviews

Ronnie Belliard never had control of the throw from Felipe Lopez
Very hard one-hopper that bounced off Eric Bruntlett towards Jimmy Rollins; Bruntlett picked it up and threw to Chase Utley, who tagged Ryan Zimmerman, who had rounded the bag too far

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