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Colorado Rockies @ Washington Nationals

2008-08-16 · Night game · Nationals Park · Att: 28909 · 80°F, cloudy · Wind 10 mph from LF · 2:56

Colorado Rockies defeated Washington Nationals 13–6. Colorado Rockies put up 6 in the 5th. Livan Hernandez earned the win. Ronnie Belliard went 3-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
COL	2	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	2	13	13
WAS	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	6	11

W: Livan Hernandez L: John Lannan SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Hunter Wendelstedt · 1B: Mike Estabrook · 2B: Marvin Hudson · 3B: Randy Marsh · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Colorado Rockies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Clint Barmes	5	0	1	1	1	2
Willy Taveras	5	1	1	1	0	0
Matt Holliday	2	3	0	0	3	1
Garrett Atkins	4	2	2	2	1	0
Brad Hawpe	5	1	2	2	0	1
Troy Tulowitzki	5	2	3	3	0	0
Yorvit Torrealba	4	2	1	1	1	0
Ian Stewart	5	2	2	2	0	2
Livan Hernandez	4	0	1	1	0	0
Seth Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Emilio Bonifacio	4	1	1	0	0	0
Willie Harris	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Zimmerman	4	1	1	1	0	0
Lastings Milledge	4	2	3	1	0	0
Austin Kearns	3	2	1	0	1	0
Jesus Flores	4	0	2	0	0	1
Ronnie Belliard	4	0	3	3	0	0
Kory Casto	3	0	0	0	0	0
John Lannan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Garrett Mock	1	0	0	0	0	1
Pete Orr	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Langerhans	1	0	0	0	0	1

Colorado Rockies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Livan Hernandez	6.0	10	1	2
Luis Vizcaino	2.0	0	0	0
Jason Grilli	1.0	1	0	1

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Lannan	4.0	7	4	2
Garrett Mock	2.0	3	2	2
Steven Shell	2.0	0	0	2
Luis Ayala	1.0	3	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Clint Barmes: 9/F9M
Willy Taveras: S7/G56
Matt Holliday: SB2
Matt Holliday: W
Garrett Atkins: SB3;SB2
Garrett Atkins: S7/L7S.3-H;2-H
Brad Hawpe: S9/G34.1-2
Troy Tulowitzki: E4/FO/G4.2-3;1-2
Yorvit Torrealba: 52(3)3/GDP/G56S

Bot 1

Emilio Bonifacio: 63/G6
Willie Harris: 8/F8LS
Ryan Zimmerman: 43/G4

Top 2

Ian Stewart: 7/F7LD
Livan Hernandez: 1/G34S-
Clint Barmes: K

Bot 2

Lastings Milledge: S9/L9S
Austin Kearns: S6/G6.1-2
Jesus Flores: S7/G56.2-3;1-2
Ronnie Belliard: S1/R2/G13+.3-H;2-3;1-2
Kory Casto: 46(1)3/GDP/G4.3-H(NR);2-3
John Lannan: 13/G15

Top 3

Willy Taveras: 43/G4
Matt Holliday: W
Garrett Atkins: S7/G5+.1-3
Brad Hawpe: 4!3/G34.3-H;1-2
Troy Tulowitzki: D9/L3D+.2-H
Yorvit Torrealba: S8/L6MD+.2-H
Ian Stewart: K

Bot 3

Emilio Bonifacio: 8/L8RM
Willie Harris: 13/G15
Ryan Zimmerman: 4/L4

Top 4

Livan Hernandez: 43/G4S
Clint Barmes: 63/G6
Willy Taveras: 5!3/G56S+

Bot 4

Lastings Milledge: S7/G6+
Austin Kearns: 54(1)3/GDP/G56
Jesus Flores: K

Top 5

Matt Holliday: W
Garrett Atkins: SB2
Garrett Atkins: W
Brad Hawpe: S8/L8LS.2-H;1-3(E8);B-2
Troy Tulowitzki: S8/L8RS-.3-H;2-H
Yorvit Torrealba: W.1-2
Ian Stewart: S9/G34+.2-H;1-3
Livan Hernandez: S9/L9LM.3-H;1-3
Clint Barmes: W.1-2
Willy Taveras: 7/SF/F78M.3-H
Matt Holliday: K
Garrett Atkins: 8/P8RS

Bot 5

Ronnie Belliard: 63/G6M
Kory Casto: 3/G3
Garrett Mock: K

Top 6

Brad Hawpe: K
Troy Tulowitzki: 5/P56
Yorvit Torrealba: 8/L8RD

Bot 6

Emilio Bonifacio: S7/L6D
Willie Harris: 8/F78M
Ryan Zimmerman: D9/L9LM.1-H
Lastings Milledge: WP.2-3
Lastings Milledge: D9/F89XD+.3-H
Austin Kearns: W
Jesus Flores: S8/L8RS+.2-3;1-2
Ronnie Belliard: D8/L8LM+.3-H;2-H;1XH(862)
Kory Casto: 13/G15

Top 7

Ian Stewart: K
Livan Hernandez: 53/G56S-
Clint Barmes: K

Bot 7

Pete Orr: 5/P5
Emilio Bonifacio: 7/L7M
Willie Harris: 8/L8RM

Top 8

Willy Taveras: 8/F8LS
Matt Holliday: 53/G56
Garrett Atkins: 8/F8RXD

Bot 8

Ryan Zimmerman: 13/G15
Lastings Milledge: 43/G4
Austin Kearns: 63/G6

Top 9

Brad Hawpe: 7!/L78M
Troy Tulowitzki: S9/L89S
Yorvit Torrealba: 64(1)/FO/G6S
Ian Stewart: D8/F89XD+.1-H
Seth Smith: E5/TH/G56.2-3
Clint Barmes: S8/F8LS-.3-H(UR);1-2
Willy Taveras: 63/G4MS

Bot 9

Jesus Flores: 8/F8LM
Ronnie Belliard: S8/L78S
Ryan Langerhans: K
Pete Orr: 7/F7LSF

Notes & reviews

Rockies pitcher Livan Hernandez made a good block of the hard hit ball with his glove but could not make a play at any base once he retrieved the ball, which had bounced about 15 feet away
Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki went to his left and the ball went past him on the right

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