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Colorado Rockies @ Washington Nationals

2008-08-17 · Day game · Nationals Park · Att: 31467 · 83°F, sunny · Wind 5 mph to RF · 3:00

Colorado Rockies defeated Washington Nationals 7–2. Colorado Rockies put up 4 in the 8th. Aaron Cook earned the win. Seth Smith went 1-for-1 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
COL	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	7	7
WAS	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	10

W: Aaron Cook L: Odalis Perez SV: (none)

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

Colorado Rockies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Clint Barmes	4	0	0	0	1	1
Willy Taveras	4	0	3	0	1	0
Matt Holliday	5	0	0	0	0	1
Garrett Atkins	4	0	0	0	1	1
Brad Hawpe	4	1	2	1	1	0
Chris Iannetta	4	2	0	0	0	1
Troy Tulowitzki	3	1	0	0	1	1
Ian Stewart	2	2	1	3	2	0
Aaron Cook	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Baker	1	0	0	0	0	0
Seth Smith	1	1	1	3	0	0

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Emilio Bonifacio	4	1	1	0	1	0
Willie Harris	5	0	2	0	0	1
Lastings Milledge	4	0	2	1	0	0
Aaron Boone	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ronnie Belliard	3	1	1	0	1	0
Ryan Langerhans	4	0	1	0	0	0
Pete Orr	3	0	2	1	1	0
Wil Nieves	4	0	1	0	0	0
Odalis Perez	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ryan Zimmerman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Austin Kearns	1	0	0	0	0	0

Colorado Rockies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Aaron Cook	5.0	7	3	4
Matt Herges	0.0	2	0	0
Manny Corpas	2.0	0	0	0
Taylor Buchholz	1.0	1	0	0
Glendon Rusch	1.0	0	0	0

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Odalis Perez	6.0	4	4	3
Steven Shell	1.0	0	2	0
Charlie Manning	0.0	1	0	0
Jesus Colome	1.0	2	1	1
Joel Hanrahan	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Clint Barmes: 143/G13
Willy Taveras: D7/L7S+
Matt Holliday: 8/F8LD+
Garrett Atkins: W+SB3
Brad Hawpe: W.1-2
Chris Iannetta: 9/F9D

Bot 1

Emilio Bonifacio: 53/G56
Willie Harris: S9/G34
Lastings Milledge: 143/G13.1-2
Aaron Boone: 63/G6S-

Top 2

Troy Tulowitzki: 9/F9M
Ian Stewart: W
Aaron Cook: 13/SH/BG23-.1-2
Clint Barmes: 5/L56

Bot 2

Ronnie Belliard: S9/L9S+
Ryan Langerhans: D7/G5+.1-3
Pete Orr: 3/G3-.3-H;2-3
Wil Nieves: FC4/G4MS.3XH(42);B-1
Odalis Perez: K

Top 3

Willy Taveras: S7/L78M
Matt Holliday: 8/F8LM
Garrett Atkins: 8/L8RM+
Brad Hawpe: 6/P6D

Bot 3

Emilio Bonifacio: S9/L9S
Willie Harris: CS2(26)
Willie Harris: K
Lastings Milledge: D8/L8RS+.B-3(E8)
Aaron Boone: K

Top 4

Chris Iannetta: E6/G6
Troy Tulowitzki: W.1-2
Ian Stewart: HR/F89XD+.2-H(UR);1-H
Aaron Cook: 53/G56
Clint Barmes: K
Willy Taveras: 43/G4M

Bot 4

Ronnie Belliard: 63/G6
Ryan Langerhans: 8/F8RD+
Pete Orr: W
Wil Nieves: 53/G56S-

Top 5

Matt Holliday: K
Garrett Atkins: K
Brad Hawpe: S8/G4M+
Chris Iannetta: 13/G15+

Bot 5

Odalis Perez: 3!/G
Emilio Bonifacio: W
Willie Harris: S8/L8LS.1-2
Lastings Milledge: DGR/L78XD+.2-H;1-3
Aaron Boone: K
Ronnie Belliard: W
Ryan Langerhans: 9/F9M

Top 6

Troy Tulowitzki: 53/G56
Ian Stewart: 7/F7S
Jeff Baker: 4/P8RS

Bot 6

Pete Orr: S7/L78S
Wil Nieves: S8/L8RS+.1-2
Ryan Zimmerman: 7/F78M+
Emilio Bonifacio: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 7

Clint Barmes: W
Willy Taveras: W.1-2
Matt Holliday: 7/F78M
Garrett Atkins: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 7

Willie Harris: 6/P78S
Lastings Milledge: 7/L7D+
Aaron Boone: 7/L7S+

Top 8

Brad Hawpe: HR/F89XD+
Chris Iannetta: HP
Troy Tulowitzki: K
Ian Stewart: W.1-2
Seth Smith: HR/F8RXD+.2-H;1-H
Clint Barmes: 3/P3S
Willy Taveras: S9/G34
Matt Holliday: 9/L9M

Bot 8

Ronnie Belliard: 8/F8LD
Ryan Langerhans: 6/P6-
Pete Orr: S8/L8LS+
Wil Nieves: 7/L78D+

Top 9

Garrett Atkins: 8/F8LXD+
Brad Hawpe: 7/F7LS
Chris Iannetta: K

Bot 9

Austin Kearns: 43/G4
Emilio Bonifacio: 63/G6
Willie Harris: 3/G3

Notes & reviews

Aaron Cook's hard throw to second was wide to the right side and went past SS Troy Tulowitzki; second baseman Clint Barmes backed up the play, caught the throw and threw the ball the first to get Milledge
the ball bounced on the track and into the visitor's bullpen

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