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Los Angeles Dodgers @ Washington Nationals

2008-08-27 · Night game · Nationals Park · Att: 22907 · 75°F · Wind 5 mph from LF · 2:57

Washington Nationals defeated Los Angeles Dodgers 5–4. Washington Nationals put up 2 in the 3rd. Tim Redding earned the win and Joel Hanrahan picked up the save. Casey Blake went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
LAN	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	12
WAS	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		5	9

W: Tim Redding L: Greg Maddux SV: Joel Hanrahan

Umpires — HP: Jeff Kellogg · 1B: Scott Barry · 2B: Sam Holbrook · 3B: Mark Wegner · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Los Angeles Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Kemp	5	0	0	0	0	0
Andre Ethier	5	1	3	1	0	0
Jeff Kent	5	0	0	0	0	1
Manny Ramirez	5	1	2	0	0	0
James Loney	5	1	3	1	0	0
Russell Martin	4	0	1	0	0	1
Nomar Garciaparra	4	0	1	0	0	0
Casey Blake	3	1	2	2	1	0
Greg Maddux	2	0	0	0	0	0
Juan Pierre	0	0	0	0	1	0
Mark Sweeney	0	0	0	0	1	0

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Willie Harris	4	1	1	0	0	0
Cristian Guzman	4	0	2	0	0	0
Ryan Zimmerman	4	2	1	1	0	0
Lastings Milledge	3	1	1	1	0	1
Ronnie Belliard	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jesus Flores	4	0	0	1	0	1
Elijah Dukes	4	0	1	0	0	1
Emilio Bonifacio	4	1	2	0	0	1
Tim Redding	1	0	0	0	1	0

Los Angeles Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Greg Maddux	5.1	8	1	0
Ramon Troncoso	0.2	0	0	0
Chan Ho Park	1.0	1	0	1
Jonathan Broxton	1.0	0	0	3

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tim Redding	6.0	8	1	0
Charlie Manning	0.2	0	1	0
Steven Shell	0.1	0	0	0
Saul Rivera	0.2	3	1	1
Joel Hanrahan	1.1	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Matt Kemp: 6/P6MD
Andre Ethier: D8/L8RD+
Jeff Kent: 4/P34D-
Manny Ramirez: 8/F8LD

Bot 1

Willie Harris: 7/F7M
Cristian Guzman: 6/L6M+
Ryan Zimmerman: 9/F9D

Top 2

James Loney: HR/F89D+
Russell Martin: S7/G6+
Nomar Garciaparra: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Casey Blake: HR/F7D+
Greg Maddux: 63/G6M

Bot 2

Lastings Milledge: S5/G5S-
Ronnie Belliard: SB2
Ronnie Belliard: 43/G4+.2-3
Jesus Flores: 63/G6.3-H
Elijah Dukes: S56/G56
Emilio Bonifacio: S7/L78S.1-2
Tim Redding: 23/G2R-

Top 3

Matt Kemp: E6/G6
Andre Ethier: CS2(24)
Andre Ethier: D8/F8LXD
Jeff Kent: 9/F89XD.2-3
Manny Ramirez: 63/G6M

Bot 3

Willie Harris: S8/G4M
Cristian Guzman: S9/G34.1-2
Ryan Zimmerman: 64(1)/FO/G6.2-3
Lastings Milledge: FC1/R43/G15.3-H;1-2(E1/TH2)
Ronnie Belliard: S7/G56.2-H(UR);1-2
Jesus Flores: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 4

James Loney: D7/L5+
Russell Martin: 9/F9M
Nomar Garciaparra: 8/F8RM
Casey Blake: IW
Greg Maddux: 9/F9M

Bot 4

Elijah Dukes: 13/G15
Emilio Bonifacio: S8/L8RS-
Tim Redding: 14/SH.1-2
Willie Harris: E4/R2/G4.2-H(NR)(UR)
Cristian Guzman: S8/G4M.1-2
Ryan Zimmerman: 9/F89D

Top 5

Matt Kemp: 9/F9M
Andre Ethier: HR/F9D+
Jeff Kent: 7/L7M
Manny Ramirez: 131/G13+

Bot 5

Lastings Milledge: HP
Ronnie Belliard: 53/G56S-.1-3
Jesus Flores: FC1/G25-.3XH(15265);B-2(THH)
Elijah Dukes: 63/G6

Top 6

James Loney: 8/F8LD
Russell Martin: 5/P2L
Nomar Garciaparra: S7/G56+
Casey Blake: 3/P23F

Bot 6

Emilio Bonifacio: 53/G56S
Tim Redding: W
Willie Harris: 16(1)3/GDP/G13

Top 7

Juan Pierre: W
Matt Kemp: 54(1)/FO/G5
Andre Ethier: 7/F7M
Jeff Kent: 7/F7LD

Bot 7

Cristian Guzman: 31/G3
Ryan Zimmerman: HR/F8LXD+
Lastings Milledge: K
Ronnie Belliard: 63/G6

Top 8

Manny Ramirez: S7/L7S
James Loney: S9/G3.1-3
Russell Martin: K
Nomar Garciaparra: 4/P4
Casey Blake: S7/F7M-.3-H;1-2
Mark Sweeney: W.2-3;1-2
Matt Kemp: 7/F7M

Bot 8

Jesus Flores: K
Elijah Dukes: K
Emilio Bonifacio: K

Top 9

Andre Ethier: 63/G6
Jeff Kent: K
Manny Ramirez: S8/G6M+
James Loney: 7/F78M

Notes & reviews

off the facing of the second deck
Greg Maddux turned and fired the ball to 2B but the ball sailed wide; however, second baseman Jeff Kent was backing up the play, caught the ball and threw to first too late to get batter Lastings Milledge; Maddux would have had an easy play at first or home on the play but opted to attempt the double play to get out of the inning
the ball caromed off pitcher Tim Redding to the right of first baseman Ronnie Belliard
Lastings Milledge was running on the pitch and sailed into third; Greg Maddux ran to cover third but arrived a little late, catching the ball and diving towards Milledge as he slid in
a soft grounder down the third base line fielded by Greg Maddux, who faked a throw to first, turned and caught Lastings Milledge off the bag; Milledge seemed to be heading home as Maddux was going to throw to first

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