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New York Mets @ Washington Nationals

2009-06-06 · Night game · Nationals Park · Att: 31456 · 78°F, cloudy · Wind 1 mph to CF · 2:00

Washington Nationals defeated New York Mets 7–1. Washington Nationals put up 3 in the 1st. John Lannan earned the win. Nick Johnson went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: John Lannan L: John Maine SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Brian Runge · 1B: Derryl Cousins · 2B: D.J. Reyburn · 3B: Jim Joyce · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Luis Castillo	2	0	0	2	0
Emil Brown	4	0	1	0	0
Carlos Beltran	4	0	0	0	1
Gary Sheffield	3	0	0	0	0
David Wright	2	1	1	1	0
Fernando Tatis	3	0	1	0	0
Omir Santos	3	0	1	0	0
Wilson Valdez	3	0	0	0	0
John Maine	1	0	0	0	0
Ken Takahashi	1	0	0	0	1
Daniel Murphy	1	0	0	0	0

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cristian Guzman	3	1	0	0	1	0
Nick Johnson	4	2	3	3	0	1
Ryan Zimmerman	3	1	1	1	1	1
Adam Dunn	4	1	1	2	0	1
Elijah Dukes	4	1	3	1	0	0
Willie Harris	3	0	0	0	1	0
Anderson Hernandez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wil Nieves	4	0	0	0	0	0
John Lannan	3	1	1	0	1	1

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Maine	4.0	6	2	1
Ken Takahashi	2.0	2	2	1
Fernando Nieve	2.0	1	0	2

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Lannan	9.0	4	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Luis Castillo: W
Emil Brown: 64(1)3/GDP/G6S
Carlos Beltran: K23

Bot 1

Cristian Guzman: 3/L34S+
Nick Johnson: D8/F89XD+
Ryan Zimmerman: S8/L6D-.2-H
Adam Dunn: HR/F9D+.1-H
Elijah Dukes: S7/L7S
Willie Harris: 8/F8LS
Anderson Hernandez: 63/G6

Top 2

Gary Sheffield: 53/G56
David Wright: W
Fernando Tatis: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 2

Wil Nieves: 41/G4S-
John Lannan: 63/G6M
Cristian Guzman: 8/F8LM

Top 3

Omir Santos: S9/L9LM
Wilson Valdez: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
John Maine: 3!1/L34

Bot 3

Nick Johnson: K
Ryan Zimmerman: 63/G6
Adam Dunn: 31/G34

Top 4

Luis Castillo: W
Emil Brown: FC/DP/PASS.1X2(936);BX1(3)
Carlos Beltran: 53/G56+

Bot 4

Elijah Dukes: HR/F7LD+
Willie Harris: 43/L4+
Anderson Hernandez: 7/F7D
Wil Nieves: 53/G56

Top 5

Gary Sheffield: 2/P
David Wright: 9/F9D
Fernando Tatis: 3/L3-

Bot 5

John Lannan: W
Cristian Guzman: W.1-2
Nick Johnson: HR/F89D+.2-H;1-H
Ryan Zimmerman: W
Adam Dunn: K
Elijah Dukes: 63/G6S-.1-2
Willie Harris: W
Anderson Hernandez: 9/F9LSF

Top 6

Omir Santos: 53/G56
Wilson Valdez: 43/G34+
Ken Takahashi: K

Bot 6

Wil Nieves: 63/G6
John Lannan: S5
Cristian Guzman: 8/F8RD
Nick Johnson: D8/F8RXD+.1XH(862)

Top 7

Luis Castillo: 63/G6
Emil Brown: 43/G4
Carlos Beltran: 8/F8RD

Bot 7

Ryan Zimmerman: K
Adam Dunn: 8/F8RS
Elijah Dukes: S8/G4M+
Willie Harris: 8/F8LM

Top 8

Gary Sheffield: 8/F8RD
David Wright: S9/L34-
Fernando Tatis: S9/L9S.1-3
Omir Santos: E9/L9M.3-H(NR)(UR);1-2
Wilson Valdez: 64(1)3/GDP/G6S-

Bot 8

Anderson Hernandez: 43/G4
Wil Nieves: 8/F89XD+
John Lannan: K

Top 9

Daniel Murphy: 31/G34
Luis Castillo: 43/G4
Emil Brown: S68/G6+
Carlos Beltran: 43/G4-

Notes & reviews

Brown hit a soft liner that was trapped by RFer Dunn; Castillo thought it had been caught and returned to 1B; Brown passed Castillo and was called out; meanwhile Dukes tossed the ball in to 1Bman Johnson, who threw to SS Guzman who tagged Brown

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