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Washington Nationals @ San Francisco Giants

2015-08-16 · Day game · AT&T Park · Att: 41904 · 85°F, cloudy · Wind 8 mph · 2:17

San Francisco Giants defeated Washington Nationals 5–0. San Francisco Giants opened the scoring in the 4th — Brandon Belt doubles (28) on a line drive to left fielder Jayson Werth. Gregor Blanco scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Hunter Pence homers (9) on a fly ball to left field. Brandon Belt scores — worth 17% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Madison Bumgarner L: Joe Ross SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jeff Nelson · 1B: Laz Diaz · 2B: Chris Guccione · 3B: Cory Blaser · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Michael Taylor	4	0	0	4
Anthony Rendon	4	1	0	2
Bryce Harper	4	0	0	3
Yunel Escobar	4	0	0	0
Ryan Zimmerman	3	0	0	0
Ian Desmond	3	1	0	1
Jayson Werth	2	0	1	1
Wilson Ramos	3	1	0	1
Joe Ross	0	0	0	0
Blake Treinen	1	0	0	1
Danny Espinosa	1	0	0	1

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gregor Blanco	2	1	1	0	2	1
Matt Duffy	4	0	0	0	0	1
Brandon Belt	4	1	1	1	0	1
Buster Posey	4	0	0	0	0	2
Hunter Pence	4	1	1	2	0	0
Brandon Crawford	3	0	1	0	0	1
Justin Maxwell	3	0	0	0	0	2
Kelby Tomlinson	3	1	1	0	0	1
Madison Bumgarner	3	1	2	2	0	0

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Ross	4.0	6	1	6
Blake Treinen	2.0	0	0	2
Casey Janssen	1.0	1	1	1
Matt Thornton	1.0	0	0	0

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Madison Bumgarner	9.0	3	1	14

Play-by-play

Top 1

Michael Taylor: K
Anthony Rendon: K
Bryce Harper: K

Bot 1

Gregor Blanco: K
Matt Duffy: K23
Brandon Belt: K

Top 2

Yunel Escobar: 7/L8LD+
Ryan Zimmerman: 9/F89XD+
Ian Desmond: 1/L15S

Bot 2

Buster Posey: K
Hunter Pence: 43/G4-
Brandon Crawford: 3/G3

Top 3

Jayson Werth: W
Wilson Ramos: K
Joe Ross: 54/SH/BG15S-.1-2
Michael Taylor: K

Bot 3

Justin Maxwell: K
Kelby Tomlinson: K
Madison Bumgarner: 63/G6

Top 4

Anthony Rendon: K
Bryce Harper: K
Yunel Escobar: 63/G6

Bot 4

Gregor Blanco: S8/G4
Matt Duffy: 8/F8LXD+.1-2
Brandon Belt: D7/F7D+.2-H
Buster Posey: 53/G56-
Hunter Pence: HR/F7D+.2-H
Brandon Crawford: D9/UREV/F9D+
Justin Maxwell: 3/F3F-

Top 5

Ryan Zimmerman: 53/G56
Ian Desmond: S7/L6
Jayson Werth: SB2
Jayson Werth: 6/L6
Wilson Ramos: 63/G56

Bot 5

Kelby Tomlinson: S4/G13
Madison Bumgarner: D9/L89S.1-H
Gregor Blanco: W
Matt Duffy: 46(1)3/GDP/G4.2-3
Brandon Belt: 9/F89D

Top 6

Blake Treinen: K
Michael Taylor: K
Anthony Rendon: 43/G4

Bot 6

Buster Posey: K
Hunter Pence: 63/G6S-
Brandon Crawford: K

Top 7

Bryce Harper: 8/F8LXD+
Yunel Escobar: 9/F34D-
Ryan Zimmerman: 9/F9D

Bot 7

Justin Maxwell: K
Kelby Tomlinson: 8/F8RD
Madison Bumgarner: HR/F7D+
Gregor Blanco: W
Matt Duffy: 9/F9LD

Top 8

Ian Desmond: K
Jayson Werth: K
Wilson Ramos: S7/L56D
Danny Espinosa: K

Bot 8

Brandon Belt: 43/G4
Buster Posey: 8/L8LD+
Hunter Pence: 9/F89D+

Top 9

Michael Taylor: K
Anthony Rendon: S9/L9S
Bryce Harper: K
Yunel Escobar: 8/F8RD+

Notes & reviews

replay,4,crawb001,SFN,nelsj901,SFO03,O,N,U,,H $Brandon Crawford's fly to RF struck the top of the wall and caromed back onto the field; the ball was ruled in play but crew chief Jeff Nelson requested a review; the call was upheld by replay

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