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Baltimore Orioles @ Washington Nationals

2015-09-23 · Night game · Nationals Park · Att: 27991 · 74°F, sunny · Wind 5 mph from RF · 3:03

Baltimore Orioles defeated Washington Nationals 4–3. Baltimore Orioles opened the scoring in the 1st — Steve Pearce homers (14) on a line drive to left field. Chris Davis scores. Washington Nationals took the lead in the 5th — Anthony Rendon out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Ryan Flaherty. Wilson Ramos scores. Baltimore Orioles took the lead in the 7th — Manny Machado homers (30) on a line drive to left center field. J.J. Hardy scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Manny Machado homers (30) on a line drive to left center field. J.J. Hardy scores — worth 36% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Jonathan Papelbon (P): Intentional HBP.

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Line score

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

W: Chris Tillman L: Max Scherzer SV: Darren O'Day

Umpires — HP: Mark Ripperger · 1B: Ed Hickox · 2B: Alan Porter · 3B: Brian O'Nora · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gerardo Parra	5	0	1	0	0	2
Manny Machado	4	1	1	2	0	2
Chris Davis	3	1	1	0	2	0
Steve Pearce	4	1	2	2	0	0
Matt Wieters	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jonathan Schoop	4	0	0	0	0	3
Ryan Flaherty	3	0	1	0	1	0
J. J. Hardy	4	1	1	0	0	2
Chris Tillman	2	0	0	0	0	2
Jimmy Paredes	1	0	0	0	0	1
Steve Clevenger	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Anthony Rendon	3	1	1	1	0	1
Yunel Escobar	4	0	2	1	0	0
Bryce Harper	2	0	0	0	2	1
Jayson Werth	4	0	0	0	0	1
Clint Robinson	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ian Desmond	4	0	1	0	0	2
Michael Taylor	3	1	0	0	1	2
Wilson Ramos	4	1	1	1	0	0
Max Scherzer	2	0	1	0	0	0
Matt den Dekker	1	0	0	0	0	0

Baltimore Orioles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Tillman	6.0	6	3	5
Mychal Givens	2.0	0	0	2
Darren O'Day	1.0	0	0	2

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Scherzer	6.2	7	2	12
Matt Thornton	0.1	0	0	0
Casey Janssen	1.0	1	1	0
Jonathan Papelbon	0.2	0	0	1
Felipe Vazquez	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gerardo Parra: 9/F89D+
Manny Machado: 53/G5+
Chris Davis: W
Steve Pearce: HR/F7D+.1-H
Matt Wieters: 7/F7LMF/MREV/FINT

Bot 1

Anthony Rendon: D9/F8RXD+
Yunel Escobar: S8/G6M.2-H
Bryce Harper: W.1-2
Jayson Werth: 6(B)4(2)/LDP
Clint Robinson: K

Top 2

Jonathan Schoop: K
Ryan Flaherty: S6/G6+
J. J. Hardy: K
Chris Tillman: K

Bot 2

Ian Desmond: 9/F89D
Michael Taylor: K
Wilson Ramos: 9/F9LD

Top 3

Gerardo Parra: K
Manny Machado: K
Chris Davis: D9/L3+
Steve Pearce: 53/G5

Bot 3

Max Scherzer: 43/G4+
Anthony Rendon: K
Yunel Escobar: 2/G2R-

Top 4

Matt Wieters: S9/L89S-
Jonathan Schoop: K
Ryan Flaherty: 8/F8LM
J. J. Hardy: K

Bot 4

Bryce Harper: 53/G6+
Jayson Werth: 13/G13
Clint Robinson: K

Top 5

Chris Tillman: K
Gerardo Parra: S8/L8LS
Manny Machado: K
Chris Davis: W.1-2
Steve Pearce: 53/G56

Bot 5

Ian Desmond: K
Michael Taylor: W
Wilson Ramos: D7/G5.1-H
Max Scherzer: S8/G4.2-3
Anthony Rendon: 9/SF/F89D.3-H
Yunel Escobar: S9/L34D+.1-2
Bryce Harper: W.2-3;1-2
Jayson Werth: 54(1)/FO/G56+

Top 6

Matt Wieters: K
Jonathan Schoop: K
Ryan Flaherty: 6/F56D

Bot 6

Clint Robinson: 9/F9D+
Ian Desmond: S8/G4M
Michael Taylor: 64(1)/FO/G6
Wilson Ramos: SB2
Wilson Ramos: 9/F9LM

Top 7

J. J. Hardy: D8/F8LD
Jimmy Paredes: K
Gerardo Parra: 3/G3+.2-3
Manny Machado: HR/F78XD+.3-H
Chris Davis: 41/G34-

Bot 7

Matt den Dekker: 6/L6D-
Anthony Rendon: 8/F8LD
Yunel Escobar: 43/G4

Top 8

Steve Pearce: D7/L5+
Matt Wieters: 6/L4MD-
Jonathan Schoop: 63/G6
Ryan Flaherty: IW
J. J. Hardy: 8/F8LD

Bot 8

Bryce Harper: K
Jayson Werth: K
Clint Robinson: 13/G13-

Top 9

Steve Clevenger: 43/G4
Gerardo Parra: K
Manny Machado: HP
Chris Davis: 7/F7S

Bot 9

Ian Desmond: K
Michael Taylor: K
Wilson Ramos: 5/F5F

Notes & reviews

replay,1,wietm001,BAL,onorb901,WAS11,,Y,M,WAS,N $a fan reached out and touched the foul fly down the LF line; no fan interference was ruled; Nationals manager Matt Williams challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay to fan interference
Nationals pitcher Jonathan Papelbon ejected by HP umpire Mark Ripperger and both benches cleared; Papelbon's first pitch to Manny Machado was high and inside and Machado was hit high on the shoulder

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