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Washington Nationals @ San Francisco Giants

2016-07-31 · Day game · AT&T Park · Att: 41795 · 64°F, cloudy · Wind 10 mph to CF · 3:12

San Francisco Giants defeated Washington Nationals 3–1. San Francisco Giants opened the scoring in the 3rd — Angel Pagan reaches on a throwing error by second baseman Trea Turner. Conor Gillaspie scores. Eduardo Nunez to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Anthony Rendon doubles (21) on a line drive to right fielder Hunter Pence. Bryce Harper scores — worth 13% 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	1	0	0	0	1	3
SFN	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0		3	10

W: Matt Cain L: Gio Gonzalez SV: Santiago Casilla

Umpires — HP: Jim Joyce · 1B: James Hoye · 2B: Marvin Hudson · 3B: Chad Fairchild · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Trea Turner	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ben Revere	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bryce Harper	3	1	1	0	1	2
Wilson Ramos	4	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Rendon	3	0	1	1	1	0
Ryan Zimmerman	3	0	1	0	0	1
Chris Heisey	2	0	0	0	1	0
Danny Espinosa	2	0	0	0	1	1
Gio Gonzalez	1	0	0	0	0	1
Wilmer Difo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Clint Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Daniel Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	1

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eduardo Nunez	3	0	0	0	2	0
Angel Pagan	5	0	1	2	0	0
Hunter Pence	4	0	1	0	0	0
Buster Posey	4	0	2	0	0	0
Mac Williamson	1	0	0	0	1	0
Brandon Belt	3	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Panik	4	0	1	0	0	1
Conor Gillaspie	4	1	1	0	0	1
Matt Cain	1	0	0	0	0	1
Madison Bumgarner	1	0	1	0	0	0
Gregor Blanco	2	0	0	0	0	1
Denard Span	1	1	1	0	0	0
Trevor Brown	1	0	1	0	0	0

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gio Gonzalez	6.0	6	2	1
Matt Belisle	1.0	3	0	1
Sammy Solis	1.0	1	1	2

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Cain	5.0	0	4	5
George Kontos	1.0	3	0	1
Hunter Strickland	1.0	0	0	0
Javier Lopez	0.1	0	0	1
Derek Law	0.2	0	0	0
Santiago Casilla	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Trea Turner: 63/G6
Ben Revere: 9/L89M
Bryce Harper: W
Wilson Ramos: 9/F9LD

Bot 1

Eduardo Nunez: 8/F8RXD+
Angel Pagan: 43/G4-
Hunter Pence: 9/F9LSF

Top 2

Anthony Rendon: 4/F9S
Ryan Zimmerman: K
Chris Heisey: W
Danny Espinosa: W.1-2
Gio Gonzalez: K

Bot 2

Buster Posey: S8/G6M
Mac Williamson: 64(1)3/GDP/G56
Brandon Belt: S9/L4D
Joe Panik: WP.1-2
Joe Panik: 3/G3-

Top 3

Trea Turner: K
Ben Revere: K
Bryce Harper: K

Bot 3

Conor Gillaspie: T9/L89D+
Matt Cain: K
Eduardo Nunez: W
Angel Pagan: E4/TH/FO/G4+.3-H;1-2
Hunter Pence: 5/IF/P56-
Buster Posey: CS2(24).2-3

Top 4

Wilson Ramos: 8/F8LD+
Anthony Rendon: W
Ryan Zimmerman: 8/F8RD
Chris Heisey: 3/F34S-

Bot 4

Buster Posey: D8/F89XD+
Mac Williamson: W
Brandon Belt: 5/P5F
Joe Panik: 9/L89M
Conor Gillaspie: 43/G34

Top 5

Danny Espinosa: HP
Gio Gonzalez: 34/SH.1-2
Trea Turner: 53/G5S-.2-3
Ben Revere: 43/G34

Bot 5

Madison Bumgarner: D9/F9D+
Eduardo Nunez: 7/F78M
Angel Pagan: 7/F7M
Hunter Pence: E5/TH/G5.2-H(NR)(UR)
Buster Posey: 53/G56S-

Top 6

Bryce Harper: S9/L89S+
Wilson Ramos: 53/G56.1-2
Anthony Rendon: D9/L89D+.2-H
Ryan Zimmerman: S7/L7S.2-2
Chris Heisey: 75(2)/FO/F7S.1-2
Danny Espinosa: K

Bot 6

Gregor Blanco: 7/L7M
Brandon Belt: 53/G6
Joe Panik: S7/L78S
Conor Gillaspie: 7/F7M

Top 7

Wilmer Difo: 43/G4
Trea Turner: 6/L6
Ben Revere: 13/G15

Bot 7

Denard Span: T8/L8RS+
Eduardo Nunez: 9/F9M
Angel Pagan: S9/L89M.3-H
Hunter Pence: S8/G4M+.1-2
Buster Posey: 9/F9M
Gregor Blanco: K

Top 8

Bryce Harper: K
Wilson Ramos: 53/G56S-
Anthony Rendon: 2/F2RF-

Bot 8

Brandon Belt: HP
Joe Panik: K
Conor Gillaspie: K
Trevor Brown: S9/G4.1-2
Eduardo Nunez: W.2-3;1-2
Angel Pagan: 7/L7M

Top 9

Ryan Zimmerman: HP/MREV
Clint Robinson: K
Danny Espinosa: WP.1-2
Danny Espinosa: 8/F8LD
Daniel Murphy: K

Notes & reviews

starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner pinch hit for starting pitcher Matt Cain and doubled
starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija pinch ran for starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner and scored
replay,9,zimmr001,WAS,joycj901,SFO03,,N,M,SFN,I $when Ryan Zimmerman was ruled to have been hit by a pitch, Giants manager Bruce Bochy challenged the ruling; Bochy claimed that Zimmerman swung at the pitch; the call was upheld by replay that he was struck; a check swing is not reviewable

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