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BAL  5
TOR  2

OAK  4
@CHW  0

DET  8
LAA  7

KCR 11
CLE  7

NYY  8
BOS  3

SEA  5
@TBD  1

MIN  5
@TEX  3

COL  2
@ARI  0

NYM  3
@ATL  0

WSN 12
@CIN  7

PHI  8
@FLA  7

(10)
LAD  5
MIL  1

SDP  2
CHC  1

SFG  9
HOU  1

STL  5
PIT  3

Standings at end of play this day

Great American Ballpark, Attendance: 31,971

Wednesday, May 23, 2007, 7:11PM
Time of Game: 3:38
Nationals
12
18-29
Won 2
5th, 12 GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Nationals       2  1  0   3  1  0   2  3  0   12 14  0
Reds            1  0  0   0  0  0   4  2  0    7 11  2
W: J Simontacchi (2-2), L: K Lohse (1-6)
Reds
7
18-29
Lost 2
6th, 10 GB

BATTING

Washington Nationals         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
F Lopez 2B                    5   1   1   0    0   1  .246  .659   26    0   3   SB
C Guzman SS                   5   2   1   0    0   1  .266  .713   14    4   1   3B
R Zimmerman 3B                4   2   1   1    0   1  .250  .722   25    1   2   HR,HBP
R Church LF                   5   2   3   6    0   0  .273  .868   24    3   0   2·HR,2B
A Kearns RF                   4   1   2   0    0   1  .243  .712   14    0   0   
  R Langerhans RF             1   0   0   0    0   0  .138  .414    3    2   0   
D Young 1B                    4   1   2   1    0   0  .271  .808    9    6   2   2·2B
  R Fick 1B                   1   0   0   0    0   1  .189  .528    3    2   0   
B Schneider C                 4   2   2   2    1   0  .239  .660   21    7   0   HR,2B
N Logan CF                    5   0   1   0    0   1  .250  .622   21    1   0   
J Simontacchi P               3   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    8    1   0   
  S Rivera P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  R King P                    0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  W Abreu P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  T Batista PH                1   1   1   0    0   0  .231  .445    5    0   0   
  J Rauch P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Flores PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .278  .798    2    0   0   
  J Colome P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
Totals                       43  12  14  10    1   6              175   27   8
BATTING
2B: B Schneider (7, off K Lohse); R Church (16, off M Stanton); D Young 2 (11, 2 off K Lohse).
3B: C Guzman (3, off K Lohse).
HR: B Schneider (2, off K Lohse; 4th inn, 1 on, 0 outs to CF); R Zimmerman (6, off T Coffey; 7th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF); R Church 2 (5, off T Coffey, off K Lohse; 1st inn, 1 on, 2 outs to CF; 7th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to CF-RF).
HBP: R Zimmerman (2, by J Burton).
TB: R Church 10; B Schneider 6; D Young 4; R Zimmerman 4; C Guzman 3; A Kearns 2; F Lopez; N Logan; T Batista.
RBI: R Church 6 (24); B Schneider 2 (17); D Young (20); R Zimmerman (22).
2-out RBI: R Church 5.
Team LOB: 6.
With RISP: 3 for 9.
FIELDING
PB: B Schneider (1).
BASERUNNING
SB: F Lopez (6, 2nd base off K Lohse/D Ross).
Cincinnati Reds              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Freel CF                    5   3   3   1    0   0  .272  .738   17    2   0   HR,2B
S Hatteberg 1B                5   1   2   1    0   0  .304  .813   13   10   1   
K Griffey RF                  3   1   0   0    2   0  .304  .979   21    3   0   
B Phillips 2B                 4   1   2   2    1   1  .284  .819   19    1   4   2B
A Dunn LF                     3   0   0   1    2   1  .258  .894   31    0   0   
E Encarnacion 3B              4   0   1   2    1   1  .220  .587   22    2   1   
A Gonzalez SS                 4   0   1   0    0   0  .247  .751   10    0   2   2B
  M Stanton P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         1   0   
  J Conine PH                 1   0   1   0    0   0  .291  .786    2    0   0   
D Ross C                      1   0   0   0    1   1  .208  .610   12    4   0   IW
  T Coffey P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
  N Hopper PH                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .257  .543    4    0   0   
  J Burton P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Castro SS                 2   0   0   0    0   0  .163  .396    7    1   1   
K Lohse P                     1   0   0   0    0   1  .286  .619    5    0   1   
  J Valentin C                4   1   1   0    0   0  .235  .695   20    3   0   
Totals                       38   7  11   7    7   6              183   27  11
BATTING
2B: R Freel (8, off J Rauch); B Phillips (9, off J Simontacchi); A Gonzalez (9, off J Simontacchi).
HR: R Freel (2, off J Simontacchi; 1st inn, 0 on, 0 outs to CF).
IBB: D Ross (2, by J Simontacchi).
TB: R Freel 7; B Phillips 3; S Hatteberg 2; A Gonzalez 2; E Encarnacion; J Conine; J Valentin.
RBI: B Phillips 2 (27); E Encarnacion 2 (16); R Freel (11); S Hatteberg (16); A Dunn (26).
2-out RBI: E Encarnacion 2; B Phillips 2; A Dunn.
Team LOB: 11.
With RISP: 2 for 9.
FIELDING
E: A Gonzalez 2 (8).

PITCHING

Washington Nationals          IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Simontacchi, W (2-2)         5.1   4   1   1    3   4   1   4.37   23   91-59   35· 7·17    6· 7· 3· 0     57    -     0.75   0.11
S Rivera                       1.1   2   4   4    2   1   0   3.86    8   29-15    9· 1· 5    1· 2· 2· 0          2-0    0.25   0.02
R King                         0     0   0   0    1   0   0   6.55    1    6-2     0· 0· 2    0· 0· 0· 0          3-1    0.49  -0.02
W Abreu                        0.1   1   0   0    0   0   0   3.12    2    5-3     3· 0· 0    0· 1· 1· 0          3-2    1.09  -0.01
J Rauch                        1     3   2   2    1   0   0   5.13    7   35-23   16· 2· 5    3· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.20  -0.00
J Colome                       1     1   0   0    0   1   0   2.05    4   15-10    4· 2· 4    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.16   0.01
Totals                         9    11   7   7    7   6   1          45  181-112  67·12·33   11·13· 8· 0          8-3 
Cincinnati Reds               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
K Lohse, L (1-6)               4.2   9   7   6    0   3   2   5.31   24   92-57   35· 6·16    9· 7· 5· 0     23    -     0.60  -0.35
T Coffey                       2.1   2   2   2    1   1   2   4.94   10   38-23   12· 1·10    4· 4· 0· 0          2-0    0.11   0.00
J Burton                       0.2   1   3   0    0   1   0   0.00    5   20-12    7· 2· 3    3· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.21  -0.00
M Stanton                      1.1   2   0   0    0   1   0   6.06    6   20-14    9· 3· 2    3· 1· 1· 0          3-3    0.10  -0.03
Totals                         9    14  12   8    1   6   4          45  170-106  63·12·31   19·12· 6· 0          5-3 
R King faced 1 batter in the 7th inning.
Balks: None.
WP: K Lohse (1).
IBB: J Simontacchi (1; D Ross).
HBP: J Burton (2; R Zimmerman).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Lance Barksdale, 1B - Tim Welke, 2B - Jim Reynolds, 3B - Gary Cederstrom.
Time of Game: 3:38.
Attendance: 31,971.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Weather: 84° F, Wind 6mph in from Leftfield, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   Washington Nationals          Cincinnati Reds                      
1. F Lopez              2B    1. R Freel              CF 
2. C Guzman             SS    2. S Hatteberg          1B 
3. R Zimmerman          3B    3. K Griffey            RF 
4. R Church             LF    4. B Phillips           2B 
5. A Kearns             RF    5. A Dunn               LF 
6. D Young              1B    6. E Encarnacion        3B 
7. B Schneider          C     7. A Gonzalez           SS 
8. N Logan              CF    8. D Ross               C  
9. J Simontacchi        P     9. K Lohse              P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 1   2  0-0  -2-  5   17%  65% R Church        K Lohse         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Lopez Scores
   b 1   0  2-0  ---  5   -9%  55% R Freel         J Simontacchi   Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   t 4   0  1-3  1--  2    9%  84% D Young         K Lohse         Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Kearns Scores
   t 2   1  1-2  -2-  7    9%  71% N Logan         K Lohse         Fielder's Choice SS; Schneider Scores/Adv on E6 (throw)/unER; Logan to 2B
   t 4   0  1-4  -2-  2    7%  91% B Schneider     K Lohse         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Young Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Nationals Batting, Tied 0-0, Kyle Lohse facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  3   53%  F Lopez         Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF)
   O      1--  4   50%  C Guzman        Flyball: RF
   O      1--  6   48%  R Zimmerman     Strikeout Swinging, Lopez Steals 2B
   RR     -2-  5   65%  R Church        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Lopez Scores
   O      ---  2   64%  A Kearns        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 2, Reds 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Reds Batting, Behind 0-2, Jason Simontacchi facing 1-2-3
   R      ---  5   55%  R Freel         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  4   57%  S Hatteberg     Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
   O      ---  3   59%  K Griffey       Popfly: 3B (Deep SS)
   O      ---  4   60%  B Phillips      Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 2, Reds 1.

Top of the 2nd, Nationals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Kyle Lohse facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   58%  D Young         Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
          ---  5   62%  B Schneider     Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
   R      -2-  7   71%  N Logan         Fielder's Choice SS; Schneider Scores/Adv on E6 (throw)/unER; Logan to 2B
   O      -2-  1   68%  J Simontacchi   Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  7   65%  F Lopez         Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Nationals 3, Reds 1.

Bottom of the 2nd, Reds Batting, Behind 1-3, Jason Simontacchi facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  6   68%  A Dunn          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   69%  E Encarnacion   Popfly: SS (Weak SS)
          ---  2   67%  A Gonzalez      Double to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
          -2-      67%  D Ross          Passed Ball; Gonzalez to 3B
          --3  4   65%  " "             Intentional Walk
   O      1-3  5   70%  K Lohse         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Nationals 3, Reds 1.

Top of the 3rd, Nationals Batting, Ahead 3-1, Kyle Lohse facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  5   69%  C Guzman        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   67%  R Zimmerman     Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  2   66%  R Church        Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 3, Reds 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Reds Batting, Behind 1-3, Jason Simontacchi facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   69%  R Freel         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
          ---  3   66%  S Hatteberg     Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF)
   O      1--  6   69%  K Griffey       Groundout: 1B-2B-1B (2B-1B); Hatteberg to 2B
   O      -2-  5   72%  B Phillips      Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Nationals 3, Reds 1.

Top of the 4th, Nationals Batting, Ahead 3-1, Kyle Lohse facing 5-6-7
          ---  6   75%  A Kearns        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   R      1--  2   84%  D Young         Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Kearns Scores
   RR     -2-  2   91%  B Schneider     Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Young Scores
   O      ---  1   91%  N Logan         Bunt Groundout: C unassisted (Front of Home)
   O      ---  5   90%  J Simontacchi   Flyball: RF (Deep 2B-1B)
   O      ---  4   90%  F Lopez         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS-2B)
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 6, Reds 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Reds Batting, Behind 1-6, Jason Simontacchi facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   91%  A Dunn          Groundout: 1B-P
          ---  7   90%  E Encarnacion   Walk
   O      1--  3   92%  A Gonzalez      Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
   O      1--  6   93%  D Ross          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Nationals 6, Reds 1.

Top of the 5th, Nationals Batting, Ahead 6-1, Kyle Lohse facing 2-3-4
          ---  1   96%  C Guzman        Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
   R      --3      96%  R Zimmerman     Wild Pitch; Guzman Scores
   O      ---  6   95%  " "             Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  7   95%  R Church        Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
          ---  2   95%  A Kearns        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--  4   96%  D Young         Double to RF (Line Drive); Kearns to 3B
                  Todd Coffey replaces Dave Ross pitching and batting 8th; Javier Valentin replaces Kyle Lohse playing C batting 9th
          -23  5   96%  B Schneider     Walk
   O      123  2   95%  N Logan         Groundout: P-1B (Weak 2B-1B)
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Nationals 7, Reds 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Reds Batting, Behind 1-7, Jason Simontacchi facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  6   96%  J Valentin      Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  2   97%  R Freel         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  1   97%  S Hatteberg     Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 7, Reds 1.

Top of the 6th, Nationals Batting, Ahead 7-1, Todd Coffey facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  2   97%  J Simontacchi   Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  6   97%  F Lopez         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   96%  C Guzman        Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 7, Reds 1.

Bottom of the 6th, Reds Batting, Behind 1-7, Jason Simontacchi facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  1   97%  K Griffey       Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
          ---  3   96%  B Phillips      Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF)
          -2-  6   95%  A Dunn          Walk
                  Saul Rivera replaces Jason Simontacchi pitching and batting 9th
   O      12-  5   97%  E Encarnacion   Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
   O      12-  2   98%  A Gonzalez      Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Nationals 7, Reds 1.

Top of the 7th, Nationals Batting, Ahead 7-1, Todd Coffey facing 3-4-5
   R      ---  3   99%  R Zimmerman     Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
   R      ---  6  100%  R Church        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
   O      ---  4   99%  A Kearns        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  1   99%  D Young         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  6   99%  B Schneider     Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 9, Reds 1.

Bottom of the 7th, Reds Batting, Behind 1-9, Saul Rivera facing 8-9-1
                  Robert Fick replaces Dmitri Young playing 1B batting 6th; Ryan Langerhans replaces Austin Kearns playing RF batting 5th; Norris Hopper pinch hits for Todd Coffey batting 8th
   O      ---  4  100%  N Hopper        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3  100%  J Valentin      Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
          ---  1  100%  R Freel         Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
          1--  3   99%  S Hatteberg     Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF); Freel to 3B
          1-3  6   99%  K Griffey       Walk; Hatteberg to 2B
   R      123  5   98%  B Phillips      Walk; Freel Scores; Hatteberg to 3B; Griffey to 2B
                  Ray King replaces Saul Rivera pitching and batting 9th
   R      123  6   97%  A Dunn          Walk; Hatteberg Scores; Griffey to 3B; Phillips to 2B
                  Winston Abreu replaces Ray King pitching and batting 9th
   RR     123  2   92%  E Encarnacion   Single to CF (Line Drive); Griffey Scores; Phillips Scores; Dunn to 3B
   O      1-3  3   96%  A Gonzalez      Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Nationals 9, Reds 5.

Top of the 8th, Nationals Batting, Ahead 9-5, Jared Burton facing 8-9-1
                  Jared Burton replaces Norris Hopper pitching and batting 8th
   O      ---  6   96%  N Logan         Strikeout Swinging
                  Tony Batista pinch hits for Winston Abreu batting 9th
          ---  5   96%  T Batista       Single to RF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  6   96%  F Lopez         Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B); Batista to 2B
          -2-  1   96%  C Guzman        Reached on E6 (Ground Ball to Weak SS); Batista to 3B
          1-3  2   96%  R Zimmerman     Hit By Pitch; Guzman to 2B
                  Mike Stanton replaces Alex Gonzalez pitching and batting 7th; Juan Castro replaces Jared Burton playing SS batting 8th
   RRR    123  4  100%  R Church        Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF); Batista Scores/unER; Guzman Scores/unER; Zimmerman Scores/unER
   O      -2-  3   99%  R Langerhans    Popfly: SS (Weak SS)
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Nationals 12, Reds 5.

Bottom of the 8th, Reds Batting, Behind 5-12, Jon Rauch facing 8-9-1
                  Jon Rauch replaces Tony Batista pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  2  100%  J Castro        Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
          ---  7   99%  J Valentin      Single to RF (Ground Ball)
          1--  7   99%  R Freel         Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Valentin to 3B
   RO     -23  2   99%  S Hatteberg     Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B); Valentin Scores; Freel to 3B
          --3  5   99%  K Griffey       Walk
   R      1-3  2   98%  B Phillips      Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Freel Scores; Griffey to 2B
   O      12- 10   99%  A Dunn          Popfly: SS (Weak 2B)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Nationals 12, Reds 7.

Top of the 9th, Nationals Batting, Ahead 12-7, Mike Stanton facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   99%  R Fick          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   99%  B Schneider     Groundout: 1B-P
          ---  5   99%  N Logan         Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B)
                  Jesus Flores pinch hits for Jon Rauch batting 9th
   O      1--  2   99%  J Flores        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Nationals 12, Reds 7.

Bottom of the 9th, Reds Batting, Behind 7-12, Jesus Colome facing 6-7-8
                  Jesus Colome replaces Jesus Flores pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  4  100%  E Encarnacion   Strikeout Swinging
                  Jeff Conine pinch hits for Mike Stanton batting 7th
          ---  2   99%  J Conine        Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF)
   O      1--  5  100%  J Castro        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      1--  4  100%  J Valentin      Groundout: 1B unassisted
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Nationals 12, Reds 7.

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