May 25, 2007 Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals Box Score and Play by Play

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OAK 3
@BAL 2 CHW 5
TBD 4 CLE 7
@DET 4 SEA 10
@KCR 2 MIN 4
TOR 3 LAA 10
@NYY 6 BOS 10
@TEX 6 ARI 13
HOU 3 PHI 8
@ATL 3 PIT 10
@CIN 4
(10) NYM 6
@FLA 2 LAD 9
CHC 8 SDP 8
MIL 6 COL 5
@SFG 3 WSN 5
@STL 4

Standings at end of play this day

Busch Stadium II, Attendance: 43,618

Friday, May 25, 2007, 7:10PM
Time of Game: 2:48

Nationals

20-29

Won 4

5th, 11 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Nationals       0  3  0   0  0  2   0  0  0    5 10  0
Cardinals       0  0  0   2  0  0   1  1  0    4 11  0

W: M Bowie (1-2), L: A Reyes (0-8), S: C Cordero (7)

Cardinals

19-26

Lost 1

4th, 7½ GB

BATTING

Washington Nationals         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
F Lopez 2B                    3   0   1   0    2   0  .251  .670   22    3   2   CS
C Guzman SS                   4   0   0   1    0   1  .260  .718   12    1   1   SF
R Zimmerman 3B                4   0   0   0    1   2  .245  .706   24    2   4   
R Church LF                   4   0   1   0    0   1  .266  .838   11    3   0   
  R Fick 1B                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .189  .528         2   0   
A Kearns RF                   4   1   2   0    0   0  .254  .724   12    5   1   
D Young 1B                    3   2   2   0    1   0  .294  .849   11    7   0   
  R Langerhans PR-LF          0   0   0   0    0   0  .138  .414         0   0   
B Schneider C                 3   1   1   2    0   1  .234  .664    9    3   0   HR,SH,GDP
N Logan CF                    4   1   2   2    0   1  .279  .721   14    1   0   2·2B
M Bowie P                     2   0   1   0    0   0  .200  .400    6    0   1   
  T Batista PH                0   0   0   0    1   0  .231  .544    6    0   0   
  W Abreu P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  S Rivera P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
  R King P                    0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  R Belliard PH               1   0   0   0    0   1  .262  .626    5    0   0   
  J Rauch P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Colome P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  C Cordero P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
Totals                       32   5  10   5    5   7              132   27  10

BATTING

2B: N Logan 2 (3, 2 off A Reyes).

HR: B Schneider (3, off A Reyes; 2nd inn, 1 on, 1 out to RF).

SF: C Guzman (1, off A Reyes).

SH: B Schneider (1, off R Flores).

TB: N Logan 4; B Schneider 4; A Kearns 2; D Young 2; F Lopez; R Church; M Bowie.

GIDP: B Schneider (3).

RBI: N Logan 2 (5); B Schneider 2 (19); C Guzman (6).

2-out RBI: N Logan 2.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 3 for 8.

FIELDING

DP: 2. R Zimmerman-R Fick; A Kearns-D Young.

BASERUNNING

CS: F Lopez (4, 2nd base by R Springer/Y Molina).

St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Eckstein SS                 5   0   1   1    0   0  .267  .643   20    0   1   
C Duncan LF                   4   0   0   0    0   0  .287  .886    7    1   0   
A Pujols 1B                   4   2   3   1    0   0  .287  .856   16   13   1   HR
J Encarnacion RF              4   0   1   0    0   1  .270  .586   14    0   0   
S Rolen 3B                    3   0   2   1    1   0  .229  .654   18    1   3   
J Edmonds CF                  4   1   1   1    0   2  .223  .620   28    3   0   HR
Y Molina C                    4   0   0   0    0   0  .294  .723    7    8   2   GDP
A Miles 2B                    4   1   2   0    0   0  .298  .659   21    1   1   
A Reyes P                     1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    6    0   1   SH
  K Jimenez P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   1   
  R Ludwick PH                1   0   1   0    0   0  .225  .512    2    0   0   
  R Flores P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   1   
  R Springer P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  S Spiezio PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .278  .714    6    0   0   
Totals                       35   4  11   4    1   3              145   27  11

BATTING

HR: A Pujols (8, off M Bowie; 4th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF-CF); J Edmonds (3, off M Bowie; 4th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to CF-RF).

SH: A Reyes (2, off M Bowie).

TB: A Pujols 6; J Edmonds 4; A Miles 2; S Rolen 2; D Eckstein; J Encarnacion; R Ludwick.

GIDP: Y Molina (4).

RBI: S Rolen (17); J Edmonds (13); A Pujols (24); D Eckstein (8).

2-out RBI: J Edmonds.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 1 for 7.

FIELDING

DP: 2. A Pujols-Y Molina-A Pujols; A Pujols.

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
M Bowie, W (1-2)               5     4   2   2    1   2   2   3.91   20   83-54   38· 6·10    7· 6· 4· 0     52    -     0.96   0.08
W Abreu, H (3)                 1     2   0   0    0   0   0   2.79    4   15-9     6· 1· 2    0· 3· 1· 0          0-0    1.76   0.06
S Rivera, H (7)                0.2   2   1   1    0   0   0   4.13    4   10-7     4· 0· 3    1· 1· 2· 0          0-0    1.50  -0.05
R King, H (3)                  0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   6.35    1    1-1     1· 0· 0    0· 0· 1· 0          1-0    1.40   0.04
J Rauch                        0     3   1   1    0   0   0   5.47    3   16-9     4· 0· 5    3· 0· 0· 0          0-0    3.03  -0.38
J Colome, H (3)                1     0   0   0    0   1   0   1.99    2    6-5     2· 2· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          2-0    4.76   0.38
C Cordero, S (7)               1     0   0   0    0   0   0   3.22    3   14-9     5· 0· 4    1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    2.78   0.21
Totals                         9    11   4   4    1   3   2          37  145-94   60· 9·25   13·12· 8· 0          3-0

St. Louis Cardinals           IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
A Reyes, L (0-8)               5.2   8   5   5    5   4   1   6.08   28   86-54   28· 7·19    8· 5· 6· 0     32    -     0.94  -0.29
K Jimenez                      1.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   7.11    4   12-7     4· 0· 3    2· 2· 0· 0          3-0    0.59   0.06
R Flores                       1.1   2   0   0    0   2   0   2.60    6   23-15    7· 3· 5    3· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.79   0.03
R Springer                     0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   1.80    1    7-4     2· 0· 2    0· 0· 0· 0          1-0    0.68   0.04
Totals                         9    10   5   5    5   7   1          39  128-80   41·10·29   13· 7· 7· 0          4-0

J Rauch faced 3 batters in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Tony Randazzo, 1B - Charlie Reliford, 2B - Tom Hallion, 3B - Greg Gibson.

Time of Game: 2:48.

Attendance: 43,618.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 72° F, Wind 7mph from Right to Left.

LINEUPS

   Washington Nationals          St. Louis Cardinals                  
1. F Lopez              2B    1. D Eckstein           SS 
2. C Guzman             SS    2. C Duncan             LF 
3. R Zimmerman          3B    3. A Pujols             1B 
4. R Church             LF    4. J Encarnacion        RF 
5. A Kearns             RF    5. S Rolen              3B 
6. D Young              1B    6. J Edmonds            CF 
7. B Schneider          C     7. Y Molina             C  
8. N Logan              CF    8. A Miles              2B 
9. M Bowie              P     9. A Reyes              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 8   1  5-4  12-  1   24%  83% Y Molina        J Colome        Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   t 6   2  2-3  -23  1   19%  85% N Logan         A Reyes         Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Kearns Scores; Young Scores
   t 2   1  0-0  1--  3   18%  68% B Schneider     A Reyes         Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Young Scores
   b 8   0  5-3  12-  5  -18%  45% S Rolen         J Rauch         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Pujols Scores; Encarnacion to 2B
   t 6   0  2-3  123  1  -15%  67% B Schneider     A Reyes         Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-C-1B (2B-1B); Kearns to 3B; Young to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Nationals Batting, Tied 0-0, Anthony Reyes facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  1   48%  F Lopez         Flyball: LF
   O      ---  2   46%  C Guzman        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
          ---  5   47%  R Zimmerman     Walk
   O      1--  3   45%  R Church        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Nationals 0, Cardinals 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Micah Bowie facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   47%  D Eckstein      Lineout: 3B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  2   49%  C Duncan        Flyball: LF
   O      ---  5   50%  A Pujols        Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 0, Cardinals 0.

Top of the 2nd, Nationals Batting, Tied 0-0, Anthony Reyes facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   48%  A Kearns        Groundout: P-1B (Front of Home)
          ---  4   50%  D Young         Walk
   RR     1--  3   68%  B Schneider     Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Young Scores
          ---  4   71%  N Logan         Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
          -2-  2   75%  M Bowie         Single to CF (Line Drive); Logan to 3B
          1-3  5   77%  F Lopez         Walk; Bowie to 2B
   RO     123  1   77%  C Guzman        Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Logan Scores
   O      12-  3   75%  R Zimmerman     Strikeout Swinging
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Nationals 3, Cardinals 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-3, Micah Bowie facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   77%  J Encarnacion   Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   74%  S Rolen         Walk
   O      1-- 11   77%  J Edmonds       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  2   79%  Y Molina        Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Nationals 3, Cardinals 0.

Top of the 3rd, Nationals Batting, Ahead 3-0, Anthony Reyes facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   78%  R Church        Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
          ---  1   79%  A Kearns        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   OO     1--  3   76%  D Young         Line Drive Double Play: 1B unassisted; Kearns out at 1B/1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 3, Cardinals 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-3, Micah Bowie facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  6   79%  A Miles         Flyball: LF
   O      ---  3   80%  A Reyes         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak 3B)
          ---  6   79%  D Eckstein      Single to LF (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
   O      1--  1   81%  C Duncan        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Nationals 3, Cardinals 0.

Top of the 4th, Nationals Batting, Ahead 3-0, Anthony Reyes facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  3   80%  B Schneider     Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   79%  N Logan         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   78%  M Bowie         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 3, Cardinals 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-3, Micah Bowie facing 3-4-5
   R      ---  2   69%  A Pujols        Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  1   72%  J Encarnacion   Flyball: RF (Short RF)
   O      ---  4   74%  S Rolen         Lineout: LF (LF-CF)
   R      ---  7   62%  J Edmonds       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
   O      ---  2   64%  Y Molina        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 3, Cardinals 2.

Top of the 5th, Nationals Batting, Ahead 3-2, Anthony Reyes facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  6   61%  F Lopez         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  3   60%  C Guzman        Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
   O      ---  1   58%  R Zimmerman     Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 3, Cardinals 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 2-3, Micah Bowie facing 8-9-1
          ---  7   53%  A Miles         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  3   56%  A Reyes         Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice (P's Left); Miles to 2B
   O      -2-  6   61%  D Eckstein      Lineout: 2B (2B-1B)
   O      -2-  3   66%  C Duncan        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Nationals 3, Cardinals 2.

Top of the 6th, Nationals Batting, Ahead 3-2, Anthony Reyes facing 4-5-6
          ---  4   70%  R Church        Single to 1B (Line Drive)
          1--  2   75%  A Kearns        Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF); Church to 2B
          12-  1   82%  D Young         Single to LF (Line Drive); Church to 3B; Kearns to 2B
   OO     123  1   67%  B Schneider     Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-C-1B (2B-1B); Kearns to 3B; Young to 2B
   RR     -23  1   85%  N Logan         Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Kearns Scores; Young Scores
                  Tony Batista pinch hits for Micah Bowie batting 9th
          -2-  6   86%  T Batista       Walk
          12-  5   87%  F Lopez         Walk; Logan to 3B; Batista to 2B
                  Kelvin Jimenez replaces Anthony Reyes pitching and batting 9th
   O      123  2   84%  C Guzman        Popfly: 3B (Weak SS)
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Nationals 5, Cardinals 2.

Bottom of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 2-5, Winston Abreu facing 3-4-5
                  Winston Abreu replaces Tony Batista pitching and batting 9th
          ---  3   79%  A Pujols        Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
   O      1--  3   83%  J Encarnacion   Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
          1--  4   78%  S Rolen         Single to SS (Pop Fly to Short LF); Pujols to 2B
   OO     12-  5   89%  J Edmonds       Fly Ball Double Play: RF (Deep RF); Rolen out at 1B/RF-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Nationals 5, Cardinals 2.

Top of the 7th, Nationals Batting, Ahead 5-2, Kelvin Jimenez facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  4   88%  R Zimmerman     Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  2   88%  R Church        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  4   87%  A Kearns        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 5, Cardinals 2.

Bottom of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 2-5, Saul Rivera facing 7-8-9
                  Saul Rivera replaces Winston Abreu pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  2   90%  Y Molina        Flyball: RF
          ---  3   87%  A Miles         Single to LF (Line Drive)
                  Ryan Ludwick pinch hits for Kelvin Jimenez batting 9th
          1--  2   79%  R Ludwick       Single to CF (Line Drive); Miles to 3B
   RO     1-3  3   82%  D Eckstein      Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS-2B); Miles Scores; Eckstein to 1B
                  Ray King replaces Saul Rivera pitching and batting 9th
   O      1--  1   86%  C Duncan        Lineout: 1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Nationals 5, Cardinals 3.

Top of the 8th, Nationals Batting, Ahead 5-3, Randy Flores facing 6-7-8
                  Randy Flores replaces Ryan Ludwick pitching and batting 9th
          ---  3   88%  D Young         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
                  Ryan Langerhans pinch runs for Dmitri Young batting 6th
   O      1--  2   87%  B Schneider     Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice (Short 3B Line); Langerhans to 2B
   O      -2-  4   85%  N Logan         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  Ron Belliard pinch hits for Ray King batting 9th
   O      -2-  5   83%  R Belliard      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Nationals 5, Cardinals 3.

Bottom of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 3-5, Jon Rauch facing 3-4-5
                  Jon Rauch replaces Ron Belliard pitching and batting 9th; Robert Fick replaces Ryan Church playing 1B batting 4th; Ryan Langerhans moves to LF
          ---  6   75%  A Pujols        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
          1--  5   63%  J Encarnacion   Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Pujols to 2B
   R      12-  5   45%  S Rolen         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Pujols Scores; Encarnacion to 2B
                  Jesus Colome replaces Jon Rauch pitching and batting 9th
   O      12-  5   59%  J Edmonds       Strikeout Swinging
   OO     12-  1   83%  Y Molina        Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Nationals 5, Cardinals 4.

Top of the 9th, Nationals Batting, Ahead 5-4, Randy Flores facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   86%  F Lopez         Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   83%  C Guzman        Strikeout Swinging
                  Russ Springer replaces Randy Flores pitching and batting 9th
   O      1--      80%  R Zimmerman     Lopez Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
   O      ---  7   79%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 5, Cardinals 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 4-5, Chad Cordero facing 8-9-1
                  Chad Cordero replaces Jesus Colome pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  5   88%  A Miles         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  Scott Spiezio pinch hits for Russ Springer batting 9th
   O      ---  6   95%  S Spiezio       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  3  100%  D Eckstein      Flyball: RF
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 5, Cardinals 4.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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