Monday 4/20/09
Florida Marlins @ Pittsburgh Pirates at 7:05.
SP-FL: Miller 0-0 6.43 ERA
SP-Pit: Ohlendorf 0-2 4.91 ERA
Update: Pirates win 8-0.
Atlanta Braves @ Washington Nationals at 7:05.
SP-Atl: Derek Lowe 1-0 2.81 ERA
SP-Was: Jordan Zimmerman 0-0 (1st Start)
Look for updates in comments section.
Nats win 3-2.
NY Mets- OFF
Philadelphia Phillies (H) vs SD Padres PPD
SP-Phil: Moyer 1-1 6.55 ERA
SP-SD: Correja 0-1 4.09 ERA
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After a long rain delay, the Braves and Nats are 0-0 in the Bottom of the 3rd. Washington has a man on first, with 2 outs.
Correction: The base runner is at
2nd with 2 outs. It's raining again in DC. Don't know if they'll be able to finish this one.
The inning is over. Chipper Jones takes ball 1.
Triple by Jones.
Casey Kotchman gets jammed. 1 out with CJ on 3rd and Francouer down 0-2.
Jeff grounds out to 1st. Runner unable to advance. 2 outs, Chipper still at 3rd. Matt Diaz at the plate. Swing and a miss. 0-1.
Diaz HOMERUN.
2-0 Braves.
Jordan Schafer strikes out, but Atlanta takes a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the 4th.
Elijah Dukes drives in 1 with an RBI single. 1 out, runners at 1st and 3rd. Willingham up to bat.
Dukes steals 2nd. Willingham intentionally walked. Pitching coach Roger McDowell out to visit with Derek Lowe. Bases loaded, with 1 out.
0-1 to Flores.
Flores barely missed hitting a GS. Deep Sac fly ties game at 2.
Catch by Francouer ends 4th.
Due up for Braves in T5:
C David Ross
P Derek Lowe (PH?)
2B Kelly Johnson
Ross takes ball 4.
Lowe will attempt sac bunt. Crazy play.
Lowe bunted ball in air. It fall near 1st base line. First baseman picked up ball, touched the base to record the 1st out. While running towards second base, he then proceeded to throw to 2nd, to execute a double play.
Throw hit David Ross (base runner) on the helmet. Umpire called obstruction on Ross. 2 outs.
K Johnson out. Inning over.
Nats up to bat. 1-2 to Ramirez with 1 out.
Correction: "Ramirez" is actually Anderson Hernandez. My bad. Nick Johnson singles. Runners on 1B and 2B with 1 out.
Double play. Inning over.
Due up in B6:
Escobar
Jones
Kotchman
Escobar grounds out. Impressive performance, so far, by Nat's Rookie Jordan Zimmerman.
CJ up to bat. 1-2 to Jones.
Chipper strikes out. 2 down.
Kotchman to the plate. 1-1. Kotchman grounds out. Inning over.
RBI single by Flores gives Nats 3-2 lead. Runners on 1B and 2B and 1 out.
Runners on 2B,3B with 2 outs. Alex Cintron up to bat. 0-1.
Cintron flies out to centerfield.
6th inning over. Nats lead 3-2.
Due up for Braves in T7:
Francouer
Diaz
Schafer
Francouer kicks dirt off plate, steps up to bat.
Ground ball out. 1 away.
Diaz flies out to Willingham in left field. 2 outs.
Jordan Schafer walks on 4 pitches.
Kip Wells is pitching the 7th for Washington.
Inning over. 3-2 Nats.
Derek Lowe is done for the evening. O'Flaherty (I don't know who he is, either) is on in relief.
2 out in the B7.
1-2 count on Zimmerman.
2-2.
Still 2-2 after consecutive foul balls.
Ground ball to 3B. Chipper throws runner out. Inning over.
Now batting for Braves:
PH Martin Prado
Prado flies out to Hernandez.
Looks cold and nasty in Washington. As Kelly Johnson attemtps a bunt for a hit. Joe Beimel dives, fields ball, throws Kelly out at 1st. 2 Down. Here comes the ground crew, as we start the clock on rain delay #2.
Doesn't look good for Braves. If rain continues, game could be called. I'm hoping for a "suspended game," in case they are unable to resume. Looks like it's time for some boring rain delay episodes of "Underneath the Lights," featuring Bobby Cox. If you don't see any more updates, it's because I've fallen asleep.
Go Braves!
Tarp is off the field. Rain delay is over.
New pitcher Mock for Nats. Escobar (0-3) is up to bat.
Escobar is 0-4 tonight, as he grounds out.
We go to the B8.
Soriano pitches the bottom of the
8th for Atl. Adam Dunn has a lead off double.
Pinch Runner- Justin Maxwell in for Dunn. Dukes up to bat.
Very few fans left in stands. A few hecklers seem to be having fun.
2-2 on Dukes.
3-2.
Dukes tries to check swing. Called out. Runner steals 3rd.
Willingham hit by pitch.
Runners on 1B, 3B with 1 out.
Soriano seems a bit wild.
Ball 4 loads the bases.
5 straight balls thrown by Soriano.
Finally a strike. Followed by a swing and miss for strike 2. Strike 3. 2 outs.
Ronnie Belliard batting.
1-1 count.
1-2.
Strike 3. Inning over.
Last chance for Braves:
Chipper Jones
Casey Kotchman
Jeff Francouer
Hanrahan 9.00 ERA pitching for Nats. Ball 1 to Jones.
Larry grounds out.
Kotchman takes ball 1.
Ball 4. Tying run on 1B.
Francouer takes ball 1. Swings and misses. 1-1.
Fly ball out. 2 down.
Diaz is Atlanta's last hope.
Strikes out. Braves lose.
Jordan Zimmerman gets his 1st Win, in his Major League debut.
@$^&$@#!
Braves fall to 6-7. They're 5-2 with Chipper Jones in the lineup and just 1-5 without #10. CJ played well tonight, but Atlanta couldn't muster enough offense versus the pathetic Washington Nationals.
Kawakami pitches tomorrow. Braves wasted a good outing by Derek Lowe. Hopefully, they can produce enough runs to win game 2 of this series. Braves lose, Nats improve to 2-10.
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