GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: PHILADELPHIA (82-70) at WASHINGTON (68-84)

NL: PHILADELPHIA (82-70) at WASHINGTON (68-84)

<h3>Phillies look to keep rolling against Nationals</h3>

Philadelphia (83-70) at Washington (68-85) 7:05 pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- The Philadelphia Phillies are doingeverything they can to stay in the National League playoff race.

The red-hot Phillies aim for their eighth win in the last ninegames when they continue a four-game series against theWashington Nationals at RFK Stadium on Friday.


The Nationals are having a direct say in who wins the NationalLeague East Division despite having been eliminated fromcontention weeks ago. They won two of three games from the NLEast Division-leading New York Mets earlier in the week and helda four-run lead over Philadelphia on Thursday before sufferinga 7-6 loss.


The win moved the Phillies 1 1/2 games behind the Mets (84-68)in the East and kept them 2 1/2 games behind the San DiegoPadres (85-67) in the wild card race.


Jayson Werth belted a pinch-hit three-run homer to highlight afour-run seventh inning and Jimmy Rollins plated the go-aheadrun with a double in the following frame for Philadelphia, whichhas not reached the postseason since 1993.


The Phillies will look to keep rolling Friday behind righthanderAdam Eaton (9-9, 6.36 ERA), who owns the dubious distinction ofhaving the highest ERA among all major leaguers with at least152 innings pitched.


Eaton has not earned a win since July 20 at San Diego and hasallowed less than four runs in a start just twice over his last11 outings.


Washington counters with righthander Shawn Hill (4-4, 3.01).The 26-year-old has been tough in a pair of starts againstPhiladelphia this season, going 1-0 while allowing a total oftwo runs and five hits in 14 innings.

 

NL: PHILADELPHIA (82-70) at WASHINGTON (68-84)

<h3>Streaking Phillies continue NL East playoff chase</h3>



<div class="pre">Philadelphia (84-70) at Washington (68-86) 7:05 pm EDT</div>

WASHINGTON (Ticker) - Less than two weeks ago, the playoffsappeared to be an unrealistic goal for the PhiladelphiaPhillies. Now, one of baseball hottest teams continues theirfour-game set with the Washington Nationals on Saturday.

The Phillies, who trailed the National League East-leading NewYork Mets by seven games as recently as September 12, have woneight of their last nine games to move to within 1 1/2 games ofthe division leaders.


Hoping to continue the momentum, Kyle Kendrick (9-4, 4.05 ERA)will look to become the first rookie to reach the 10-win mark -Milwaukee's Yovani Gollardo is also vying for that honor. Hereceived the win on Monday in a 13-11 win over the Cardinals,yielding three runs and seven hits over six frames.

In two lifetime outings vs. the Nationals, the righthander is0-1 with a 5.56 ERA.


His opponent will be Tim Redding (3-5, 3.73), who will look toend a four-game winless streak. He allowed four runs and sixhits over four innings to record his second straight no-decisionin a 12-4 win on Monday. In four career starts, the 29-year-oldrighthander is 2-1 with a 3.24 ERA against the Phillies.

 

NL: PHILADELPHIA (85-70) at WASHINGTON (68-87)

<h3>Phillies look to continue late playoff run</h3>

<div class="pre">Philadelphia (85-70) at Washington (68-87) 12:05 pm EDT</div>

WASHINGTON (Ticker) - The Philadelphia Phillies look to continuetheir incredible success in September as they aim to complete afour-game sweep of the Washington Nationals on Sunday.

The Phillies have won nine of their last 10 games followingSaturday's 4-1 victory in 10 innings, keeping them within 1 1/2games of the National League East-leading New York Mets.

Philadelphia also closed one-half game behind the San DiegoPadres in the wild card.


To prolong their their winning ways, the Phillies will turn toCole Hamels (14-5, 3.59 ERA), who will be making just his secondstart since spending two months on the disabled list with anelbow strain.


In Tuesday's 7-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals, Hamels lastedjust three innings, allowing three runs and five hits.

Over eight lifetime starts against the Nationals, the lefthanderis 3-2 with a 3.37 ERA.


Washington will counter with rookie Joel Hanrahan (4-3, 6.45),who will look to end a three-game winless streak. He absorbedhis second straight no-decision on Tuesday in a 9-8 win over theNew York Mets, surrendering five runs and seven hits over justthree innings.


In his only other previous outing against Philadelphia, therighthander struck out a career-high eight batters over fiveinnings but took the loss in a 4-2 setback on August 16.

 

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<div class="pre">PHILADELPHIA AT WASHINGTON -- LINEUPS

PHILADELPHIA WASHINGTON
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Jimmy Rollins SS .294 29 90 D'Angelo Jimenez SS .227 2 10
Chase Utley 2B .335 21 100 Ronnie Belliard 2B .290 11 54
Pat Burrell LF .260 29 93 Ryan Zimmerman 3B .267 24 89
Ryan Howard 1B .265 42 125 Austin Kearns RF .261 14 64
Aaron Rowand CF .313 26 87 Tony Batista 1B .258 1 15
Greg Dobbs 3B .275 10 53 Jesus Flores C .250 4 24
Jayson Werth RF .310 7 48 Justin Maxwell LF .333 1 4
Carlos Ruiz C .259 6 53 Nook Logan CF .264 0 21
Cole Hamels LHP .133 0 1 Joel Hanrahan RHP .308 0 3
(14-5, 3.59) (4-3, 6.45)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT WASHINGTON
WARMUPS: PHI - COLE HAMELS (14-5, 3.59)
WAS - JOEL HANRAHAN (4-3, 6.45)

UMPIRES: HP - GARY DARLING
1B - JERRY MEALS
2B - LARRY PONCINO
3B - CHAD FAIRCHILD

WEATHER: 80 Degrees, sunny
WIND: 9 mph, in from left</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT WASHINGTON
NOTE: THE START OF THE GAME IS BEING DELAYED DUE TO
CEREMONIES.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT WASHINGTON
NOTE: THE GAME IS UNDERWAY AFTER A 11 MINUTE DELAY.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT WASHINGTON
STARTING BATS: PHI - COLE HAMELS AND CARLOS RUIZ
WAS - JOEL HANRAHAN AND JESUS FLORES

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: J ROLLINS (.294, 29 HR, 90 RBI)
C UTLEY (.335, 21 HR, 100 RBI)
P BURRELL (.260, 29 HR, 93 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
PHILADELPHIA 0 0 0 0
WASHINGTON 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

CURRENT PITCHERS: PHI - COLE HAMELS
WAS - JOEL HANRAHAN

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: D JIMENEZ (.227, 2 HR, 10 RBI)
R BELLIARD (.290, 11 HR, 54 RBI)
R ZIMMERMAN (.267, 24 HR, 89 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">PHILADELPHIA (0) VS WASHINGTON (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS

PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294
C Utley 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .335
P Burrell lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260
R Howard 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
A Rowand cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313
G Dobbs 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
J Werth rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310
C Ruiz c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259
C Hamels p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133

Totals 3 0 0 0 0 1 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Jimenez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227
R Belliard 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290
R Zimmerman 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
A Kearns rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
T Batista 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258
J Flores c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
J Maxwell lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
N Logan cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
J Hanrahan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


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PHILADELPHIA - 0 -- 0
WASHINGTON - -- 0
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PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
C Hamels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.59

WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Hanrahan 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.31

Pitches-strikes: J Hanrahan 20-11. Ground balls-fly balls: J Hanrahan 1-1.
Batters faced: J Hanrahan 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Gary Darling. 1B--Jerry Meals. 2B--Larry Poncino. 3B--Chad
Fairchild.

(Plus ceremonies delay totaling 11 minutes in the 1st). Weather: 78 degrees,
sunny. Wind: 11 mph, left to right.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT WASHINGTON
CONFIRMED STARTERS: PHI - COLE HAMELS
WAS - JOEL HANRAHAN</div>

 

NL: PHILADELPHIA at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NL AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY AUSTIN KEARNS SCORED D'ANGELO JIMENEZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A KEARNS ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 0
WASHINGTON 1 BOTTOM, 1ST

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: T BATISTA (.258, 1 HR, 15 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
PHILADELPHIA 0 0 0 0
WASHINGTON 1 1 2 0 (TOP 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: PHI - COLE HAMELS
WAS - JOEL HANRAHAN

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: R HOWARD (.265, 42 HR, 125 RBI)
A ROWAND (.313, 26 HR, 87 RBI)
G DOBBS (.275, 10 HR, 53 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">PHILADELPHIA (0) VS WASHINGTON (1) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS

PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294
C Utley 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .335
P Burrell lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260
R Howard 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
A Rowand cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313
G Dobbs 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
J Werth rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310
C Ruiz c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259
C Hamels p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133

Totals 3 0 0 0 0 1 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Rollins-R Howard).


WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Jimenez ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .236
R Belliard 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .290
R Zimmerman 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267
A Kearns rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .262
T Batista 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .256
J Flores c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
J Maxwell lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
N Logan cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
J Hanrahan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308

Totals 4 1 2 1 1 0 2

BATTING: RBI - A Kearns (65). 2-out RBI - A Kearns. GIDP - R Zimmerman. Team
LOB - 1.


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PHILADELPHIA - 0 -- 0
WASHINGTON - 1 -- 1
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PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
C Hamels 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 3.62

WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Hanrahan 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.31

Pitches-strikes: C Hamels 16-10; J Hanrahan 20-11. Ground balls-fly balls: C
Hamels 2-1; J Hanrahan 1-1. Batters faced: C Hamels 5; J Hanrahan 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Gary Darling. 1B--Jerry Meals. 2B--Larry Poncino. 3B--Chad
Fairchild.

(Plus ceremonies delay totaling 11 minutes in the 1st). Weather: 78 degrees,
sunny. Wind: 11 mph, left to right.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
PHILADELPHIA 0 0 0 0 0
WASHINGTON 1 1 2 0 (BOT 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: PHI - COLE HAMELS
WAS - JOEL HANRAHAN

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: J FLORES (.250, 4 HR, 24 RBI)
J MAXWELL (.333, 1 HR, 4 RBI)
N LOGAN (.264, 0 HR, 21 RBI)</div>

 

NL: PHILADELPHIA at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">PHILADELPHIA (0) VS WASHINGTON (1) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS

PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294
C Utley 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .335
P Burrell lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260
R Howard 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
A Rowand cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .313
G Dobbs 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .274
J Werth rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310
C Ruiz c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259
C Hamels p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133

Totals 6 0 0 0 0 3 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Rollins-R Howard).


WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Jimenez ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .236
R Belliard 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .290
R Zimmerman 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267
A Kearns rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .262
T Batista 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .256
J Flores c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
J Maxwell lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
N Logan cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
J Hanrahan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308

Totals 4 1 2 1 1 0 2

BATTING: RBI - A Kearns (65). 2-out RBI - A Kearns. GIDP - R Zimmerman. Team
LOB - 1.


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PHILADELPHIA - 00 -- 0
WASHINGTON - 1 -- 1
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PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
C Hamels 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 3.62

WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Hanrahan 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 6.17

Pitches-strikes: C Hamels 16-10; J Hanrahan 37-21. Ground balls-fly balls: C
Hamels 2-1; J Hanrahan 1-2. Batters faced: C Hamels 5; J Hanrahan 6.

UMPIRES: HP--Gary Darling. 1B--Jerry Meals. 2B--Larry Poncino. 3B--Chad
Fairchild.

(Plus ceremonies delay totaling 11 minutes in the 1st). Weather: 78 degrees,
sunny. Wind: 11 mph, left to right.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
PHILADELPHIA 0 0 0 0 0
WASHINGTON 1 0 1 2 0 (TOP 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: PHI - COLE HAMELS
WAS - JOEL HANRAHAN

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: J WERTH (.310, 7 HR, 48 RBI)
C RUIZ (.259, 6 HR, 53 RBI)
C HAMELS (.133, 0 HR, 1 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">PHILADELPHIA (0) VS WASHINGTON (1) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS

PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294
C Utley 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .335
P Burrell lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260
R Howard 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
A Rowand cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .313
G Dobbs 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .274
J Werth rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310
C Ruiz c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259
C Hamels p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133

Totals 6 0 0 0 0 3 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Rollins-R Howard).


WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Jimenez ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .236
R Belliard 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .290
R Zimmerman 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267
A Kearns rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .262
T Batista 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .256
J Flores c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .249
J Maxwell lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
N Logan cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263
J Hanrahan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308

Totals 7 1 2 1 1 1 2

BATTING: RBI - A Kearns (65). 2-out RBI - A Kearns. GIDP - R Zimmerman. Team
LOB - 1.


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PHILADELPHIA - 00 -- 0
WASHINGTON - 10 -- 1
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PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
C Hamels 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 3.60

WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Hanrahan 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 6.17

Pitches-strikes: C Hamels 26-18; J Hanrahan 37-21. Ground balls-fly balls: C
Hamels 4-1; J Hanrahan 1-2. Batters faced: C Hamels 8; J Hanrahan 6.

UMPIRES: HP--Gary Darling. 1B--Jerry Meals. 2B--Larry Poncino. 3B--Chad
Fairchild.

(Plus ceremonies delay totaling 11 minutes in the 1st). Weather: 78 degrees,
sunny. Wind: 11 mph, left to right.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
PHILADELPHIA 0 0 0 0 2 0
WASHINGTON 1 0 1 2 0 (BOT 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: PHI - COLE HAMELS
WAS - JOEL HANRAHAN

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: J HANRAHAN (.308, 0 HR, 3 RBI)
D JIMENEZ (.236, 1-FOR-1)
R BELLIARD (.290, 0-FOR-0, BB)</div>

 

NL: PHILADELPHIA at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">PHILADELPHIA (0) VS WASHINGTON (1) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS

PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .295
C Utley 2b 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .334
P Burrell lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260
R Howard 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
A Rowand cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .313
G Dobbs 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .274
J Werth rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308
C Ruiz c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258
C Hamels p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .148

Totals 11 0 2 0 0 4 2

BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Utley 1. Team LOB - 2.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Rollins-R Howard).


WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Jimenez ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .236
R Belliard 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .290
R Zimmerman 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267
A Kearns rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .262
T Batista 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .256
J Flores c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .249
J Maxwell lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
N Logan cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263
J Hanrahan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308

Totals 7 1 2 1 1 1 2

BATTING: RBI - A Kearns (65). 2-out RBI - A Kearns. GIDP - R Zimmerman. Team
LOB - 1.


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PHILADELPHIA - 000 -- 0
WASHINGTON - 10 -- 1
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PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
C Hamels 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 3.60

WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Hanrahan 3 2 0 0 0 4 0 6.04

Pitches-strikes: C Hamels 26-18; J Hanrahan 60-34. Ground balls-fly balls: C
Hamels 4-1; J Hanrahan 2-3. Batters faced: C Hamels 8; J Hanrahan 11.

UMPIRES: HP--Gary Darling. 1B--Jerry Meals. 2B--Larry Poncino. 3B--Chad
Fairchild.

(Plus ceremonies delay totaling 11 minutes in the 1st). Weather: 78 degrees,
sunny. Wind: 11 mph, left to right.</div>