GAME THREAD: NL: WASHINGTON (42-56) at PHILADELPHIA (50-48)

NL: WASHINGTON at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">WASHINGTON (3) VS PHILADELPHIA (4) - END 8TH - IN PROGRESS

WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
F Lopez ss 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 .240
R Belliard 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .304
R Zimmerman 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .259
D Young 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .335
R Church lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .259
A Kearns rf 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .251
B Schneider c 2 0 1 3 1 1 1 .234
R Langerhans cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .162
J Bergmann p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .120
B Traber p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
C Booker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-T Batista ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220
S Rivera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R King p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
L Ayala p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 27 3 5 3 3 3 7

a-popped out to catcher for C Booker in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - R Zimmerman (23, K Kendrick); B Schneider (12, K Kendrick). RBI -
B Schneider 3 (35). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Traber 1. Team
LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: Picked Off - F Lopez (1st base, C Ruiz).

FIELDING: DP: 1 (R Belliard-R Zimmerman-D Young).


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .291
S Victorino rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .281
C Utley 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .334
R Howard 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .276
A Rowand cf 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 .330
P Burrell lf 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 .239
M Bourn pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269
G Dobbs 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .294
R Madson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-W Helms ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .258
C Ruiz c 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 .263
K Kendrick p 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167
J Romero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A Nunez 3b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .258

Totals 29 4 7 4 4 4 12

a-flied out to center for R Madson in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - A Rowand 2 (31, B Traber, J Bergmann); C Ruiz (20, J Bergmann).
HR - J Rollins (20, 3rd inning off J Bergmann 0 on, 0 Out), A Rowand (14, 8th
inning off L Ayala 0 on, 2 Out). SF - P Burrell. RBI - C Ruiz (34), J Rollins
(60), P Burrell (46), A Rowand (55). 2-out RBI - C Ruiz, A Rowand. Runners left
in scoring position, 2 out - K Kendrick 3. GIDP - R Howard. Team LOB - 6.

FIELDING: Outfield assists - A Rowand (J Bergmann at Home).


----------------------------------------------------
WASHINGTON - 000 300 00 -- 3
PHILADELPHIA - 011 001 01 -- 4
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WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Bergmann 2 1/3 4 2 2 1 1 1 4.56
B Traber 3 2 1 1 1 2 0 4.09
C Booker 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
S Rivera 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.41
R King 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.18
L Ayala 1/3 1 1 1 1 0 1 3.86

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
K Kendrick 5 2/3 5 3 3 3 2 0 4.44
J Romero 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.29
R Madson 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.21

WP - C Booker. HBP - A Kearns (by K Kendrick); F Lopez (by R Madson).
Pitches-strikes: J Bergmann 52-31; B Traber 44-27; C Booker 5-2; S Rivera 13-6;
R King 11-8; L Ayala 13-7; K Kendrick 82-46; J Romero 9-5; R Madson 20-13.
Ground balls-fly balls: J Bergmann 3-3; B Traber 7-0; C Booker 0-2; S Rivera
2-1; R King 0-1; L Ayala 0-1; K Kendrick 6-7; J Romero 1-0; R Madson 2-3.
Batters faced: J Bergmann 12; B Traber 11; C Booker 2; S Rivera 4; R King 2; L
Ayala 3; K Kendrick 24; J Romero 2; R Madson 6.

UMPIRES: HP--Bob Davidson. 1B--Sam Holbrook. 2B--Hunter Wendelstedt.
3B--Randy Marsh.

Weather: 83 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 13 mph, out to center.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: M Bourn in left field.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 3
PHILADELPHIA 4 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: A Kearns (.251, 1-FOR-2)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - PITCHING CHANGE
PHI: ANTONIO ALFONSECA (3-1, 3.68) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 3, PHILADELPHIA 4

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: A KEARNS (.251, 1-FOR-2)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: A Alfonseca relieved R Madson.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 3
PHILADELPHIA 4 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: A Kearns (.251, 1-FOR-2)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: R Fick hit for L Ayala.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, A KEARNS ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 3
PHILADELPHIA 4 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: R Fick (.205, 0 HR, 5 RBI)</div>

 

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

BATTERIES: WAS - JASON BERGMANN, BILLY TRABER (3RD), CHRIS BOOKER (6TH), SAUL
RIVERA (7TH), RAY KING (8TH), LUIS AYALA (8TH) AND BRIAN
SCHNEIDER

PHI - KYLE KENDRICK, J.C. ROMERO (6TH), RYAN MADSON
(7TH), ANTONIO ALFONSECA (9TH) AND CARLOS RUIZ

HOME RUNS: WAS - NONE

PHI - JIMMY ROLLINS (20) OFF JASON BERGMANN IN THE 3RD, 0 ON
AARON ROWAND (14) OFF LUIS AYALA IN THE 8TH, 0 ON</div>

 

Rowand blasts Phillies past Nationals

<h3>PHILADELPHIA 4, WASHINGTON 3</h3>PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Aaron Rowand hit a solo home run toleft field with two outs in the eighth to snap a 3-3 tie andpropel the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-3 victory over theWashington Nationals on Tuesday.


The all-star center fielder had three of the Phillies' sevenhits and all three, including a pair of doubles, went for extrabases.


<div class="pre">Philadelphia had just two hits through the fourth inning both</div>by Rowand. He scored three of the Phils' four runs, includingthe tying run in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Pat Burrell.

Washington scored all its runs on a three-run double by BrianSchneider in the fourth. The catcher, who grew up in the nearbyLehigh Valley, ripped the first pitch he saw from Philadelphiastarter Kyle Kendrick into the left-center field gap to clearthe bases and put the visitors up, 3-2.


The Phillies, meanwhile, scored single runs in the second, thirdand sixth, relying on timely and situational hitting to keepthe game close.


Carlos Ruiz put the Phillies on the board with his two-out, RBIdouble in the second and Jimmy Rollins slammed his 20th home runof the season into the seats in right to make it 2-0 afterthree.


Both teams received strong outings from their bullpens. BillyTraber gave the Nationals a solid performance in relief ofstarter Jason Bergmann, who left the game with one out in thethird with left hamstring tightness.


Traber surrendered one run in three innings before beingreplaced in the sixth. Chris Booker, Saul Rivera, Ray King keptthe game tied into the eighth before Luis Ayala (0-2) yieldedRowand's game-winning blast.


Bergmann, who may have injured his hamstring trying to scorefrom second on a Ronnie Belliard single in the third, allowedtwo earned runs in 2 1/3 innings.


J.C. Romero and Ryan Madson (2-2) combined for 1 2/3 innings ofscoreless relief for the Phillies. Other than the shaky fourthinning, Kendrick pitched effectively, allowing three earned runsin 5 2/3 innings.

 

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

BATTERIES: WAS - JASON BERGMANN, BILLY TRABER (3RD), CHRIS BOOKER (6TH), SAUL
RIVERA (7TH), RAY KING (8TH), LUIS AYALA (8TH) AND BRIAN
SCHNEIDER

PHI - KYLE KENDRICK, J.C. ROMERO (6TH), RYAN MADSON
(7TH), ANTONIO ALFONSECA (9TH) AND CARLOS RUIZ


WP - RYAN MADSON (2-2)
LP - LUIS AYALA (0-2)
SAVE - ANTONIO ALFONSECA (8)

HOME RUNS: WAS - NONE

PHI - JIMMY ROLLINS (20) OFF JASON BERGMANN IN THE 3RD, 0 ON
AARON ROWAND (14) OFF LUIS AYALA IN THE 8TH, 0 ON


TIME: 2:53 ATT: 40,110

PROBABLES: WAS - MATT CHICO (4-6, 4.65)
PHI - COLE HAMELS (11-5, 3.69)</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">WASHINGTON (3) VS PHILADELPHIA (4) - FINAL

WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
F Lopez ss 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 .240
R Belliard 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .304
R Zimmerman 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .259
D Young 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .335
R Church lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .259
A Kearns rf 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 .251
B Schneider c 3 0 1 3 1 1 1 .233
R Langerhans cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .161
J Bergmann p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .120
B Traber p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
C Booker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-T Batista ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220
S Rivera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R King p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
L Ayala p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-R Fick ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .203

Totals 30 3 5 3 4 4 9

a-popped out to catcher for C Booker in the 7th; b-grounded to first for L
Ayala in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - R Zimmerman (23, K Kendrick); B Schneider (12, K Kendrick). RBI -
B Schneider 3 (35). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Traber 1, R
Fick 1. Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: Picked Off - F Lopez (1st base, C Ruiz).

FIELDING: DP: 1 (R Belliard-R Zimmerman-D Young).


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .291
S Victorino rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .281
C Utley 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .334
R Howard 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .276
A Rowand cf 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 .330
P Burrell lf 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 .239
M Bourn pr-lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269
G Dobbs 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .294
R Madson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-W Helms ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .258
A Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
C Ruiz c 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 .263
K Kendrick p 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167
J Romero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A Nunez 3b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .258

Totals 29 4 7 4 4 4 12

a-flied out to center for R Madson in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - A Rowand 2 (31, B Traber, J Bergmann); C Ruiz (20, J Bergmann).
HR - J Rollins (20, 3rd inning off J Bergmann 0 on, 0 Out), A Rowand (14, 8th
inning off L Ayala 0 on, 2 Out). SF - P Burrell. RBI - C Ruiz (34), J Rollins
(60), P Burrell (46), A Rowand (55). 2-out RBI - C Ruiz, A Rowand. Runners left
in scoring position, 2 out - K Kendrick 3. GIDP - R Howard. Team LOB - 6.

FIELDING: Outfield assists - A Rowand (J Bergmann at Home).


----------------------------------------------------
WASHINGTON - 000 300 000 -- 3
PHILADELPHIA - 011 001 01x -- 4
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WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Bergmann 2 1/3 4 2 2 1 1 1 4.56
B Traber 3 2 1 1 1 2 0 4.09
C Booker (B, 1) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
S Rivera 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.41
R King 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.18
L Ayala (L, 0-2) 1/3 1 1 1 1 0 1 3.86

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
K Kendrick 5 2/3 5 3 3 3 2 0 4.44
J Romero 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.29
R Madson (W, 2-2) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.21
A Alfonseca (S, 8) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.58

WP - C Booker. HBP - A Kearns (by K Kendrick); F Lopez (by R Madson).
Pitches-strikes: J Bergmann 52-31; B Traber 44-27; C Booker 5-2; S Rivera 13-6;
R King 11-8; L Ayala 13-7; K Kendrick 82-46; J Romero 9-5; R Madson 20-13; A
Alfonseca 14-8. Ground balls-fly balls: J Bergmann 3-3; B Traber 7-0; C Booker
0-2; S Rivera 2-1; R King 0-1; L Ayala 0-1; K Kendrick 6-7; J Romero 1-0; R
Madson 2-3; A Alfonseca 2-0. Batters faced: J Bergmann 12; B Traber 11; C
Booker 2; S Rivera 4; R King 2; L Ayala 3; K Kendrick 24; J Romero 2; R Madson
6; A Alfonseca 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Bob Davidson. 1B--Sam Holbrook. 2B--Hunter Wendelstedt.
3B--Randy Marsh.

T--2:53. Att--40,110.
Weather: 83 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 13 mph, out
to center.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
WASHINGTON 3
PHILADELPHIA 4 FINAL</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WASHINGTON (3) AT PHILADELPHIA (4) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PHILADELPHIA 2ND: R Howard flied out to left. A Rowand doubled to right
center. P Burrell singled to left, A Rowand to third. G Dobbs flied out to
center. C Ruiz doubled to deep left center, A Rowand scored, P Burrell to
third. K Kendrick grounded out to third. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 0, PHILADELPHIA 1.

PHILADELPHIA 3RD: J Rollins homered to right. S Victorino grounded out to
second. C Utley walked. B Traber relieved J Bergmann. R Howard grounded into
double play, second to third to first, C Utley out at second.(1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) WASHINGTON 0, PHILADELPHIA 2.

WASHINGTON 4TH: R Zimmerman doubled to deep left center. D Young grounded
out to pitcher, R Zimmerman to third. R Church walked. A Kearns hit by pitch,
R Church to second. B Schneider doubled to deep center, R Zimmerman, R Church
and A Kearns scored. R Langerhans flied out to center. B Traber struck out
swinging. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 3, PHILADELPHIA 2.

PHILADELPHIA 6TH: R Howard grounded out to shortstop. A Rowand doubled to
deep right. C Booker relieved B Traber. A Rowand to third on wild pitch by
C Booker. P Burrell hit sacrifice fly to right, A Rowand scored. G Dobbs fouled
out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 3, PHILADELPHIA 3.

PHILADELPHIA 8TH: R King relieved S Rivera. C Utley struck out swinging.
R Howard popped out to third. L Ayala relieved R King. A Rowand homered to left.
P Burrell walked. M Bourn ran for P Burrell. W Helms hit for R Madson.
W Helms flied out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 3, PHILADELPHIA 4.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WASHINGTON (3) AT PHILADELPHIA (4) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Washington Starting Lineups -- F Lopez SS, R Belliard 2B, R Zimmerman 3B,
D Young 1B, R Church LF, A Kearns RF, B Schneider C, R Langerhans CF, J Bergmann RHP.

Philadelphia Starting Lineups -- J Rollins SS, S Victorino RF, C Utley 2B,
R Howard 1B, A Rowand CF, P Burrell LF, G Dobbs 3B, C Ruiz C, K Kendrick RHP.

Umpires -- Bob Davidson (HP), Sam Holbrook (1B), Hunter Wendelstedt (2B), Randy Marsh (3B).

Gametime Weather: 83 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind out to center at 13 mph.


WASHINGTON 1ST: F Lopez struck out looking. R Belliard grounded out to
third. R Zimmerman fouled out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 0, PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 1ST: J Rollins lined out to right. S Victorino struck out
swinging. C Utley grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 0, PHILADELPHIA 0.

WASHINGTON 2ND: D Young out on batter's interference to catcher. R Church
lined out to center. A Kearns grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 0, PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 2ND: R Howard flied out to left. A Rowand doubled to right
center. P Burrell singled to left, A Rowand to third. G Dobbs flied out to
center. C Ruiz doubled to deep left center, A Rowand scored, P Burrell to
third. K Kendrick grounded out to third. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 0, PHILADELPHIA 1.

WASHINGTON 3RD: B Schneider walked. R Langerhans flied out to center.
J Bergmann bunted into fielder's choice to first, B Schneider out at second.
F Lopez singled to left, J Bergmann to second. R Belliard singled to center,
J Bergmann thrown out at home. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 0,
PHILADELPHIA 1.

PHILADELPHIA 3RD: J Rollins homered to right. S Victorino grounded out to
second. C Utley walked. B Traber relieved J Bergmann. R Howard grounded into
double play, second to third to first, C Utley out at second.
(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 0, PHILADELPHIA 2.

WASHINGTON 4TH: R Zimmerman doubled to deep left center. D Young grounded
out to pitcher, R Zimmerman to third. R Church walked. A Kearns hit by pitch,
R Church to second. B Schneider doubled to deep center, R Zimmerman, R Church
and A Kearns scored. R Langerhans flied out to center. B Traber struck out
swinging. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 3, PHILADELPHIA 2.

PHILADELPHIA 4TH: A Rowand grounded out to shortstop. P Burrell walked.
G Dobbs singled to right, P Burrell to second. C Ruiz struck out swinging.
K Kendrick grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 3,
PHILADELPHIA 2.

WASHINGTON 5TH: F Lopez walked. R Belliard fouled out to first. F Lopez
picked off first. R Zimmerman flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 3, PHILADELPHIA 2.

PHILADELPHIA 5TH: J Rollins struck out swinging. S Victorino grounded out
to third. C Utley grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 3, PHILADELPHIA 2.

WASHINGTON 6TH: D Young flied out to center. R Church grounded out to
first. A Kearns singled to right. J Romero relieved K Kendrick. B Schneider
struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 3, PHILADELPHIA 2.

PHILADELPHIA 6TH: R Howard grounded out to shortstop. A Rowand doubled to
deep right. C Booker relieved B Traber. A Rowand to third on wild pitch by
C Booker. P Burrell hit sacrifice fly to right, A Rowand scored. G Dobbs fouled
out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 3, PHILADELPHIA 3.

WASHINGTON 7TH: R Langerhans grounded out to first. T Batista hit for
C Booker. R Madson relieved J Romero. A Nunez at third base. T Batista popped out
to catcher. F Lopez hit by pitch. R Belliard grounded out to pitcher.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 3, PHILADELPHIA 3.

PHILADELPHIA 7TH: S Rivera relieved C Booker. C Ruiz flied out to left.
A Nunez walked. J Rollins grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, A Nunez
out at second. S Victorino grounded into fielder's choice to second, J Rollins
out at second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 3, PHILADELPHIA 3.

WASHINGTON 8TH: R Zimmerman grounded out to shortstop. D Young lined out
to center. R Church flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 3, PHILADELPHIA 3.

PHILADELPHIA 8TH: R King relieved S Rivera. C Utley struck out swinging.
R Howard popped out to third. L Ayala relieved R King. A Rowand homered to left.
P Burrell walked. M Bourn ran for P Burrell. W Helms hit for R Madson.
W Helms flied out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 3, PHILADELPHIA 4.

WASHINGTON 9TH: M Bourn in left field. A Alfonseca relieved R Madson.
A Kearns walked. B Schneider grounded out to second, A Kearns to second.
R Langerhans struck out swinging. R Fick hit for L Ayala. R Fick grounded out to
first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 3, PHILADELPHIA 4.</div>

 

Rowand blasts Phillies past Nationals

<h3>PHILADELPHIA 4, WASHINGTON 3</h3>PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Aaron Rowand hit a solo home run toleft field with two outs in the eighth to snap a tie and propelthe Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-3 victory over the WashingtonNationals on Tuesday.


The All-Star center fielder had three of the Phillies' sevenhits and all three, including a pair of doubles, went for extrabases.


Rowand has been torrid at the plate, hitting .439 with 14doubles and 12 RBI in his last 14 games. With the team in needof pitching - it has the NL's best offense, the outfielder hasbeen the subject of trade talks. The consummate professional,Rowand stressed the importance of staying focused on winning.

"I expect to be here all season, Rowand said. "I'm not worriedabout that. I'm worried about trying to win games and getting tothe postseason.


"Aaron's been really swinging it well, Phillies manager CharlieManuel said. He's been hitting it hard all over the field.

Philadelphia had just two hits after the fourth inning, both byRowand. He scored three of the Phils' four runs, including thetying run in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Pat Burrell.

It was a real good game, Washington manager Manny Acta said.Rowand is having a great year and he had a big night.

Washington scored all its runs on a three-run double by BrianSchneider in the fourth. The catcher, who grew up in the nearbyLehigh Valley, ripped the first pitch he saw from Philadelphiastarter rookie Kyle Kendrick into the left-center field gap toclear the bases and put the visitors up, 3-2.


The Phillies, meanwhile, scored single runs in the second, thirdand sixth, relying on timely and situational hitting to keepthe game close.


Carlos Ruiz put the Phillies on the board with his two-out, RBIdouble in the second and Jimmy Rollins slammed his 20th home runof the season into the seats in right to make it 2-0 afterthree.


Both teams received strong outings from their bullpens. BillyTraber gave the Nationals a solid performance in relief ofstarter Jason Bergmann, who left the game with one out in thethird with left hamstring tightness.


Traber surrendered one run in three innings before beingreplaced in the sixth. Chris Booker, Saul Rivera, Ray King keptthe game tied into the eighth before Luis Ayala (0-2) yieldedRowand's game-winning blast.


Bergmann, who tweaked his hamstring trying to score from secondon a Ronnie Belliard single in the third, allowed two earnedruns in 2 1/3 innings.


<div class="pre">It's a little sore, Bergmann said. I felt it right away it</div>felt like a little charley horse.


J.C. Romero and Ryan Madson (2-2) combined for 1 2/3 innings ofscoreless relief for the Phillies. Antonio Alfonseca pitched theninth for his eighth save.


Other than the shaky fourth inning, Kendrick pitchedeffectively, allowing three earned runs in 5 2/3 innings. ThePhillies improved to 6-2 when he starts.


My command was a little off, Kendrick said. I tried to keepus in the game and it was a good win for us tonight.