GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: FLORIDA (60-78) at WASHINGTON (61-77)

NL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NL AT WASHINGTON - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: K Gregg relieved L Gardner.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 3
WASHINGTON 2 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: D Young (.330, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NL AT WASHINGTON - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: R Langerhans ran for D Young.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, R LANGERHANS ON FIRST, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 3
WASHINGTON 2 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: A Kearns (.266, 1-FOR-3, RBI)</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NL AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY JESUS FLORES SCORED RYAN LANGERHANS AND WILY MO
PENA.

FINAL SCORE: WASHINGTON 4, FLORIDA 3</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
FLORIDA 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 11 0
WASHINGTON 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 10 2 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: FLA - DONTRELLE WILLIS, LEE GARDNER (8TH), KEVIN GREGG (9TH) AND
MIGUEL OLIVO

WAS - SHAWN HILL, ARNIE MUNOZ (7TH), WINSTON ABREU
(7TH), LUIS AYALA (8TH), CHRIS SCHRODER (9TH) AND JESUS FLORES

HOME RUNS: FLA - NONE

WAS - NONE</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
FLORIDA 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 11 0
WASHINGTON 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 10 2 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: FLA - DONTRELLE WILLIS, LEE GARDNER (8TH), KEVIN GREGG (9TH) AND
MIGUEL OLIVO

WAS - SHAWN HILL, ARNIE MUNOZ (7TH), WINSTON ABREU
(7TH), LUIS AYALA (8TH), CHRIS SCHRODER (9TH) AND JESUS FLORES


WP - CHRIS SCHRODER (2-1)
LP - KEVIN GREGG (0-5)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: FLA - NONE

WAS - NONE


TIME: 2:50 ATT: 15,611

PROBABLES: FLA - SERGIO MITRE (5-8, 4.57)
WAS - TIM REDDING (3-5, 3.27)</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

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

FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
H Ramirez ss 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 .334
A Amezaga 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .266
J Hermida rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 .282
M Cabrera 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 .315
J Willingham lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .271
M Jacobs 1b 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 .273
J Wood 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
C Ross cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .333
M Olivo c 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .231
D Willis p 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222
L Gardner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-T Linden ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .221
R Abercrombie pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212
K Gregg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 36 3 11 3 1 8 17

a-walked for L Gardner in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - M Jacobs (21, S Hill); J Hermida (24, S Hill); J Willingham (30,
S Hill). RBI - J Willingham (86), M Jacobs (40), M Cabrera (96). 2-out RBI - M
Cabrera. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Olivo 1, M Cabrera 1, J
Willingham 1. GIDP - H Ramirez. Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: SB - H Ramirez 2 (45, 2nd base off W Abreu/J Flores, 2nd base
off S Hill/J Flores). CS - M Jacobs (2, 2nd base by S Hill/J Flores).

FIELDING: DP: 3 (M Cabrera-A Amezaga, D Willis-A Amezaga-M Jacobs, A
Amezaga-J Wood).


WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N Logan cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .272
F Lopez ss 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 .246
R Zimmerman 3b 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 .270
D Young 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .330
R Langerhans pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .156
A Kearns rf 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 .265
W Pena lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .245
R Belliard 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .279
J Flores c 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 .257
S Hill p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .095
A Munoz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
W Abreu p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
L Ayala p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-T Batista ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269
C Schroder p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 30 4 10 4 3 6 12

a-flied out to left for L Ayala in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - N Logan 2 (17, D Willis 2); R Zimmerman (36, D Willis); J Flores
(7, K Gregg). S - F Lopez , S Hill. RBI - A Kearns (57), R Zimmerman (82), J
Flores 2 (23). 2-out RBI - A Kearns, J Flores 2. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - F Lopez 1, W Pena 1. GIDP - D Young. Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: Picked Off - R Belliard (1st base, M Olivo).

FIELDING: E - J Flores 2 (3, dropped foul ball 2). DP: 1 (R Belliard-F
Lopez-D Young).


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FLORIDA - 000 210 000 -- 3
WASHINGTON - 101 000 002 -- 4

Two outs when winning run scored.
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FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
D Willis 7 1/3 8 2 2 2 5 0 5.01
L Gardner (H, 3) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.18
K Gregg (L, 0-5; B, 3) 2/3 2 2 2 1 1 0 3.27

WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
S Hill 6 1/3 11 3 3 0 6 0 2.98
A Munoz 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
W Abreu 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.29
L Ayala 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.19
C Schroder (W, 2-1) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.29

WP - S Hill. Pitches-strikes: D Willis 111-65; L Gardner 3-3; K Gregg 21-12;
S Hill 97-71; A Munoz 2-2; W Abreu 4-3; L Ayala 16-10; C Schroder 17-10. Ground
balls-fly balls: D Willis 8-7; L Gardner 0-1; K Gregg 0-1; S Hill 8-4; A Munoz
0-1; W Abreu 0-1; L Ayala 1-1; C Schroder 2-0. Batters faced: D Willis 29; L
Gardner 1; K Gregg 5; S Hill 29; A Munoz 1; W Abreu 1; L Ayala 3; C Schroder 3.


UMPIRES: HP--Bill Welke. 1B--Laz Diaz. 2B--Wally Bell. 3B--Mike Dimuro.

T--2:50. Att--15,611.
Weather: 89 degrees, clear. Wind: 0 mph, n/a.</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

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

 

NL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

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FLORIDA (3) AT WASHINGTON (4) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WASHINGTON 1ST: N Logan grounded out to shortstop. F Lopez reached on
infield single to third. R Zimmerman walked, F Lopez to second. D Young
grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, R Zimmerman out at second, F Lopez
to third. A Kearns singled to center, F Lopez scored, D Young to second.
W Pena struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, WASHINGTON 1.

WASHINGTON 3RD: N Logan doubled to right. F Lopez sacrificed to pitcher,
N Logan to third. R Zimmerman hit a ground rule double to deep center, N Logan
scored. D Young lined into double play, third to second, R Zimmerman doubled
off second.(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, WASHINGTON 2.

FLORIDA 4TH: J Hermida doubled to center. M Cabrera grounded out to third.
J Willingham doubled to deep left, J Hermida scored. J Willingham to third on
wild pitch by S Hill. M Jacobs singled to right, J Willingham scored. M Jacobs
caught stealing second, catcher to second. C Ross singled to center. M Olivo
continues to bat after dropped foul ball by catcher J Flores. M Olivo struck
out swinging. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error) FLORIDA 2, WASHINGTON 2.

FLORIDA 5TH: D Willis grounded out to third. H Ramirez singled to left.
H Ramirez stole second. A Amezaga reached on infield single to shortstop,
H Ramirez to third. J Hermida fouled out to third. M Cabrera singled to left
center, H Ramirez scored, A Amezaga to third. J Willingham grounded into
fielder's choice to shortstop, M Cabrera out at second. (1 Run, 3 Hits,
0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, WASHINGTON 2.

WASHINGTON 9TH: K Gregg relieved L Gardner. D Young walked. R Langerhans
ran for D Young. A Kearns struck out swinging. W Pena singled to right,
R Langerhans to third. R Belliard fouled out to first. J Flores doubled to deep
left, R Langerhans and W Pena scored. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3,
WASHINGTON 4.</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON

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

Florida Starting Lineups -- H Ramirez SS, A Amezaga 2B, J Hermida RF, M Cabrera 3B,
J Willingham LF, M Jacobs 1B, C Ross CF, M Olivo C, D Willis LHP.

Washington Starting Lineups -- N Logan CF, F Lopez SS, R Zimmerman 3B, D Young 1B,
A Kearns RF, W Pena LF, R Belliard 2B, J Flores C, S Hill RHP.

Umpires -- Bill Welke (HP), Laz Diaz (1B), Wally Bell (2B), Mike Dimuro (3B).


Gametime Weather: 89 degrees, Clear, wind n/a at 0 mph.


FLORIDA 1ST: H Ramirez struck out looking. A Amezaga singled to center.
J Hermida lined out to right. M Cabrera grounded into fielder's choice to third,
A Amezaga out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 1ST: N Logan grounded out to shortstop. F Lopez reached on
infield single to third. R Zimmerman walked, F Lopez to second. D Young
grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, R Zimmerman out at second, F Lopez
to third. A Kearns singled to center, F Lopez scored, D Young to second.
W Pena struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, WASHINGTON 1.

FLORIDA 2ND: J Willingham struck out looking. M Jacobs doubled to deep
right. C Ross struck out looking. M Olivo grounded out to second. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, WASHINGTON 1.

WASHINGTON 2ND: R Belliard popped out to shortstop. J Flores grounded out
to first. S Hill grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
FLORIDA 0, WASHINGTON 1.

FLORIDA 3RD: D Willis grounded out to second. H Ramirez flied out to
center. A Amezaga struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0,
WASHINGTON 1.

WASHINGTON 3RD: N Logan doubled to right. F Lopez sacrificed to pitcher,
N Logan to third. R Zimmerman hit a ground rule double to deep center, N Logan
scored. D Young lined into double play, third to second, R Zimmerman doubled
off second.(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, WASHINGTON 2.

FLORIDA 4TH: J Hermida doubled to center. M Cabrera grounded out to third.
J Willingham doubled to deep left, J Hermida scored. J Willingham to third on
wild pitch by S Hill. M Jacobs singled to right, J Willingham scored. M Jacobs
caught stealing second, catcher to second. C Ross singled to center. M Olivo
continues to bat after dropped foul ball by catcher J Flores. M Olivo struck
out swinging. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error) FLORIDA 2, WASHINGTON 2.

WASHINGTON 4TH: A Kearns flied out to center. W Pena popped out to first.
R Belliard singled to left. R Belliard picked off first.(0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) FLORIDA 2, WASHINGTON 2.

FLORIDA 5TH: D Willis grounded out to third. H Ramirez singled to left.
H Ramirez stole second. A Amezaga reached on infield single to shortstop,
H Ramirez to third. J Hermida fouled out to third. M Cabrera singled to left
center, H Ramirez scored, A Amezaga to third. J Willingham grounded into
fielder's choice to shortstop, M Cabrera out at second. (1 Run, 3 Hits,
0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, WASHINGTON 2.

WASHINGTON 5TH: J Flores singled to left. S Hill sacrificed to catcher,
J Flores to second. N Logan struck out swinging. F Lopez struck out swinging.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, WASHINGTON 2.

FLORIDA 6TH: M Jacobs singled to left center. C Ross grounded into
fielder's choice to shortstop, M Jacobs out at second. M Olivo struck out
looking. D Willis grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3,
WASHINGTON 2.

WASHINGTON 6TH: R Zimmerman walked. D Young grounded into double play,
pitcher to second to first, R Zimmerman out at second. A Kearns struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, WASHINGTON 2.

FLORIDA 7TH: H Ramirez reached on bunt single to second. A Amezaga fouled
out to third. A Munoz relieved S Hill. J Hermida flied out to left. W Abreu
relieved A Munoz. H Ramirez stole second. M Cabrera fouled out to first.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, WASHINGTON 2.

WASHINGTON 7TH: W Pena fouled out to first. R Belliard struck out
swinging. J Flores flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3,
WASHINGTON 2.

FLORIDA 8TH: L Ayala relieved W Abreu. J Willingham grounded out to
shortstop. M Jacobs lined out to center. C Ross continues to bat after
dropped foul ball by catcher J Flores. C Ross struck out looking. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 1 Error) FLORIDA 3, WASHINGTON 2.

WASHINGTON 8TH: J Wood at first base. T Batista hit for L Ayala. T Batista
flied out to left. N Logan doubled to right. F Lopez reached on infield
single to third. L Gardner relieved D Willis. R Zimmerman lined into double
play, second to first, F Lopez doubled off first.(0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
FLORIDA 3, WASHINGTON 2.

FLORIDA 9TH: C Schroder relieved L Ayala. M Olivo struck out swinging.
T Linden hit for L Gardner. T Linden walked. R Abercrombie ran for T Linden.
H Ramirez grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, R Abercrombie
out at second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, WASHINGTON 2.

WASHINGTON 9TH: K Gregg relieved L Gardner. D Young walked. R Langerhans
ran for D Young. A Kearns struck out swinging. W Pena singled to right,
R Langerhans to third. R Belliard fouled out to first. J Flores doubled to deep
left, R Langerhans and W Pena scored. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3,
WASHINGTON 4.</div>

 

Re: NL: FLORIDA (60-78) at WASHINGTON (61-77)

A drive to left field from Jesus Flores to win the game. Exciting win, fun to watch as well.

 

Nationals rally late to defeat Marlins, win fourth straight

<h3>WASHINGTON 4, FLORIDA 3</h3>WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- Jesus Flores sent a two-run double downthe left field line with two outs in the ninth inning as theWashington Nationals rallied for a thrilling 4-3 victory overthe Florida Marlins on Tuesday.


Florida closer Kevin Gregg (0-5), who had blown just two savesentering this contest, opened up the pivotal frame with a walkbefore leaving for pinch runner Ryan Langerhans. Therighthander struck out Austin Kearns before allowing atwo-strike single to Wily Mo Pena.


After a failed Ronnie Belliard bunt attempt in which he poppedout to Marlins first baseman Jason Wood, Flores sealed theNationals fourth straight win when he sent a sinking liner intothe left field corner that allowed Langerhans to score the tyingrun easily and Pena enough time to beat the tag at home for thegame-winning run.


Chris Schroder (2-1) pitched a scoreless ninth to get the win.

The late-inning heroics ended what was a historic night for theMarlins' Miguel Cabrera, who became the third-youngest majorleague player to reach the 500 RBI plateau, trailing only MelOtt (23 years, 74 days) and Ted Williams (24 years, 4 days) inthe elite category.


The four-time All-Star reached the milestone at the age of 24years, 139 days - in just his fifth major-league season.Cabrera needs four more RBI to reach the 100-mark for theseason, which would make him the third-youngest player - alsobehind Ott and williams - to record four consecutive 100-RBIseasons.

 

Nationals rally late to defeat Marlins, win fourth straight

<h3>WASHINGTON 4, FLORIDA 3</h3>WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- Rookie Jesus Flores roped a walk-off,two-run double down the left field line with two outs in theninth inning as the Washington Nationals rallied for a thrilling4-3 victory over the Florida Marlins on Tuesday.


Florida closer Kevin Gregg (0-5), who had blown just two savesentering this contest, opened up the pivotal frame by walking<div class="pre">Dmitri Young, who left for pinch runner Ryan Langerhans. The</div>righthander struck out Austin Kearns before allowing atwo-strike single to Wily Mo Pena.


"A big guy like that hitting a ground ball through the four-hole(gap between first and second base), I kind of see that as 'Iwon'," Gregg said. "That was lucky on his part to hit onethrough the four-hole. That ball's three feet to the left, it'sa double play, so that's just the way the ball bounced tonightand I'm not too worried."


After a failed Ronnie Belliard bunt attempt in which he poppedout to Marlins first baseman Jason Wood, Flores sealed theNationals fourth straight win when he sent a sinking liner intothe left field corner that allowed Langerhans to score the tyingrun easily and Pena enough time to beat the tag at home for thegame-winning run.


"I thought it was going to be a double," Flores said. "Wily Mois not that fast of a guy. When the left fielder was waitingfor the ball (to carom off the wall), I saw a chance for the guyto score. It was an amazing moment.


"It felt so great. This was the first time in my career that Ihit the ball for a walk-off hit."


Flores' clutch hit atoned for two errors he committed earlier bydropping routine foul popups behind the plate.


"I was so mad," he said. "This is the first time I missed twopopups. It happened - and I just concentrated on my offense. Ifeel better, but I still have to work on pop-ups."

Chris Schroder (2-1) pitched a scoreless ninth to get the win.With one more victory, Washington can avoid losing 100 games,which is a number some experts thought was all but unavoidablebefore the season began.


The win also gave the Nationals a two-game lead over the Marlinsfor fourth place in the National League East.


The late-inning heroics ended what was a historic night for theMarlins' Miguel Cabrera, who became the third-youngest majorleague player to reach the 500 RBI plateau, trailing only MelOtt (23 years, 74 days) and Ted Williams (24 years, 4 days) inthe elite category.


The four-time All-Star reached the milestone at the age of 24years, 139 days - in just his fifth major-league season.

"There's going to be a lot of milestones ahead in his career,"Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez said.


Cabrera needs four more RBI to reach the 100-mark for theseason, which would make him the third-youngest player - alsobehind Ott and Williams - to record four consecutive 100-RBIseasons.


Washington's comeback also spoiled an opportunity for Marlinslefthander Dontrelle Willis to earn only his third win in hislast 18 starts. He allowed two runs on eight hits over 5 1/3innings with five strikeouts and two walks.


"Train (Willis) pitched outstanding," Gonzalez said. "That's areal nice positive to take out of that game."


"This is just how it goes down," Willis said. "I never hold myhead down regardless of what the game's outcome is because Iknow that I've prepared myself well enough to go out there andwin. It's all a learning experience. In the end, I think itwill even out."


Gregg, who had difficulty remembering his last blown save, felteven worse for Willis.


"Dontrelle's had some tough luck but he pitched a great game,"Gregg said. "Actually, you talk about the last save that Iblew: it was his start in San Francisco (on July 28) and I blewthat one, too. So there you go - that's two wins that I'veblown for Dontrelle and the team. It just so happens to be mylast two."