GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: CHICAGO CUBS (42-41) at WASHINGTON (34-50)

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">CHICAGO CUBS (4) VS WASHINGTON (2) - END 8TH - IN PROGRESS

CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .306
M Fontenot 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .358
D Ward 1b 3 1 2 2 0 0 1 .333
A Ramirez 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .310
C Floyd rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .292
a-M DeRosa ph-rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .285
J Jones cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .232
C Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
K Hill c 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 .167
C Izturis ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .243
S Marshall p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
W Ohman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-A Pagan ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .276
M Wuertz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
F Pie cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219

Totals 34 4 10 4 0 2 12

a-reached on error for C Floyd in the 6th; b-singled to center for W Ohman in
the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - J Jones 2 (13, J Bergmann 2); D Ward (5, J Bergmann). SF - D
Ward. RBI - A Ramirez (50), D Ward 2 (7), M Fontenot (16). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - K Hill 4. Team LOB - 7.

FIELDING: DP: 2 (S Marshall-C Izturis-D Ward, W Ohman-C Izturis-D Ward).


WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N Logan cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .219
R Belliard 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .285
R Zimmerman 3b 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .252
D Young 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 .339
D Jimenez pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .053
A Kearns rf 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 .248
F Lopez ss 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 .237
B Schneider c 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 .240
R Fick lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .212
J Bergmann p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .095
B Traber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
L Ayala p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-R Langerhans ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176
J Rauch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 28 2 7 2 5 4 12

a-grounded to second for L Ayala in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - F Lopez (15, S Marshall); R Belliard (12, S Marshall). 3B - D
Young (1, S Marshall). SF - A Kearns. RBI - D Young (42), A Kearns (28).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Young 1, R Belliard 1, R Fick 1, B
Schneider 2. GIDP - B Schneider 2. Team LOB - 8.

BASERUNNING: SB - F Lopez (11, 3rd base off S Marshall/K Hill), N Logan (8,
2nd base off S Marshall/K Hill).

FIELDING: E - D Young (9, catch).


----------------------------------------------------
CHICAGO CUBS - 000 101 20 -- 4
WASHINGTON - 000 002 00 -- 2
----------------------------------------------------

CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
S Marshall 5 1/3 5 2 2 4 2 0 3.48
W Ohman 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.15
M Wuertz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.26
C Marmol 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1.03

WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Bergmann 5 1/3 6 2 2 0 2 0 3.47
B Traber 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.94
L Ayala 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 4.26
J Rauch 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.94

WP - J Bergmann. Pitches-strikes: S Marshall 85-47; W Ohman 4-3; M Wuertz
5-4; C Marmol 18-12; J Bergmann 88-60; B Traber 7-5; L Ayala 20-15; J Rauch
16-11. Ground balls-fly balls: S Marshall 9-5; W Ohman 2-0; M Wuertz 3-0; C
Marmol 0-1; J Bergmann 6-8; B Traber 2-0; L Ayala 1-2; J Rauch 1-2. Batters
faced: S Marshall 24; W Ohman 1; M Wuertz 3; C Marmol 6; J Bergmann 22; B
Traber 3; L Ayala 6; J Rauch 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Jeff Kellogg. 1B--Scott Barry. 2B--Andy Fletcher. 3B--Mike
Reilly.

Weather: 79 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 11 mph, in from center.</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NL AT WASHINGTON - PITCHING CHANGE
WAS: CHAD CORDERO (1-2, 3.00) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 4, WASHINGTON 2

DUE UP FOR CHCUBS: F PIE (.219, 2 HR, 18 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT WASHINGTON - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: C Cordero relieved J Rauch.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 4
WASHINGTON 2 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: F Pie (.219, 2 HR, 18 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT WASHINGTON - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: T Batista at first base.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 4
WASHINGTON 2 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR CHICAGO CUBS: F Pie (.219, 2 HR, 18 RBI)</div>

 

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: CHN - CARLOS MARMOL
WAS - CHAD CORDERO

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: R FICK (.212, 0-FOR-3)
T BATISTA (.216, 0 HR, 6 RBI)
N LOGAN (.219, 0-FOR-3, BB)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">CHICAGO CUBS (4) VS WASHINGTON (2) - MID 9TH - IN PROGRESS

CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .305
M Fontenot 2b 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 .365
D Ward 1b 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 .327
A Ramirez 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .310
C Floyd rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .292
a-M DeRosa ph-rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .285
J Jones cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .232
C Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
K Hill c 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 .167
C Izturis ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .243
S Marshall p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
W Ohman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-A Pagan ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .276
M Wuertz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
F Pie cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217

Totals 38 4 11 4 0 2 13

a-reached on error for C Floyd in the 6th; b-singled to center for W Ohman in
the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - J Jones 2 (13, J Bergmann 2); D Ward (5, J Bergmann). SF - D
Ward. RBI - A Ramirez (50), D Ward 2 (7), M Fontenot (16). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - K Hill 4. Team LOB - 8.

FIELDING: DP: 2 (S Marshall-C Izturis-D Ward, W Ohman-C Izturis-D Ward).


WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N Logan cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .219
R Belliard 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .285
R Zimmerman 3b 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .252
D Young 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 .339
D Jimenez pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .053
C Cordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A Kearns rf 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 .248
F Lopez ss 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 .237
B Schneider c 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 .240
R Fick lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .212
J Bergmann p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .095
B Traber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
L Ayala p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-R Langerhans ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176
J Rauch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T Batista 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .216

Totals 28 2 7 2 5 4 12

a-grounded to second for L Ayala in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - F Lopez (15, S Marshall); R Belliard (12, S Marshall). 3B - D
Young (1, S Marshall). SF - A Kearns. RBI - D Young (42), A Kearns (28).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Young 1, R Belliard 1, R Fick 1, B
Schneider 2. GIDP - B Schneider 2. Team LOB - 8.

BASERUNNING: SB - F Lopez (11, 3rd base off S Marshall/K Hill), N Logan (8,
2nd base off S Marshall/K Hill).

FIELDING: E - D Young (9, catch).


----------------------------------------------------
CHICAGO CUBS - 000 101 200 -- 4
WASHINGTON - 000 002 00 -- 2
----------------------------------------------------

CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
S Marshall 5 1/3 5 2 2 4 2 0 3.48
W Ohman 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.15
M Wuertz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.26
C Marmol 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1.03

WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Bergmann 5 1/3 6 2 2 0 2 0 3.47
B Traber 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.94
L Ayala 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 4.26
J Rauch 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.94
C Cordero 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.92

WP - J Bergmann. Pitches-strikes: S Marshall 85-47; W Ohman 4-3; M Wuertz
5-4; C Marmol 18-12; J Bergmann 88-60; B Traber 7-5; L Ayala 20-15; J Rauch
16-11; C Cordero 18-13. Ground balls-fly balls: S Marshall 9-5; W Ohman 2-0; M
Wuertz 3-0; C Marmol 0-1; J Bergmann 6-8; B Traber 2-0; L Ayala 1-2; J Rauch
1-2; C Cordero 1-2. Batters faced: S Marshall 24; W Ohman 1; M Wuertz 3; C
Marmol 6; J Bergmann 22; B Traber 3; L Ayala 6; J Rauch 4; C Cordero 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Jeff Kellogg. 1B--Scott Barry. 2B--Andy Fletcher. 3B--Mike
Reilly.

Weather: 79 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 11 mph, in from center.</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NL AT WASHINGTON - PITCHING CHANGE
CHN: BOBBY HOWRY (5-4, 4.24) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 4, WASHINGTON 2

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: R FICK (.212, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NL AT WASHINGTON - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: B Howry relieved C Marmol.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 4
WASHINGTON 2 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: R Fick (.212, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT WASHINGTON - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: D Lee at first base.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 4
WASHINGTON 2 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: R Fick (.212, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

Fontenot, Ward lift Cubs over Nationals

<h3>CHICAGO CUBS 4, WASHINGTON 2</h3>WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- Mike Fontenot's seventh-inning singledrove home the go-ahead run and Daryle Ward had two RBI to leadthe Chicago Cubs to a 4-2 victory over the Washington Nationalson Thursday night.

With President George W. Bush in attendance, the Cubs reboundedfrom a loss on Independence Day and reverted back to theirrecent winning ways, a run that has seen them win 11 of theirlast 13 games. Chicago has won four straight series.

After allowing the Nationals to erase a 2-0 deficit in thesixth, the Cubs answered with two in the top of the seventh.Relievers Will Ohman (1-4), Michael Wertz, Carlos Marmol andBobby Howry closed the door on the Nationals over the final 42/3 innings with to secure the win. Howry registered his fourthsave.

The Nationals loaded the bases in the bottom of the eighthagainst Marmol but Brian Schneider lined out to first to end thethreat.

Pinch hitter Angel Pagan led off the seventh with a singleagainst Nationals reliever Luis Ayala (0-1) and went to thirdwhen Cubs All-Star outfielder Alfonso Soriano singled to center.

Fontenot followed with a single to center - his second hit ofthe night following an 0-for-13 slide - to score Pagan. Sorianotook third on the play and scored on Ward's sacrifice fly tocenter.

Both starting pitchers, Sean Marshall for the Cubs and JasonBergmann for the Nationals, had similar nights, dancing in andout of trouble before getting knocked out of the game in thesixth inning after allowing two runs over 5 1/3 innings.

The Cubs got to Bergmann first with single runs in the fourthand sixth innings. Ward scored the opening tally when he camehome on Aramis Ramirez's bloop single to right, landing inchesinside the right field line.

Ward, who started in place of All-Star first baseman Derrek Lee,drove home the second run. After Fontenot led off the sixthinning with a single, Ward followed with a blast to deep center.With center fielder Nook Logan swung around toward right, theball rolled to the wall, allowing Fontenot to score andincreasing the lead to 2-0.

Marshall allowed seven earned runs in two innings in hisprevious start, which snapped a four-game winning streak.Despite allowing four walks over the first five innings, he heldthe Nationals down until running into trouble in the sixth.

Ryan Zimmerman started the inning with an infield single,reaching when third baseman Ramirez and shortstop Cesar Izturisran into each other going for the slow grounder. Marshall fellbehind in the count 3-1 to Young and the Nationals' loneAll-Star representative made him pay with a long drive to rightthat went over the head of Mark DeRosa.

Zimmerman easily scored from first while Young huffed and puffedhis way to third for his first triple of the year. He hadenough left in the tank to coast home on Austin Kearns'sacrifice to right to tie the game at 2-2.

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NL AT WASHINGTON - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: R Church hit for C Cordero.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: CHICAGO CUBS 4
WASHINGTON 2 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: R Church (.253, 7 HR, 35 RBI)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at WASHINGTON

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

BATTERIES: CHN - SEAN MARSHALL, WILL OHMAN (6TH), MIKE WUERTZ (7TH), CARLOS
MARMOL (8TH), BOBBY HOWRY (9TH) AND KOYIE HILL

WAS - JASON BERGMANN, BILLY TRABER (6TH), LUIS AYALA
(7TH), JON RAUCH (8TH), CHAD CORDERO (9TH) AND BRIAN SCHNEIDER

HOME RUNS: CHN - NONE

WAS - NONE</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at WASHINGTON

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

BATTERIES: CHN - SEAN MARSHALL, WILL OHMAN (6TH), MIKE WUERTZ (7TH), CARLOS
MARMOL (8TH), BOBBY HOWRY (9TH) AND KOYIE HILL

WAS - JASON BERGMANN, BILLY TRABER (6TH), LUIS AYALA
(7TH), JON RAUCH (8TH), CHAD CORDERO (9TH) AND BRIAN SCHNEIDER


WP - WILL OHMAN (1-4)
LP - LUIS AYALA (0-1)
SAVE - BOBBY HOWRY (4)

HOME RUNS: CHN - NONE

WAS - NONE


TIME: 2:44 ATT: 22,594

PROBABLES: MIL - DAVE BUSH (6-7, 5.11)
WAS - MIKE BACSIK (2-5, 4.65)

PROBABLES: CHN - JASON MARQUIS (6-4, 3.31)
PIT - PAUL MAHOLM (4-11, 4.74)</div>

 

NL: CHICAGO CUBS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">CHICAGO CUBS (4) VS WASHINGTON (2) - FINAL

CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .305
M Fontenot 2b 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 .365
D Ward 1b 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 .327
B Howry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A Ramirez 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .310
C Floyd rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .292
a-M DeRosa ph-rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .285
J Jones cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .232
C Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
D Lee 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .334
K Hill c 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 .167
C Izturis ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .243
S Marshall p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
W Ohman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-A Pagan ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .276
M Wuertz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
F Pie cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217

Totals 38 4 11 4 0 2 13

a-reached on error for C Floyd in the 6th; b-singled to center for W Ohman in
the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - J Jones 2 (13, J Bergmann 2); D Ward (5, J Bergmann). SF - D
Ward. RBI - A Ramirez (50), D Ward 2 (7), M Fontenot (16). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - K Hill 4. Team LOB - 8.

FIELDING: DP: 2 (S Marshall-C Izturis-D Ward, W Ohman-C Izturis-D Ward).


WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N Logan cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 .217
R Belliard 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .285
R Zimmerman 3b 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .252
D Young 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 .339
D Jimenez pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .053
T Batista 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .216
A Kearns rf 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 .248
F Lopez ss 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 .237
B Schneider c 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 .240
R Fick lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .210
J Bergmann p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .095
B Traber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
L Ayala p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-R Langerhans ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176
J Rauch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
C Cordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-R Church ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252

Totals 31 2 7 2 5 5 12

a-grounded to second for L Ayala in the 7th; b-fouled out to third for C
Cordero in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - F Lopez (15, S Marshall); R Belliard (12, S Marshall). 3B - D
Young (1, S Marshall). SF - A Kearns. RBI - D Young (42), A Kearns (28).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Young 1, R Belliard 1, R Fick 1, B
Schneider 2. GIDP - B Schneider 2. Team LOB - 8.

BASERUNNING: SB - F Lopez (11, 3rd base off S Marshall/K Hill), N Logan (8,
2nd base off S Marshall/K Hill).

FIELDING: E - D Young (9, catch).


----------------------------------------------------
CHICAGO CUBS - 000 101 200 -- 4
WASHINGTON - 000 002 000 -- 2
----------------------------------------------------

CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
S Marshall 5 1/3 5 2 2 4 2 0 3.48
W Ohman (W, 1-4) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.15
M Wuertz (H, 7) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.26
C Marmol (H, 4) 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1.03
B Howry (S, 4) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.14

WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Bergmann 5 1/3 6 2 2 0 2 0 3.47
B Traber 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.94
L Ayala (L, 0-1) 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 4.26
J Rauch 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.94
C Cordero 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.92

WP - J Bergmann. Pitches-strikes: S Marshall 85-47; W Ohman 4-3; M Wuertz
5-4; C Marmol 18-12; B Howry 12-10; J Bergmann 88-60; B Traber 7-5; L Ayala
20-15; J Rauch 16-11; C Cordero 18-13. Ground balls-fly balls: S Marshall 9-5;
W Ohman 2-0; M Wuertz 3-0; C Marmol 0-1; B Howry 0-2; J Bergmann 6-8; B Traber
2-0; L Ayala 1-2; J Rauch 1-2; C Cordero 1-2. Batters faced: S Marshall 24; W
Ohman 1; M Wuertz 3; C Marmol 6; B Howry 3; J Bergmann 22; B Traber 3; L Ayala
6; J Rauch 4; C Cordero 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Jeff Kellogg. 1B--Scott Barry. 2B--Andy Fletcher. 3B--Mike
Reilly.

T--2:44. Att--22,594.
Weather: 79 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 11 mph, in from
center.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
CHICAGO CUBS 4
WASHINGTON 2 FINAL</div>

 

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<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CHICAGO CUBS (4) AT WASHINGTON (2) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CHICAGO CUBS 4TH: M Fontenot grounded out to first. D Ward singled to
right. D Ward to second on wild pitch by J Bergmann. A Ramirez singled to
right, D Ward scored. C Floyd struck out swinging. J Jones doubled to deep
right, A Ramirez to third. K Hill flied out to center. (1 Run, 3 Hits,
0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 1, WASHINGTON 0.

CHICAGO CUBS 6TH: M Fontenot singled to right. D Ward doubled to deep
center, M Fontenot scored. A Ramirez popped out to second. B Traber relieved
J Bergmann. M DeRosa hit for C Floyd. M DeRosa safe at first on error by first
baseman D Young. J Jones grounded into fielder's choice to third, M DeRosa out
at second, D Ward to third. K Hill grounded into fielder's choice to
shortstop, J Jones out at second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) CHICAGO CUBS 2,
WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 6TH: M DeRosa in right field. R Zimmerman reached on infield
single to pitcher. D Young tripled to deep right, R Zimmerman scored.
A Kearns hit sacrifice fly to right, D Young scored. F Lopez singled to center.
W Ohman relieved S Marshall. B Schneider grounded into double play, pitcher to
shortstop to first, F Lopez out at second.(2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 2, WASHINGTON 2.

CHICAGO CUBS 7TH: L Ayala relieved B Traber. C Izturis grounded out to
second. A Pagan hit for W Ohman. A Pagan singled to center. A Soriano singled
to center, A Pagan to third. M Fontenot singled to center, A Pagan scored,
A Soriano to third. D Ward hit sacrifice fly to center, A Soriano scored.
A Ramirez lined out to right. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 4,
WASHINGTON 2.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CHICAGO CUBS (4) AT WASHINGTON (2) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chicago Cubs Starting Lineups -- A Soriano LF, M Fontenot 2B, D Ward 1B,
A Ramirez 3B, C Floyd RF, J Jones CF, K Hill C, C Izturis SS, S Marshall LHP.

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

Umpires -- Jeff Kellogg (HP), Scott Barry (1B), Andy Fletcher (2B), Mike Reilly
(3B).

Gametime Weather: 79 degrees, Cloudy, wind in from center at 11 mph.


CHICAGO CUBS 1ST: A Soriano fouled out to first. M Fontenot grounded out
to first. D Ward grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 0, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 1ST: N Logan grounded out to second. R Belliard grounded out to
shortstop. R Zimmerman lined out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 0, WASHINGTON 0.

CHICAGO CUBS 2ND: A Ramirez fouled out to catcher. C Floyd grounded out to
second. J Jones doubled to deep left. K Hill grounded out to shortstop.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 0, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 2ND: D Young grounded out to second. A Kearns popped out to
second. F Lopez doubled to left. F Lopez stole third. B Schneider walked.
R Fick grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 0,
WASHINGTON 0.

CHICAGO CUBS 3RD: C Izturis grounded out to first. S Marshall popped out
to shortstop. A Soriano lined out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 0, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 3RD: J Bergmann struck out swinging. N Logan bunt grounded out
to third. R Belliard hit a ground rule double to right. R Zimmerman walked.
D Young grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 0,
WASHINGTON 0.

CHICAGO CUBS 4TH: M Fontenot grounded out to first. D Ward singled to
right. D Ward to second on wild pitch by J Bergmann. A Ramirez singled to
right, D Ward scored. C Floyd struck out swinging. J Jones doubled to deep
right, A Ramirez to third. K Hill flied out to center. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 1, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 4TH: A Kearns grounded out to shortstop. F Lopez walked.
B Schneider grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, F Lopez out
at second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 1, WASHINGTON 0.

CHICAGO CUBS 5TH: C Izturis flied out to right. S Marshall struck out
swinging. A Soriano popped out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 1, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 5TH: R Fick flied out to center. J Bergmann struck out
swinging. N Logan walked. N Logan stole second. R Belliard popped out to
second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 1, WASHINGTON 0.

CHICAGO CUBS 6TH: M Fontenot singled to right. D Ward doubled to deep
center, M Fontenot scored. A Ramirez popped out to second. B Traber relieved
J Bergmann. M DeRosa hit for C Floyd. M DeRosa safe at first on error by first
baseman D Young. J Jones grounded into fielder's choice to third, M DeRosa out
at second, D Ward to third. K Hill grounded into fielder's choice to
shortstop, J Jones out at second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) CHICAGO CUBS 2,
WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 6TH: M DeRosa in right field. R Zimmerman reached on infield
single to pitcher. D Young tripled to deep right, R Zimmerman scored.
A Kearns hit sacrifice fly to right, D Young scored. F Lopez singled to center.
W Ohman relieved S Marshall. B Schneider grounded into double play, pitcher to
shortstop to first, F Lopez out at second.(2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 2, WASHINGTON 2.

CHICAGO CUBS 7TH: L Ayala relieved B Traber. C Izturis grounded out to
second. A Pagan hit for W Ohman. A Pagan singled to center. A Soriano singled
to center, A Pagan to third. M Fontenot singled to center, A Pagan scored,
A Soriano to third. D Ward hit sacrifice fly to center, A Soriano scored.
A Ramirez lined out to right. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 4,
WASHINGTON 2.

WASHINGTON 7TH: M Wuertz relieved W Ohman. R Fick bunt grounded out to
third. R Langerhans hit for L Ayala. R Langerhans grounded out to second.
N Logan grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 4,
WASHINGTON 2.

CHICAGO CUBS 8TH: J Rauch relieved L Ayala. M DeRosa grounded out to
shortstop. J Jones fouled out to third. K Hill reached on infield single to
shortstop. C Izturis fouled out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 4, WASHINGTON 2.

WASHINGTON 8TH: C Marmol relieved M Wuertz. F Pie in center field.
R Belliard struck out looking. R Zimmerman singled to right. D Young singled to
center, R Zimmerman to second. D Jimenez ran for D Young. A Kearns struck out
swinging. F Lopez walked, R Zimmerman to third, D Jimenez to second.
B Schneider lined out to first. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 4,
WASHINGTON 2.

CHICAGO CUBS 9TH: C Cordero relieved J Rauch. T Batista at first base.
F Pie popped out to shortstop. A Soriano flied out to left. M Fontenot singled
to right. D Ward grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
CHICAGO CUBS 4, WASHINGTON 2.

WASHINGTON 9TH: B Howry relieved C Marmol. D Lee at first base. R Fick
lined out to left. R Church hit for C Cordero. R Church fouled out to third.
N Logan struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CHICAGO CUBS 4,
WASHINGTON 2.</div>

 

Fontenot, Ward lift Cubs over Nationals

<h3>CHICAGO CUBS 4, WASHINGTON 2</h3>WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- Mike Fontenot's seventh-inning singledrove home the go-ahead run and Daryle Ward had two RBI to leadthe Chicago Cubs to a 4-2 victory over the Washington Nationalson Thursday night.

With President George W. Bush in attendance, the Cubs reboundedfrom a loss on Independence Day and reverted back to theirrecent winning ways, a run that has seen them win 11 of theirlast 13 games. Chicago has won four straight series.

After allowing the Nationals to erase a 2-0 deficit in thesixth, the Cubs answered with two in the top of the seventh.

Relievers Will Ohman (1-4), Michael Wertz, Carlos Marmol andBobby Howry closed the door on the Nationals over the final 32/3 innings, allowing just two singles, to secure the win.

Howry registered his fourth save with a perfect ninth.

"Our bullpen came in and really did an outstanding job, everyone of them," Cubs manager Piniella said.

The Nationals loaded the bases in the bottom of the eighthagainst Marmol but Brian Schneider lined out to first to end thethreat.

Pinch hitter Angel Pagan led off the seventh with a singleagainst Nationals reliever Luis Ayala (0-1) and went to thirdwhen Cubs All-Star outfielder Alfonso Soriano singled to center.

Fontenot followed with a single to center - his second hit ofthe night following an 0-for-13 slide - to score Pagan.

"I really felt good today," Fontenot said. "I went 0-2 my firstat-bats, but when I had a chance to try to do something goodfor the team, I got a base hit there and got that RBI."

Soriano took third on the play and scored on Ward's sacrificefly to center.

Both starting pitchers, Sean Marshall for the Cubs and JasonBergmann for the Nationals, had similar nights, dancing in andout of trouble before getting knocked out of the game in thesixth inning after allowing two runs over 5 1/3 innings.

The Cubs got to Bergmann first with single runs in the fourthand sixth innings. Ward scored the opening tally when he camehome on Aramis Ramirez's bloop single to right, landing inchesinside the right field line.

Ward, who started in place of All-Star first baseman Derrek Lee,drove home the second run. After Fontenot led off the sixthinning with a single, Ward followed with a blast to deep center.With center fielder Nook Logan swung around toward right, theball rolled to the wall, allowing Fontenot to score andincreasing the lead to 2-0.

"I felt like a kid in the candy store," said Ward, who finished2-for-4 in his first start since June 21. "I had a lot ofenergy and swung the bat well."

Reserve Outfielder Jacque Jones also contributed two doubles infour at bats. "We were able to rest a few players and at thesame time we got good production," Piniella said.

Marshall allowed seven earned runs in two innings in hisprevious start, which snapped a four-game winning streak.Despite allowing four walks over the first five innings, he heldthe Nationals down until running into trouble in the sixth.

Ryan Zimmerman started the inning with an infield single,reaching when third baseman Ramirez and shortstop Cesar Izturisran into each other going for the slow grounder. Marshall fellbehind in the count 3-1 to Young and the Nationals' loneAll-Star representative made him pay with a long drive to rightthat went over the head of Mark DeRosa.

Zimmerman easily scored from first while Young huffed and puffedhis way to third for his first triple of the year. He hadenough left in the tank to coast home on Austin Kearns'sacrifice to right to tie the game at 2-2.

The Nationals, who left eight men on base and were 0-for-5 withrunners in scoring position, have dropped six of their lasteight games.

"Its tough sometimes, especially tonight," said Young, whocontinues to swing a hot bat and finished 2-for-4. "We wound uptying it and they immediately came back out and put up two runsand put it out of reach for us."

President Bush made his first appearance at RFK this season,having watched the Nationals take two of three in previousvisits.

"I had dinner with him this winter, that took precedent today,"Piniella said.