2009 – Ian Desmond homered, tripled and drove in three runs and the Nationals kept up their strong finish to a dismal season by beating the Atlanta Braves (86-74) 6-3. The win extends the Nats’ winning streak to five games.
2012 – Adam LaRoche hit his career-high 33rd homer in the 6th inning, after rounding the bases LaRoche acknowledged the crowd’s ovation with a tip of batting helmet during Washington’s 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies (81-80).
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Atlanta Braves 162 90 72 0 .556 - 769 674 Philadelphia Phillies 162 88 74 0 .543 2.0 807 726 New York Mets 162 83 79 0 .512 7.0 722 648 Florida Marlins 162 83 79 0 .512 7.0 717 732 Washington Nationals 162 81 81 0 .500 9.0 639 673
Philadelphia Phillies 9, Washington Nationals 3
Day
Game Played on Sunday, October 2, 2005 (D) at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
PHI N 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 4 - 9 10 1 WAS N 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 3 7 0
BATTING
Philadelphia Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Rollins ss 4 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 Lofton cf 6 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 Utley 2b 4 1 1 0 2 3 3 1 Abreu rf 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 Burrell lf 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 Chavez pr,lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Howard 1b 4 1 2 1 1 0 6 0 Bell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 Pratt c 5 1 2 1 0 1 12 0 Lieber p 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 Tucker ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Urbina p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wagner p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 36 9 10 9 8 8 27 5
FIELDING - DP: 1. Bell-Utley-Howard. E: Utley (16).
BATTING - 2B: Rollins (38,off Carrasco); Lofton (15,off Carrasco); Utley (39,off Majewski); Abreu (37,off Majewski). SH: Lieber (3,off Hughes). SF: Abreu (8,off Carrasco). HBP: Bell (5,by Rasner); Rollins (4,by C. Cordero). IBB: Rollins (8,by Hughes); Howard (8,by Rauch). Team LOB: 12.
Washington Nationals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Wilkerson lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 Carroll 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 Majewski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rasner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C. Cordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eischen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Guillen rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 Johnson 1b 3 1 0 0 1 2 8 1 Zimmerman 3b 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 Church cf 3 1 1 3 0 0 4 0 Byrd ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Cruz ss,2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 Bennett c 3 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 Carrasco p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Watson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hughes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rauch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Guzman ph,ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Totals 33 3 7 3 3 12 27 8
BATTING - 2B: Zimmerman (10,off Lieber); Wilkerson (42,off Lieber); Guillen 2 (32,off Lieber,off Urbina). HR: Church (9,6th inning off Lieber 2 on 1 out). GDP: Bennett (7,off Lieber). IBB: Bennett (3,by Lieber). Team LOB: 6.
PITCHING
Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Lieber W(17-13) 7 6 3 3 3 8 1 29 Urbina 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 Wagner SV(38) 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 Totals 9 7 3 3 3 12 1 36
WP: Lieber (3). IBB: Lieber (6,Bennett).
Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Carrasco L(5-4) 5 4 4 4 2 4 0 22 Hughes 0.2 2 1 1 2 0 0 6 Rauch 1.1 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 Majewski 1 3 4 4 2 0 0 8 Rasner 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 C. Cordero 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Eischen 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Totals 9 10 9 9 8 8 0 48
Majewski faced 4 batters in the 9th inning WP: Carrasco (6). HBP: Rasner (2,Bell); C. Cordero (2,Rollins). IBB: Hughes (1,Rollins); Rauch (2,Howard).
Umpires: HP - Rick Reed, 1B - Chris Guccione, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Alfonso Marquez
Time of Game: 3:35 Attendance: 36491
Standings At Close of Play of October 2, 2009
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Philadelphia Phillies 160 92 68 0 .575 - 810 699 Atlanta Braves 160 86 74 0 .538 6.0 730 633 Florida Marlins 160 86 74 0 .538 6.0 762 756 New York Mets 160 68 92 0 .425 24.0 662 756 Washington Nationals 160 57 103 0 .356 35.0 702 869
Washington Nationals 6, Atlanta Braves 3
Day
Game Played on Friday, October 2, 2009 (N) at Turner Field
WAS N 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 6 10 1 ATL N 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 11 1
BATTING
Washington Nationals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Maxwell cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 Dukes rf 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 Dunn 1b 5 1 2 0 0 2 8 1 MacDougal p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Zimmerman 3b 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 4 Willingham lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Rivera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Villone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Bergmann p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morse 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Desmond ss 3 2 2 3 1 0 2 2 Gonzalez 2b 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 Nieves c 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 Padilla pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Burke c 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 L. Hernandez p 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Harris lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Totals 34 6 10 5 6 7 27 12
FIELDING - E: Nieves (6).
BATTING - 2B: Dunn 2 (29,off Lowe 2); L. Hernandez (2,off Medlen). 3B: Maxwell (1,off Lowe); Desmond (2,off Lowe). HR: Desmond (3,2nd inning off Lowe 0 on 0 out). GDP: L. Hernandez (5,off Lowe); Maxwell (1,off Kawakami). IBB: Zimmerman (9,by Lowe). Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING - CS: Gonzalez (1,2nd base by Lowe/Ross).
Atlanta Braves AB R H RBI BB SO PO A McLouth cf 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 Prado 2b 5 0 4 0 0 0 2 3 C. Jones 3b 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 LaRoche 1b 5 0 0 0 0 3 10 0 Anderson lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Escobar ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 5 Infante rf 4 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 Ross c 3 0 2 2 0 0 7 2 Lowe p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Medlen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johnson ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Kawakami p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 McCann ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 O'Flaherty p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 3 11 3 1 7 27 13
FIELDING - DP: 2. Escobar-Prado-LaRoche, Kawakami-Escobar-LaRoche. E: Anderson (4).
BATTING - 2B: Ross (9,off L. Hernandez); Prado (37,off MacDougal). SH: Lowe (12,off L. Hernandez). HBP: Ross (1,by Bergmann). Team LOB: 10.
BASERUNNING - SB: Prado (1,2nd base off L. Hernandez/Nieves).
PITCHING
Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP L. Hernandez W(9-12) 6.1 9 3 3 1 2 0 29 Rivera 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Villone 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 Bergmann 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 MacDougal SV(20) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 Totals 9 11 3 3 1 7 0 40
HBP: Bergmann (3,Ross).
Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Lowe L(15-10) 4.2 8 6 5 5 4 1 25 Medlen 2.1 1 0 0 1 2 0 9 Kawakami 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 O'Flaherty 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 9 10 6 5 6 7 1 40
IBB: Lowe (7,Zimmerman).
Umpires: HP - Jerry Meals, 1B - Ron Kulpa, 2B - Mike DiMuro, 3B - Dale Scott
Time of Game: 2:56 Attendance: 33124
Standings At Close of Play of October 2, 2010
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Philadelphia Phillies 161 97 64 0 .602 - 765 632 Atlanta Braves 161 90 71 0 .559 7.0 730 622 New York Mets 161 79 82 0 .491 18.0 655 650 Florida Marlins 161 79 82 0 .491 18.0 714 715 Washington Nationals 161 68 93 0 .422 29.0 653 741
New York Mets 7, Washington Nationals 2
Day
Game Played on Saturday, October 2, 2010 (D) at Citi Field
WAS N 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 2 6 0 NY N 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 x - 7 11 1
BATTING
Washington Nationals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Espinosa 2b 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 Bernadina lf 4 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 Desmond ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 Morse rf 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 Harris rf 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 Ramos c 5 0 3 1 0 0 8 1 Gonzalez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dunn ph,1b 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Maxwell cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 Kennedy 1b,3b 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 Maya p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Mench ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slaten p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clippard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morgan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Balester p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 6 2 7 9 24 3
BATTING - 2B: Ramos 2 (4,off Valdes 2). HR: Morse (15,6th inning off Valdes 0 on 0 out). SH: Maya (2,off Valdes). HBP: Kennedy 2 (4,by Valdes,by P. Feliciano). Team LOB: 13.
New York Mets AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Pagan cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 J. Feliciano rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 4 0 Wright 3b 4 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 Davis 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 Duda lf 4 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 Arias 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 Dessens p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Igarashi p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dickey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carter ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Acosta p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thole c 3 0 1 0 1 1 11 0 Tejada ss 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 Valdes p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Green p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 P. Feliciano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Castillo 2b 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 33 7 11 7 3 8 27 4
FIELDING - E: Arias (2).
BATTING - 2B: Thole (7,off Maya). HR: Duda (4,4th inning off Maya 0 on 1 out); Wright (29,7th inning off Clippard 2 on 2 out); Carter (4,8th inning off Balester 1 on 0 out). SH: Valdes (4,off Maya). SF: J. Feliciano (1,off Maya). Team LOB: 7.
PITCHING
Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Maya 5 6 2 2 1 4 1 22 Slaten 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Clippard L(11-8) 1 2 3 3 1 3 1 6 Balester 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 7 Totals 8 11 7 7 3 8 3 38
WP: Maya (2).
New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Valdes 5.1 3 1 1 4 5 1 24 Green 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 P. Feliciano 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 Dessens 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 Igarashi W(1-1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Dickey 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 Acosta 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 Totals 9 6 2 2 7 9 1 42
WP: Acosta (3). HBP: Valdes (4,Kennedy); P. Feliciano (6,Kennedy).
Umpires: HP - Mark Carlson, 1B - Mike Estabrook, 2B - Jeff Kellogg, 3B - Larry Vanover
Time of Game: 3:11 Attendance: 30386
Standings At Close of Play of October 2, 2012
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Washington Nationals 161 97 64 0 .602 - 726 593 Atlanta Braves 161 93 68 0 .578 4.0 696 600 Philadelphia Phillies 161 81 80 0 .503 16.0 683 675 New York Mets 161 73 88 0 .453 24.0 646 707 Miami Marlins 161 69 92 0 .429 28.0 607 720
Washington Nationals 4, Philadelphia Phillies 2
Day
Game Played on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 (N) at Nationals Park
PHI N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 9 0 WAS N 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 x - 4 9 1
BATTING
Philadelphia Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Frandsen 3b 5 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 Mayberry cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 Utley 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Horst p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bastardo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nix ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wigginton 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 7 1 Ruf lf 4 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 Brown rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Kratz c 3 0 1 0 1 0 9 0 Martinez ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 5 Rosenberg p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Diekman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ruiz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lindblom p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Orr 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 2 9 2 3 8 24 10
BATTING - 2B: Frandsen 2 (9,off Gorzelanny,off Mattheus). HR: Ruf 2 (3,4th inning off Gorzelanny 0 on 0 out,8th inning off Clippard 0 on 0 out). GDP: Martinez (4,off Gorzelanny). Team LOB: 10.
Washington Nationals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Lombardozzi 2b 4 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 Harper cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Duke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Suzuki ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mattheus p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clippard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Desmond ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Storen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Moore lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 LaRoche 1b 3 2 2 1 1 1 11 1 Tracy 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 DeRosa ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 3 5 Bernadina rf 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Leon c 2 0 1 0 1 1 7 2 Gorzelanny p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Garcia p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Espinosa ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Perez cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 4 9 4 4 7 27 15
FIELDING - DP: 1. Gorzelanny-DeRosa-LaRoche. E: DeRosa (1).
BATTING - 2B: LaRoche (35,off Rosenberg); DeRosa (5,off Bastardo). HR: LaRoche (33,6th inning off Lindblom 0 on 0 out). SF: Lombardozzi (1,off Bastardo). HBP: Leon (2,by Lindblom); Bernadina (2,by Bastardo). Team LOB: 10.
BASERUNNING - SB: Harper (18,2nd base off Diekman/Kratz).
PITCHING
Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Rosenberg 4 3 1 1 2 3 0 16 Diekman 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 Lindblom L(3-5) 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 8 Horst 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 Bastardo 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 Totals 8 9 4 4 4 7 1 38
HBP: Lindblom (4,Leon); Bastardo (2,Bernadina).
Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gorzelanny 3.2 4 1 1 2 5 1 17 Garcia 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Duke W(1-0) 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 6 Mattheus 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 Clippard 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 5 Storen SV(4) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 9 9 2 2 3 8 2 39
Umpires: HP - Manny Gonzalez, 1B - Greg Gibson, 2B - Phil Cuzzi, 3B - Gerry Davis
Time of Game: 2:55 Attendance: 33546
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