Standings At Close of Play of July 12, 2005
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Washington Nationals 88 52 36 0 .591 - 357 361
Atlanta Braves 89 50 39 0 .562 2.5 428 348
Florida Marlins 86 44 42 0 .512 7.0 383 368
Philadelphia Phillies 89 45 44 0 .506 7.5 410 417
New York Mets 88 44 44 0 .500 8.0 387 381
All-Star break
Standings At Close of Play of July 12, 2006
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
New York Mets 89 53 36 0 .596 - 473 404
Philadelphia Phillies 87 40 47 0 .460 12.0 420 454
Atlanta Braves 89 40 49 0 .449 13.0 440 449
Florida Marlins 86 38 48 0 .442 13.5 409 420
Washington Nationals 90 38 52 0 .422 15.5 407 470
All-Star break
Standings At Close of Play of July 12, 2007
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
New York Mets 87 48 39 0 .552 - 394 371
Atlanta Braves 89 47 42 0 .528 2.0 409 408
Philadelphia Phillies 88 44 44 0 .500 4.5 456 463
Florida Marlins 89 42 47 0 .472 7.0 424 457
Washington Nationals 88 36 52 0 .409 12.5 326 434
All-Star break
Standings At Close of Play of July 12, 2008
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Philadelphia Phillies 95 51 44 0 .537 - 475 400
New York Mets 94 50 44 0 .532 0.5 453 421
Florida Marlins 94 50 44 0 .532 0.5 461 481
Atlanta Braves 94 44 50 0 .468 6.5 409 380
Washington Nationals 95 36 59 0 .379 15.0 350 462
Houston Astros 6, Washington Nationals 4
Day
Game Played on Saturday, July 12, 2008 (N) at Nationals Park
HOU N 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 - 6 13 0
WAS N 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 4 9 2
BATTING
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Erstad cf,lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 0
Matsui 2b 4 2 2 0 1 0 1 3
Berkman 1b 5 1 2 2 0 0 11 1
Lee lf 5 0 3 1 0 0 2 0
Bourn cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tejada ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 6
Blum 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
Valverde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pence rf 3 1 2 3 1 0 1 0
Ausmus c 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 1
Rodriguez p 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 1
Sampson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Newhan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Geary p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wigginton 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 13 6 2 6 27 15
FIELDING -
DP: 4. Rodriguez-Tejada-Berkman, Matsui-Tejada-Berkman, Sampson-Ausmus-Berkman,
Tejada-Matsui-Berkman.
BATTING -
2B: Matsui (17,off Balester); Berkman (30,off Balester).
HR: Pence (12,4th inning off Balester 1 on 1 out).
GDP: Berkman (8,off Rivera).
Team LOB: 9.
Washington Nationals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Harris cf 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 0
Lo Duca 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 7 1
Guzman ss 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 4
Kearns rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
Belliard 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Flores c 3 0 1 2 0 0 6 0
Pena lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Lopez 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 1
Balester p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Colome p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Langerhans ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rivera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Casto ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hanrahan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 31 4 9 4 1 3 27 7
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Guzman-Lo Duca.
E: Guzman (10), Belliard (5).
BATTING -
2B: Harris (4,off Rodriguez); Belliard (12,off Rodriguez); Lopez (17,off Rodriguez).
HR: Harris (5,6th inning off Rodriguez 0 on 0 out).
SF: Guzman (2,off Rodriguez).
HBP: Flores (3,by Sampson).
GDP: Lopez (12,off Rodriguez); Harris (3,off Rodriguez); Pena (5,off Sampson);
Kearns (7,off Geary).
Team LOB: 3.
PITCHING
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Rodriguez W(4-3) 5.1 8 4 4 1 1 1 23
Sampson 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
Geary 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Valverde SV(24) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals 9 9 4 4 1 3 1 34
HBP: Sampson (2,Flores).
Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Balester L(1-2) 4.2 11 6 4 0 3 1 26
Colome 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Rivera 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 8
Hanrahan 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 7
Totals 9 13 6 4 2 6 1 42
Umpires: HP - Kevin Causey, 1B - Sam Holbrook, 2B - Scott Barry, 3B - Charlie Reliford
Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 30682
Starting Lineups:
Houston Astros Washington Nationals
1. Erstad cf Harris cf
2. Matsui 2b Lo Duca 1b
3. Berkman 1b Guzman ss
4. Lee lf Kearns rf
5. Tejada ss Belliard 3b
6. Blum 3b Flores c
7. Pence rf Pena lf
8. Ausmus c Lopez 2b
9. Rodriguez p Balester p
ASTROS 1ST: Erstad flied to left; Matsui singled to center;
Berkman singled to right [Matsui to third]; Lee singled to left
[Matsui scored, Berkman to second]; Tejada flied to right; Blum
lined to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Nationals 0.
NATIONALS 1ST: Harris doubled to right; Lo Duca grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Harris to third]; Guzman out on a sacrifice
fly to center [Harris scored]; Kearns flied to center; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Nationals 1.
ASTROS 2ND: Pence grounded out (shortstop to first); Ausmus
flied to right; Rodriguez singled to center; Erstad flied to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Nationals 1.
NATIONALS 2ND: Belliard doubled to center; Flores singled to
center [Belliard scored]; Pena flied to center; Lopez grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Flores out
at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Nationals 2.
ASTROS 3RD: Matsui flied to left; Berkman grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lee grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Nationals 2.
NATIONALS 3RD: Balester singled to center; Harris grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Balester out at
second]; Lo Duca grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Nationals 2.
ASTROS 4TH: On a bunt Tejada singled to pitcher; Blum flied to
right; Pence homered [Tejada scored]; Ausmus was called out on
strikes; Rodriguez struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3,
Nationals 2.
NATIONALS 4TH: Guzman popped to third; Kearns struck out;
Belliard lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3,
Nationals 2.
ASTROS 5TH: Erstad reached on an error by Belliard [Erstad to
first]; Matsui doubled to right [Erstad to third]; Berkman
doubled to left [Erstad scored (unearned), Matsui scored]; Lee
singled to left [Berkman to third]; Tejada struck out; Blum
grounded out (first unassisted) [Berkman stayed at third, Lee
stayed at first]; Pence singled to left [Berkman scored
(unearned), Lee to second]; Ausmus singled to center [Lee to
third, Pence to second]; COLOME REPLACED BALESTER (PITCHING);
Rodriguez struck out; 3 R (1 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Astros 6,
Nationals 2.
NATIONALS 5TH: Flores lined to left; Pena grounded out (third to
first); Lopez doubled to left; LANGERHANS BATTED FOR COLOME;
Langerhans grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 6, Nationals 2.
ASTROS 6TH: RIVERA REPLACED LANGERHANS (PITCHING); Erstad
singled to third; Matsui forced Erstad (second unassisted)
[Matsui to first]; Berkman grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Matsui out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Astros 6, Nationals 2.
NATIONALS 6TH: Harris homered; Lo Duca singled to left; Guzman
grounded out (second to first) [Lo Duca to second]; Kearns
walked; Belliard singled to left [Lo Duca to third, Kearns to
second]; SAMPSON REPLACED RODRIGUEZ (PITCHING); Flores was hit
by a pitch [Lo Duca scored, Kearns to third, Belliard to
second]; Pena grounded into a double play (pitcher to catcher to
first) [Kearns out at home]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 6,
Nationals 4.
ASTROS 7TH: Lee singled to shortstop [Lee to second (error by
Guzman)]; the throw bounced about three feet in front of Lo
Duca, who was unable to catch or block it; the ball went into
the camera well at the end of the dugout; Tejada lined to
third; Blum grounded out (pitcher to first); Pence walked;
Ausmus struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 6, Nationals 4.
NATIONALS 7TH: Lopez struck out; CASTO BATTED FOR RIVERA; Casto
lined to left; Harris lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 6, Nationals 4.
ASTROS 8TH: HANRAHAN REPLACED CASTO (PITCHING); NEWHAN BATTED
FOR SAMPSON; Newhan popped to shortstop; Erstad flied to left;
Matsui walked; Berkman grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 6, Nationals 4.
NATIONALS 8TH: GEARY REPLACED NEWHAN (PITCHING); Lo Duca singled
to right; Guzman struck out; Kearns grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Lo Duca out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 6, Nationals 4.
ASTROS 9TH: Lee flied to left; Tejada grounded out (first to
pitcher); Blum was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 6, Nationals 4.
NATIONALS 9TH: ERSTAD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BOURN
REPLACED LEE (PLAYING CF); VALVERDE REPLACED BLUM (PITCHING);
WIGGINTON REPLACED GEARY (PLAYING 3B); Belliard flied to right;
Flores grounded out (shortstop to first); Pena grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 6, Nationals
4.
Standings At Close of Play of July 12, 2009
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Philadelphia Phillies 86 48 38 0 .558 - 460 412
Florida Marlins 90 46 44 0 .511 4.0 415 428
Atlanta Braves 88 43 45 0 .489 6.0 373 379
New York Mets 87 42 45 0 .483 6.5 375 408
Washington Nationals 87 26 61 0 .299 22.5 381 489
Houston Astros 5, Washington Nationals 0
Day
Game Played on Sunday, July 12, 2009 (D) at Minute Maid Park
WAS N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 11 1
HOU N 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 x - 5 6 0
BATTING
Washington Nationals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Morgan cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 1
Johnson 1b 4 0 2 0 1 0 8 0
Zimmerman 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Dunn lf 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0
Willingham rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
Gonzalez ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 3
A. Hernandez 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Nieves c 4 0 4 0 0 0 8 0
Zimmermann p 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Beimel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guzman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clippard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 0 11 0 3 4 24 11
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Zimmerman-A. Hernandez-Johnson.
E: Gonzalez (7).
BATTING -
2B: Nieves (5,off Moehler); Johnson (15,off Moehler).
SH: Zimmermann (5,off Moehler).
GDP: A. Hernandez (5,off Moehler).
Team LOB: 13.
BASERUNNING -
SB: Morgan (24,2nd base off Arias/I. Rodriguez).
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Bourn cf 4 1 0 0 0 2 3 0
Tejada ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
Berkman 1b 1 1 0 0 3 0 9 1
Lee lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
Blum 3b 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Pence rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0
I. Rodriguez c 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 0
Matsui 2b 3 1 2 3 0 1 6 3
Moehler p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Arias p 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Valverde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 6 4 4 7 27 12
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Matsui-Berkman.
BATTING -
2B: Lee 2 (17,off Zimmermann,off Clippard).
HR: Matsui (3,7th inning off Zimmermann 2 on 1 out).
SH: Moehler (2,off Zimmermann).
HBP: Blum (4,by Zimmermann).
GDP: Lee (10,off Zimmermann).
Team LOB: 5.
PITCHING
Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Zimmermann L(3-4) 6.1 5 4 3 3 6 1 27
Beimel 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Clippard 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 5
Totals 8 6 5 4 4 7 1 34
BK: Clippard (1).
HBP: Zimmermann (4,Blum).
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Moehler W(6-5) 6.1 7 0 0 2 2 0 27
Arias 1.1 3 0 0 1 1 0 8
Valverde SV(8) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
Totals 9 11 0 0 3 4 0 40
Umpires: HP - Adrian Johnson, 1B - Jim Wolf, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Fieldin Culbreth
Time of Game: 3:04 Attendance: 28680
Starting Lineups:
Washington Nationals Houston Astros
1. Morgan cf Bourn cf
2. Johnson 1b Tejada ss
3. Zimmerman 3b Berkman 1b
4. Dunn lf Lee lf
5. Willingham rf Blum 3b
6. Gonzalez ss Pence rf
7. A. Hernandez 2b I. Rodriguez c
8. Nieves c Matsui 2b
9. Zimmermann p Moehler p
NATIONALS 1ST: Manny Acta's last game as Nationals
manager; Morgan grounded out (second to first); Johnson
flied to center; Zimmerman flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Nationals 0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Bourn reached on an error by Gonzalez [Bourn to
second]; Tejada singled to center [Bourn scored (unearned),
Tejada to second (on throw)]; Berkman walked; Lee grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Tejada to third,
Berkman out at second]; Blum lined to third; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB. Nationals 0, Astros 1.
NATIONALS 2ND: Dunn was called out on strikes; Willingham flied
to right; Gonzalez singled to left; A. Hernandez grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Nationals 0, Astros 1.
ASTROS 2ND: Pence struck out; I. Rodriguez struck out; Matsui
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Nationals 0,
Astros 1.
NATIONALS 3RD: Nieves doubled to right; On a bunt Zimmermann
struck out; Morgan grounded out (third to first); Johnson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Nationals 0, Astros 1.
ASTROS 3RD: Moehler flied to center; Bourn grounded out (pitcher
to first); Tejada grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Nationals 0, Astros 1.
NATIONALS 4TH: Zimmerman grounded out (shortstop to first); Dunn
popped to second; Willingham flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Nationals 0, Astros 1.
ASTROS 4TH: Berkman walked; Lee doubled to center [Berkman out
at home (center to shortstop to catcher)]; Carlos Lee hit the
ball off the left centerfield wall near the yellow stripe; the
Astros claimed that the ball hit above the line; the umpires
watched the replay and acting crew chief Brian O'Nora upheld the
original call; Blum flied to left; Pence grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Nationals 0, Astros 1.
NATIONALS 5TH: Gonzalez singled to left; A. Hernandez grounded
into a double play (second to first) [Gonzalez out at second];
Nieves singled to third; Zimmermann singled to right [Nieves to
second]; Morgan forced Zimmermann (shortstop to second); 0 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Nationals 0, Astros 1.
ASTROS 5TH: I. Rodriguez struck out; On a bunt Matsui singled to
catcher; Moehler out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted)
[Matsui to second]; Bourn struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Nationals 0, Astros 1.
NATIONALS 6TH: Johnson doubled to left; Zimmerman grounded out
(third to first); Dunn walked; Willingham walked [Johnson to
third, Dunn to second]; Gonzalez popped to second; A. Hernandez
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Nationals 0, Astros 1.
ASTROS 6TH: Tejada grounded out (shortstop to first); Berkman
grounded out (pitcher to first); Lee popped to third; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Nationals 0, Astros 1.
NATIONALS 7TH: Nieves singled to right; Zimmermann out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Nieves to second]; ARIAS
REPLACED MOEHLER (PITCHING); Morgan singled to left [Nieves to
third]; Morgan stole second; Johnson walked; Zimmerman popped to
first; Dunn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB. Nationals 0, Astros 1.
ASTROS 7TH: Blum was hit by a pitch; Pence singled to center
[Blum to second]; I. Rodriguez struck out; Matsui homered [Blum
scored, Pence scored]; Arias walked; BEIMEL REPLACED ZIMMERMANN
(PITCHING); Bourn struck out; Tejada forced Arias (second to
shortstop); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Nationals 0, Astros 4.
NATIONALS 8TH: Willingham singled to center; Gonzalez flied to
center; A. Hernandez struck out; Nieves singled to right
[Willingham to second]; GUZMAN BATTED FOR BEIMEL; VALVERDE
REPLACED ARIAS (PITCHING); Guzman flied to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Nationals 0, Astros 4.
ASTROS 8TH: CLIPPARD REPLACED GUZMAN (PITCHING); Berkman walked;
Lee doubled [Berkman to third]; Blum flied to center; Clippard
balked [Berkman scored, Lee to third]; Nationals pitcher
Tyler Clippard caught his foot while trying to deliver an
intentional walk; he fell and did not throw the ball; he was
charged with the balk and the run allowed to score; Pence
flied to right; I. Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Nationals 0, Astros 5.
NATIONALS 9TH: Morgan flied to left; Johnson singled to right;
Zimmerman forced Johnson (shortstop to second); Dunn struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Nationals 0, Astros 5.
Standings At Close of Play of July 12, 2010
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Atlanta Braves 88 52 36 0 .591 - 406 337
New York Mets 88 48 40 0 .545 4.0 396 347
Philadelphia Phillies 87 47 40 0 .540 4.5 410 362
Florida Marlins 88 42 46 0 .477 10.0 404 384
Washington Nationals 89 39 50 0 .438 13.5 366 418
All-Star break
Standings At Close of Play of July 12, 2011
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Philadelphia Phillies 91 57 34 0 .626 - 384 295
Atlanta Braves 92 54 38 0 .587 3.5 365 312
New York Mets 91 46 45 0 .505 11.0 399 388
Washington Nationals 92 46 46 0 .500 11.5 352 354
Florida Marlins 91 43 48 0 .473 14.0 352 396
All-Star break.
Standings At Close of Play of July 12, 2012
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Washington Nationals 83 49 34 0 .590 - 348 290
Atlanta Braves 85 46 39 0 .541 4.0 391 357
New York Mets 86 46 40 0 .535 4.5 394 374
Miami Marlins 85 41 44 0 .482 9.0 334 390
Philadelphia Phillies 87 37 50 0 .425 14.0 368 396
All-Star break
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