April 6, 2005
In Philadelphia at Citizens Park the Washington Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3. The Nats victory was
Brad Wilkerson
the first by a Washington major league baseball team in thirty three and a half years. The Nationals Brad Wilkerson went 4 for 4 and hit for the cycle. The cycle was Wilkerson’s second of his career. Vinnie Castilla collected four hits in the game.
Washington D.C. Baseball History
The Nationals 7-3 victory over the Phillies was the first win by a Washington based National League team since October 14, 1899. In that game the Washington Senators beat the New York Giants by the score of 12-9. The Senators ended the season in 10th place in National League with a record of 54-98.
NY N 0 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 - 9 WAS N 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 3 - 12
List of Washington players that hit for the cycle.
Name – Date of the cycle
Otis Clymer – 10/2/1908
Goose Goslin – 8/28/1924
Joe Cronin – 9/2/1929
Mickey Vernon – 5/19/1946
Jim King – 5/26/1964
Brad Wilkerson – 4/6/2005
Cristian Guzman – 8/28/2008 Trea Turner – April 25, 2017
Washington Nationals 7, Philadelphia Phillies 3
Day
Game Played on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 (N) at Citizens Bank Park
WAS N 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 - 7 16 0 PHI N 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 3 6 2
BATTING
Washington Nationals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Wilkerson cf 4 1 4 2 1 0 2 0 Guzman ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Vidro 2b 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 5 Guillen rf 5 2 2 2 0 1 2 0 Johnson 1b 4 0 1 1 1 2 13 1 Castilla 3b 5 1 4 1 0 1 1 2 Sledge lf 4 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 Schneider c 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 Day p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Osuna p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Church ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Eischen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W. Cordero ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Ayala p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Davis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C. Cordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 42 7 16 6 3 9 27 13
BATTING - 2B: Castilla 2 (2,off Myers,off Adams); Johnson (1,off Myers); Wilkerson (1,off Fultz); Vidro (1,off Adams). 3B: Wilkerson (1,off Cormier). HR: Wilkerson (1,3rd inning off Myers 0 on 2 out); Guillen (1,8th inning off Worrell 1 on 0 out). IBB: Johnson (1,by Adams); Sledge (1,by Adams). Team LOB: 11.
BASERUNNING - CS: Wilkerson (1,2nd base by Myers/Lieberthal).
Philadelphia Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Rollins ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 Lofton cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 Abreu rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Thome 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 Burrell lf 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 Bell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Utley 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 2 Lieberthal c 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 Myers p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Cormier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Offerman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Worrell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Adams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 3 6 3 1 5 27 8
FIELDING - E: Abreu (1), Bell (1).
BATTING - 2B: Burrell (2,off Day). HR: Burrell (1,6th inning off Day 1 on 2 out). SH: Myers (1,off Day). Team LOB: 4.
PITCHING
Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Day 5.2 5 3 3 1 3 1 23 Osuna 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Eischen W(1-0) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Ayala 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 C. Cordero 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 Totals 9 6 3 3 1 5 1 34
Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Myers 6.2 7 2 1 1 7 1 27 Cormier 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Worrell L(0-1) 0.1 4 4 4 0 0 1 5 Fultz 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 Adams 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 7 Totals 9 16 7 6 3 9 2 45
IBB: Adams 2 (2,Johnson,Sledge).
Umpires: HP - Larry Poncino, 1B - Mark Wegner, 2B - Paul Nauert, 3B - Gary Darling
Time of Game: 2:39 Attendance: 23435
Starting Lineups: Washington Nationals Philadelphia Phillies 1. Wilkerson cf Rollins ss 2. Guzman ss Lofton cf 3. Vidro 2b Abreu rf 4. Guillen rf Thome 1b 5. Johnson 1b Burrell lf 6. Castilla 3b Bell 3b 7. Sledge lf Utley 2b 8. Schneider c Lieberthal c 9. Day p Myers p NATIONALS 1ST: Wilkerson walked; Wilkerson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Guzman grounded out (first to pitcher); Vidro grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Nationals 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Rollins grounded out (second to first); Lofton grounded out (pitcher to first); Abreu was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Nationals 0, Phillies 0. NATIONALS 2ND: Guillen singled to center; Johnson struck out; Castilla singled to center [Guillen out at third (center to third)]; Sledge struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Nationals 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Thome struck out; Burrell popped to first; Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Nationals 0, Phillies 0. NATIONALS 3RD: Schneider lined to shortstop; Day was called out on strikes; Wilkerson homered; Guzman singled to shortstop; Vidro popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Nationals 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 3RD: Utley singled to center; Lieberthal lined to right; Myers out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Utley to second]; Rollins walked; Lofton flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Nationals 1, Phillies 0. NATIONALS 4TH: Guillen lined to center; Johnson struck out; Castilla doubled to center; Sledge popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Nationals 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 4TH: Abreu grounded out (second to first); Thome popped to third; Burrell doubled to left; Bell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Nationals 1, Phillies 0. NATIONALS 5TH: Schneider grounded out (second to first); Day flied to right; Wilkerson singled to right; Guzman forced Wilkerson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Nationals 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 5TH: Utley grounded out (first to pitcher); Lieberthal grounded out (third to first); Myers grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Nationals 1, Phillies 0. NATIONALS 6TH: Vidro flied to center; Guillen reached on an error by Bell [Guillen to second]; Johnson doubled to left [Guillen scored (unearned)]; Castilla struck out; Sledge was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Nationals 2, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 6TH: Rollins grounded out (first unassisted); Lofton singled to left; Abreu grounded out (second to first) [Lofton to second]; Thome singled to right [Lofton scored]; Burrell homered [Thome scored]; OSUNA REPLACED DAY (PITCHING); Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Nationals 2, Phillies 3. NATIONALS 7TH: Schneider flied to right; CHURCH BATTED FOR OSUNA; Church struck out; CORMIER REPLACED MYERS (PITCHING); Wilkerson tripled to center; Guzman popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Nationals 2, Phillies 3. PHILLIES 7TH: EISCHEN REPLACED CHURCH (PITCHING); Utley flied to center; Lieberthal flied to left; OFFERMAN BATTED FOR CORMIER; Offerman flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Nationals 2, Phillies 3. NATIONALS 8TH: WORRELL REPLACED OFFERMAN (PITCHING); Vidro singled to center; Guillen homered [Vidro scored]; Johnson flied to center; Castilla singled to center; Sledge singled to right [Castilla to second]; FULTZ REPLACED WORRELL (PITCHING); Schneider singled to right [Castilla scored (error by Abreu) (no RBI), Sledge to second]; W. CORDERO BATTED FOR EISCHEN; W. Cordero struck out; Wilkerson doubled [Sledge scored, Schneider to third]; Guzman flied to left; 4 R, 6 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Nationals 6, Phillies 3. PHILLIES 8TH: AYALA REPLACED W. CORDERO (PITCHING); Rollins grounded out (shortstop to first); Lofton was called out on strikes; Abreu grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Nationals 6, Phillies 3. NATIONALS 9TH: ADAMS REPLACED FULTZ (PITCHING); Vidro doubled to left; Guillen struck out; Johnson was walked intentionally; Castilla doubled [Vidro scored, Johnson to third]; Sledge was walked intentionally; Schneider forcEd Johnson (first to catcher) [Castilla to third, Sledge to second]; DAVIS BATTED FOR AYALA; Davis forced Schneider (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Nationals 7, Phillies 3. PHILLIES 9TH: C. CORDERO REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); Thome singled to right; Burrell grounded out (second to first) [Thome to second]; Bell popped to catcher; Utley was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Nationals 7, Phillies 3.
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