| Two struggling pitchers, John Lanaan with his 1-10 record and ERA over 7.00 for the Nationals and Brad Penny for the Sox, loser of his last five starts and an ERA over 6.00, take the mound in what ends up a classic pitchers duel. Both pitchers are sharp, keeping it a 1-1 game until the Sox get two in the top of the 5th. I elect to let Penny hit in the top of the 7th, which came back to bite me in the ass as the Nats get two in the bottom of the 7th off of him to tie the game. Some classic National League small ball gets the Sox the win in the top of the 9th. With Joe Beimel on the mound for the Nationals, Jason Varitek leads off with a single. Julio Lugo comes in to pinch-run, and is bunted to second on a sacrafice for Jacoby Ellsbury. A Nick Green groundout sends Lugo to third, but records the second out. With the pitcher due up, Rocco Baldelli comes in to pinch-hit agains the lefty Beimel. Right-hander Julian Tavares takes over on the mound, and I counter with the lefty David Ortiz to pinch-hit in place of Baldelli. It works like a charm, as Papi smokes a double with Lugo scoring easily with the go-ahead run. Papelbon works a spotless 9th save for a walk, and records his 16th save. Neither Penny or Lanaan are involved in the decision. This would be the first visit to our nation' capital for the Red Sox in almost 38 years since September 26, 1971 with their last game against the Washington Senators in the Senators next-to-last home series. Five days before that game, it had been already announced that the Senators would be moving to Texas for the next season. In the Senators final game of the year against the Yankees, a 7-5 lead in top of the 9th with 2 out game turns into a 9-0 Yankees win. The security for the final game left early and about 15,000 fans just walk in for the game without paying. The fans storm the field with one out remaining in the game, tearing the bases out of the ground and ripping up the grass, home plate, anything that they could for souveniers since they already knew that the team was leaving. With no security to stop the unruly mob, the game gets forfeited to the Yankees. Next season the Senators are rechristened the Texas Rangers, leaving Washington without a baseball team for the first time in history and for 33 years until the former Expos came to town. An added note: the Senators manager for their final three years in DC and their first year in Texas was former Red Sox player Ted Williams! |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2009 Boston Red Sox At 2009 Washington Nationals 6/23/2009
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
D.Pedroia 2B 5 0 0 0 .234 C.Guzman SS 4 0 1 1 .270
J.Drew RF 4 0 0 0 .275 N.Johnson 1B 3 1 0 0 .248
K.Youkilis 1B 4 0 0 0 .299 R.Zimmerman 3B 4 0 1 0 .265
J.Bay LF 3 2 2 0 .245 A.Dunn LF 4 0 1 0 .258
M.Lowell 3B 3 1 1 1 .285 J.Willingham RF 3 1 2 1 .248
J.Varitek C 4 0 2 1 .217 J.Bard C 4 0 0 1 .228
B-J.Lugo PR 0 1 0 0 .235 W.Harris CF 4 1 1 0 .252
E-G.Kottaras C 0 0 0 0 .167 A.Hernandez 2B 2 0 0 0 .249
J.Ellsbury CF 3 0 1 1 .344 F-E.Dukes PH 1 0 0 0 .269
N.Green SS 4 0 1 0 .301 J.Lannan P 1 0 0 0 .118
B.Penny P 3 0 0 0 .000 J.Hanrahan P 0 0 0 0 .000
H.Okajima P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-A.Kearns PH 1 0 0 0 .214
R.Ramirez P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Beimel P 0 0 0 0 .000
C-R.Baldelli PH 0 0 0 0 .147 J.Tavarez P 0 0 0 0 ----
D-D.Ortiz PH 1 0 1 1 .258 G-R.Belliard PH 0 0 0 0 .278
J.Papelbon P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 34 4 8 4 Totals 31 3 6 3
A-Pinch Hit For Hanrahan In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Varitek In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Ramirez In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Baldelli In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Lugo In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Hernandez In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Tavarez In 9th Inning
Red Sox......... 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 4 8 0
Nationals....... 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 6 1
Red Sox (40-30) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Penny 6 1/3 4 3 3 3 5 1 101 5.97 A1 C7
H.Okajima BS(1st) 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 17 5.19 C8 D4
R.Ramirez WIN(2-1) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4.13 D5 D6
J.Papelbon SAVE(16th) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 1.15 D7
Totals 9 6 3 3 5 6 1
Nationals (23-46) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Lannan 6 6 3 3 2 4 0 87 6.95 A1 C7
J.Hanrahan 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 4.08 C8 D1
J.Beimel LOSS(3-1) 1 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 19 2.20 D2 D8
J.Tavarez 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.69 D9
Totals 9 8 4 4 2 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 29,107 DATE- Tuesday, June 23rd 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Gary Cederstrom, Brian O'Nora, Fieldin Culbreth, Jim Wolf
T- 3:05
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 6 Nationals: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2 Nationals: 1
ERRORS- J.Beimel
DOUBLES- J.Bay(11th), M.Lowell(21st), J.Varitek(11th), D.Ortiz(15th),
W.Harris(8th)
HOME RUNS- J.Willingham(9th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Ellsbury
WALKS- J.Bay, M.Lowell, C.Guzman, N.Johnson, A.Hernandez, J.Lannan, R.Belliard
HIT BY PITCH- J.Willingham
STRIKE OUTS- K.Youkilis, J.Varitek, B.Penny-3, R.Zimmerman, A.Dunn-2, W.Harris,
J.Lannan, A.Kearns
GIDP- J.Varitek, C.Guzman, N.Johnson
Left fielder Jason Bay had 2 base hits at Nationals Park where the Boston Red
Sox beat the Washington Nationals 4 to 3.
The game was decided in the top of the 9th inning. Jason Varitek stroked a
single. Jacoby Ellsbury stepped up to the plate and he laid down a sacrifice
bunt. After another out, David Ortiz came to the plate and doubled. Boston
had 8 hits for the night.
Ramon Ramirez(2-1) went 2/3 of an inning allowing no runs for the victory.
Jonathan Papelbon earned the save, his 16th. The loss was charged to Joe
Beimel(3-1) in relief.
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