BATTING - 2B: Vidro (5,off Nieve).
HR: Jackson (4,5th inning off Nieve 0 on 2 out); Ward (3,8th inning off Springer
0 on 2 out); Soriano (16,8th inning off Springer 0 on 2 out).
SH: Johnson (1,off Nieve).
SF: Guillen (5,off Nieve).
Team LOB: 1.
PITCHING
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFPNieve L(1-3) 7 3 2 2 0 2 1 24
Springer 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 5
Totals 8 5 4 4 0 2 3 29
Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFPOrtiz W(2-4) 7 6 1 1 2 5 1 28
Majewski 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Cordero SV(6) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Totals 9 6 1 1 2 7 1 34
Starting Lineups:
Houston Astros Washington Nationals
1. Taveras cf Soriano lf
2. Biggio 2b Clayton ss
3. Berkman 1b Vidro 2b
4. Ensberg 3b Johnson 1b
5. Wilson lf Guillen rf
6. Lane rf Zimmerman 3b
7. Ausmus c Jackson cf
8. Everett ss Gonzalez c
9. Nieve p Ortiz p
ASTROS 1ST: Taveras struck out; Biggio popped to first; Berkman
walked; Ensberg lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0,
Nationals 0.
NATIONALS 1ST: Soriano grounded out (third to first); Clayton
flied to center; Vidro singled to right; Johnson flied to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Nationals 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Wilson struck out; Lane grounded out (second to
first); Ausmus lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0,
Nationals 0.
NATIONALS 2ND: Guillen struck out; Zimmerman struck out; Jackson
flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Nationals 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Everett singled to left; Nieve out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Everett to second]; Taveras lined to
second; Biggio grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Astros 0, Nationals 0.
NATIONALS 3RD: Gonzalez popped to shortstop; Ortiz popped to
shortstop; Soriano flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 0, Nationals 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Berkman singled to right; Ensberg was called out on
strikes; Wilson singled to center [Berkman to second]; Ortiz
threw a wild pitch [Berkman to third, Wilson to second]; Lane
popped to second; Ausmus walked; Everett popped to second; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 0, Nationals 0.
NATIONALS 4TH: Clayton popped to catcher; Vidro flied to left;
Johnson popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0,
Nationals 0.
ASTROS 5TH: Nieve singled to center; Taveras forced Nieve
(pitcher to shortstop); Biggio grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Taveras out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Nationals 0.
NATIONALS 5TH: Guillen grounded out (third to first); Zimmerman
grounded out (second to first); Jackson homered to left;
Gonzalez grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 0, Nationals 1.
ASTROS 6TH: Berkman grounded out (shortstop to first); Ensberg
homered to left-center; Wilson struck out; Lane grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Nationals 1.
NATIONALS 6TH: Ortiz flied to right; Soriano lined to right;
Clayton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 1, Nationals 1.
ASTROS 7TH: Ausmus grounded out (third to first); Everett
singled to left; Nieve out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
second) [Everett to second]; Taveras struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Astros 1, Nationals 1.
NATIONALS 7TH: Vidro doubled to center; Johnson out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Vidro to third]; Guillen
out on a sacrifice fly to right [Vidro scored]; Zimmerman
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros
1, Nationals 2.
ASTROS 8TH: MAJEWSKI REPLACED ORTIZ (PITCHING); Biggio popped to
second; Berkman was called out on strikes; Ensberg grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Nationals 2.
NATIONALS 8TH: SPRINGER REPLACED NIEVE (PITCHING); Jackson flied
to center; Gonzalez flied to center; WARD BATTED FOR MAJEWSKI;
Ward homered to right; Soriano homered to center; Clayton
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1,
Nationals 4.
ASTROS 9TH: CORDERO REPLACED WARD (PITCHING); Wilson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Lane struck out; Ausmus lined to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Nationals 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Astros 1 6 0 6
Nationals 4 5 0 1
