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LAA  3
BAL  1

BOS 12
TBR  4

KCR  4
@CLE  2

MIN  4
DET  1

NYY  6
SEA  1

TEX  6
@OAK  3

TOR  5
CHW  2

ARI 10
NYM  4

ATL  9
CIN  1

LAD 12
@COL  7

SDP  7
@FLA  2

HOU  6
MIL  2

SFG  3
@PHI  2

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CHC  9
@STL  3

WSN  9
PIT  8

Standings at end of play this day

Nationals Park, Attendance: 34,128

Saturday, May 3, 2008, 1:05pm
Time of Game: 3:21
Pirates
8
12-18
Lost 1
5th, 6½ GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Pirates         0  1  0   1  3  0   1  2  0    8 14  2
Nationals       2  3  0   0  0  4   0  0  X    9 14  1
W: J Colome (1-1), L: P Maholm (2-3), S: J Rauch (7)
Nationals
9
13-18
Won 1
5th, 4 GB

BATTING

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
N McLouth CF                  5   1   0   0    1   1  .325 1.033   31    3   0   GDP
C Gomez SS                    4   0   1   0    1   1  .264  .619   18    2   3   2B
F Sanchez 2B                  5   2   2   0    0   1  .230  .550   17    3   3   
J Bay LF                      3   2   2   0    2   1  .267  .872   23    1   0   2B
X Nady RF                     4   1   3   3    0   1  .342  .938   21    4   1   2B,HBP
A LaRoche 1B                  5   0   2   1    0   1  .179  .499   16    6   1   
J Bautista 3B                 4   2   3   3    0   0  .235  .723   15    1   3   HR,2B,SF
R Paulino C                   4   0   0   1    1   2  .227  .593   19    4   1   
  N Morgan PR                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .111  .374         0   0   SB
P Maholm P                    3   0   1   0    0   0  .182  .539   11    0   0   
  F Osoria P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .500 1.000         0   0   
  D Mientkiewicz PH           1   0   0   0    0   0  .191  .538    3    0   0   
  J Van Benschote P           0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  T Yates P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  R Doumit PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .361  .995    5    0   0   
Totals                       39   8  14   8    5   8              179   24  12
BATTING
2B: J Bautista (7, off M Chico); J Bay (3, off M Chico); X Nady (10, off L Ayala); C Gomez (3, off M Chico).
HR: J Bautista (4, off M Chico; 4th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF-CF).
SF: J Bautista (2, off S Rivera).
HBP: X Nady (3, by M Chico).
TB: J Bautista 7; X Nady 4; J Bay 3; A LaRoche 2; F Sanchez 2; C Gomez 2; P Maholm.
GIDP: N McLouth (1).
RBI: J Bautista 3 (15); X Nady 3 (30); R Paulino (8); A LaRoche (6).
2-out RBI: X Nady 2.
Team LOB: 11.
With RISP: 5 for 18.
FIELDING
DP: 2. C Gomez-F Sanchez-A LaRoche; J Bautista-F Sanchez-A LaRoche.
E: C Gomez 2 (2).
BASERUNNING
SB: N Morgan (1, 2nd base off J Rauch/P Lo Duca).
Washington Nationals         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
F Lopez 2B                    4   3   2   0    1   0  .283  .701   17    1   3   
C Guzman SS                   5   2   4   6    0   0  .303  .788   11    1   3   HR,2B
R Zimmerman 3B                5   0   0   1    0   0  .217  .585   16    0   3   
L Milledge CF                 5   0   1   1    0   1  .261  .691   25    2   0   
A Kearns RF                   3   0   2   1    2   0  .202  .610   22    4   0   
A Boone 1B                    5   0   1   0    0   1  .242  .597   21   11   1   
P Lo Duca C                   3   1   1   0    1   0  .231  .656   17    7   1   GDP
W Pena LF                     4   1   2   0    0   1  .217  .479   12    0   0   GDP
  W Harris LF                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .189  .630         0   0   
M Chico P                     1   1   1   0    0   0  .167  .334    5    0   0   SH
  J Colome P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  R Belliard PH               0   1   0   0    1   0  .214  .672    5    0   0   
  S Rivera P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     1   0   
  R Mackowiak PH              1   0   0   0    0   1  .095  .351    5    0   0   
  L Ayala P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Rauch P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
Totals                       36   9  14   9    5   4              156   27  11
BATTING
2B: C Guzman (8, off F Osoria).
HR: C Guzman (3, off P Maholm; 1st inn, 1 on, 0 outs to Deep LF-CF).
SH: M Chico (1, off P Maholm).
TB: C Guzman 8; A Kearns 2; W Pena 2; F Lopez 2; M Chico; A Boone; P Lo Duca; L Milledge.
GIDP: W Pena (2); P Lo Duca (2).
RBI: C Guzman 6 (14); R Zimmerman (14); A Kearns (12); L Milledge (11).
2-out RBI: L Milledge; A Kearns.
Team LOB: 9.
With RISP: 5 for 12.
FIELDING
DP: 1. F Lopez-C Guzman-A Boone.
E: A Kearns (1).

PITCHING

Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
P Maholm, L (2-3)              5    10   7   7    3   2   1   4.58   27  102-58   40· 6·12   13· 5· 4· 0     18    -     0.92  -0.37
F Osoria                       1     3   2   2    0   1   0   6.65    6   21-14    8· 1· 5    1· 4· 0· 0          2-2    1.03  -0.24
J Van Benschote                1.1   1   0   0    1   1   0   4.91    6   20-12    9· 1· 2    3· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.42  -0.01
T Yates                        0.2   0   0   0    1   0   0   3.77    3   13-5     4· 1· 0    0· 1· 1· 0          2-0    1.38   0.05
Totals                         8    14   9   9    5   4   1          42  156-89   61· 9·19   17·11· 5· 0          4-2 
Washington Nationals          IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
M Chico                        4.1   8   5   4    3   4   1   6.87   24   87-51   33· 3·15    9· 5· 2· 0     30    -     1.15  -0.27
J Colome, W (1-1)              1.2   1   0   0    0   1   0   2.95    6   23-16   10· 1· 5    2· 2· 1· 0          2-1    1.76   0.10
S Rivera                       1     3   1   1    0   1   0   4.43    6   23-16   10· 1· 5    2· 1· 2· 0          0-0    1.75   0.00
L Ayala, H (8)                 1     2   2   2    1   2   0   3.63    6   26-18   11· 1· 6    1· 0· 2· 0          0-0    1.78  -0.06
J Rauch, S (7)                 1     0   0   0    1   0   0   3.52    4   19-10    3· 1· 6    1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    3.42   0.16
Totals                         9    14   8   7    5   8   1          46  178-111  67· 7·37   15·10· 7· 0          2-1 
P Maholm faced 2 batters in the 6th inning.
Balks: None.
WP: None.
IBB: None.
HBP: M Chico (1; X Nady).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Jim Reynolds, 1B - Tim Timmons, 2B - Gary Cederstrom, 3B - Fieldin Culbreth.
Time of Game: 3:21.
Attendance: 34,128.
Weather: 78° F, Wind 9mph , Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Pittsburgh Pirates            Washington Nationals                 
1. N McLouth            CF    1. F Lopez              2B 
2. C Gomez              SS    2. C Guzman             SS 
3. F Sanchez            2B    3. R Zimmerman          3B 
4. J Bay                LF    4. L Milledge           CF 
5. X Nady               RF    5. A Kearns             RF 
6. A LaRoche            1B    6. A Boone              1B 
7. J Bautista           3B    7. P Lo Duca            C  
8. R Paulino            C     8. W Pena               LF 
9. P Maholm             P     9. M Chico              P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 5   1  5-3  12-  1  -16%  55% A LaRoche       M Chico         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Bay Scores; Nady to 3B
   b 1   0  0-0  1--  3   15%  73% C Guzman        P Maholm        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Lopez Scores
   t 8   2  9-6  12-  4  -15%  79% X Nady          L Ayala         Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); McLouth Scores; Sanchez Scores
   b 6   0  5-5  123  1   14%  93% C Guzman        F Osoria        Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Pena Scores; Belliard Scores; Lopez Scores
   t 9   1  9-8  -2-  4   11%  89% R Doumit        J Rauch         Flyball: CF (Deep CF)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, Matt Chico facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  3   52%  N McLouth       Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
          ---  7   48%  C Gomez         Double to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      -2-  4   51%  F Sanchez       Strikeout Swinging; Gomez to 3B
          --3  5   50%  J Bay           Walk
          1-3  3   48%  X Nady          Hit By Pitch; Bay to 2B
   O      123  1   55%  A LaRoche       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Pirates 0, Nationals 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Nationals Batting, Tied 0-0, Paul Maholm facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   58%  F Lopez         Single to RF (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
   RR     1--  3   73%  C Guzman        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Lopez Scores
   O      ---  2   72%  R Zimmerman     Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  8   71%  L Milledge      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   72%  A Kearns        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  6   70%  A Boone         Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line); Kearns to 3B; Boone out at 2B/RF-SS
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Nationals 2.

Top of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-2, Matt Chico facing 7-8-9
          ---  2   61%  J Bautista      Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Bautista to 3B/Adv on E9
   RO     --3  1   63%  R Paulino       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS); Bautista Scores/unER
   O      ---  4   65%  P Maholm        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  6   66%  N McLouth       Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Nationals 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, Nationals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Paul Maholm facing 7-8-9
          ---  1   69%  P Lo Duca       Single to CF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
   O      1--  5   66%  W Pena          Strikeout Swinging
          1--  4   72%  M Chico         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Lo Duca to 3B
          1-3  5   74%  F Lopez         Walk; Chico to 2B
   R      123  3   81%  C Guzman        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Lo Duca Scores; Chico to 3B; Lopez to 2B
   RO     123  2   82%  R Zimmerman     Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B (2B-1B); Chico Scores; Lopez to 3B
   R      1-3  4   88%  L Milledge      Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF); Lopez Scores; Zimmerman to 2B
          12-  5   89%  A Kearns        Walk; Zimmerman to 3B; Milledge to 2B
   O      123  6   86%  A Boone         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS)
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Pirates 1, Nationals 5.

Top of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Behind 1-5, Matt Chico facing 2-3-4
          ---  4   83%  C Gomez         Walk
   O      1--  4   86%  F Sanchez       Flyball: CF
          1--  5   83%  J Bay           Walk; Gomez to 2B
   O      12-  5   87%  X Nady          Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  6   90%  A LaRoche       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 1, Nationals 5.

Bottom of the 3rd, Nationals Batting, Ahead 5-1, Paul Maholm facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  8   89%  P Lo Duca       Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
          ---  2   90%  W Pena          Single to RF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  1   89%  M Chico         Bunt Groundout: C-1B (Front of Home); Pena to 2B
   O      -2-  2   88%  F Lopez         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Nationals 5.

Top of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Behind 1-5, Matt Chico facing 7-8-9
   R      ---  2   82%  J Bautista      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  5   84%  R Paulino       Strikeout Looking
          ---  2   81%  P Maholm        Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line)
   OO     1--  5   86%  N McLouth       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Nationals 5.

Bottom of the 4th, Nationals Batting, Ahead 5-2, Paul Maholm facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  1   85%  C Guzman        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  4   84%  R Zimmerman     Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  5   84%  L Milledge      Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Nationals 5.

Top of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-5, Matt Chico facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  1   86%  C Gomez         Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
          ---  3   84%  F Sanchez       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--  3   75%  J Bay           Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Sanchez to 3B
   R      -23  5   70%  X Nady          Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Sanchez Scores
   R      12-  1   55%  A LaRoche       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Bay Scores; Nady to 3B
                  Jesus Colome replaces Matt Chico pitching and batting 9th
   R      1-3  5   45%  J Bautista      Single to LF (Line Drive); Nady Scores; LaRoche to 2B
   O      12-  3   49%  R Paulino       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS); LaRoche to 3B; Bautista to 2B
   O      -23  5   57%  P Maholm        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 5, Nationals 5.

Bottom of the 5th, Nationals Batting, Tied 5-5, Paul Maholm facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  2   54%  A Kearns        Lineout: RF (CF-RF)
          ---  1   57%  A Boone         Reached on E6 (Ground Ball to Weak SS)
   OO     1--  2   50%  P Lo Duca       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Nationals 5.

Top of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Tied 5-5, Jesus Colome facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  6   53%  N McLouth       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   56%  C Gomez         Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B-1B)
   O      ---  3   58%  F Sanchez       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Nationals 5.

Bottom of the 6th, Nationals Batting, Tied 5-5, Paul Maholm facing 8-9-1
          ---  4   63%  W Pena          Single to C (Ground Ball to Short 3B Line)
                  Ron Belliard pinch hits for Jesus Colome batting 9th
          1--  5   70%  R Belliard      Walk; Pena to 2B
                  Franquelis Osoria replaces Paul Maholm pitching and batting 9th
          12-  4   79%  F Lopez         Single to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Pena to 3B; Belliard to 2B
   RRR    123  1   93%  C Guzman        Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Pena Scores; Belliard Scores; Lopez Scores
   O      -2-  4   92%  R Zimmerman     Flyball: CF
   O      -2-  3   91%  L Milledge      Flyball: RF (Deep RF Line); Guzman to 3B
   R      --3  3   95%  A Kearns        Single to LF (Ground Ball); Guzman Scores
   O      1--  6   94%  A Boone         Strikeout Looking
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 5, Nationals 9.

Top of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Behind 5-9, Saul Rivera facing 4-5-6
                  Saul Rivera replaces Ron Belliard pitching and batting 9th
          ---  5   92%  J Bay           Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  4   87%  X Nady          Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Bay to 2B
          12-  6   79%  A LaRoche       Single to RF (Line Drive); Bay to 3B; Nady to 2B
   RO     123  1   83%  J Bautista      Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep RF); Bay Scores; Nady to 3B
   O      1-3  4   90%  R Paulino       Strikeout Looking
                  Doug Mientkiewicz pinch hits for Franquelis Osoria batting 9th
   O      1-3  3   94%  D Mientkiewicz  Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 6, Nationals 9.

Bottom of the 7th, Nationals Batting, Ahead 9-6, John Van Benschoten facing 7-8-9
                  John Van Benschoten replaces Doug Mientkiewicz pitching and batting 9th
          ---  6   95%  P Lo Duca       Walk
   OO     1--  1   93%  W Pena          Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  Rob Mackowiak pinch hits for Saul Rivera batting 9th
   O      ---  5   93%  R Mackowiak     Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 6, Nationals 9.

Top of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Behind 6-9, Luis Ayala facing 1-2-3
                  Luis Ayala replaces Rob Mackowiak pitching and batting 9th; Willie Harris replaces Wily Mo Pena playing LF batting 8th
          ---  7   89%  N McLouth       Walk
   O      1--  5   93%  C Gomez         Strikeout Swinging
          1--  3   88%  F Sanchez       Single to CF (Line Drive); McLouth to 2B
   O      12-  5   93%  J Bay           Strikeout Looking
   RR     12-  4   79%  X Nady          Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); McLouth Scores; Sanchez Scores
   O      -2-  2   87%  A LaRoche       Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 8, Nationals 9.

Bottom of the 8th, Nationals Batting, Ahead 9-8, John Van Benschoten facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1   85%  F Lopez         Flyball: LF (LF Line)
          ---  3   87%  C Guzman        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
          1--  4   89%  R Zimmerman     Reached on E6 (catch)/attempted forceout (Ground Ball to Weak SS-2B to 2B); Guzman to 2B
                  Tyler Yates replaces John Van Benschoten pitching and batting 9th
   O      12-  5   87%  L Milledge      Flyball: CF (Deep CF); Guzman to 3B; Zimmerman to 2B
          -23  6   88%  A Kearns        Walk
   O      123  2   84%  A Boone         Lineout: 3B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 LOB. Pirates 8, Nationals 9.

Top of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Behind 8-9, Jon Rauch facing 7-8-9
                  Jon Rauch replaces Luis Ayala pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  5   91%  J Bautista      Popfly: 1B (2B-1B)
          ---  6   83%  R Paulino       Walk
                  Ryan Doumit pinch hits for Tyler Yates batting 9th; Nyjer Morgan pinch runs for Ronny Paulino batting 8th
          1--      77%  R Doumit        Morgan Steals 2B
   O      -2-  4   89%  " "             Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      -2-  4  100%  N McLouth       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 8, Nationals 9.

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