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Cubs
@ Nationals
Nationals Park
July 16, 2009
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the Chicago Cubs, played on July 16, 2009 at Nationals Park.
Game Summary
Date | July 16, 2009 |
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Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
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Home Team |
Washington Nationals
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 16, 2009 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
Home Team | Washington Nationals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rich Harden |
Home Starting Pitcher | John Lannan |
Ballpark | Nationals Park |
City | Washington |
State | DC |
Attendance | 26,980 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 39 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Paul Emmel 1B: Gary Darling 2B: D.J. Reyburn 3B: Mike Estabrook |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
Name | Position |
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Reed Johnson | Center Fielder |
Ryan Theriot | Shortstop |
Milton Bradley | Right Fielder |
Derrek Lee | First Baseman |
Aramis Ramirez | Third Baseman |
Alfonso Soriano | Left Fielder |
Jeff Baker | Second Baseman |
Koyie Hill | Catcher |
Rich Harden | Pitcher |
Lou Piniella | Manager |
Washington Nationals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Nyjer Morgan | Center Fielder |
Nick Johnson | First Baseman |
Ryan Zimmerman | Third Baseman |
Adam Dunn | Left Fielder |
Josh Willingham | Right Fielder |
Cristian Guzman | Shortstop |
Josh Bard | Catcher |
Alberto Gonzalez | Second Baseman |
John Lannan | Pitcher |
Jim Riggleman | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cubs
@ Nationals
Nationals Park
July 16, 2009
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Lannan
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Willingham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Theriot vs. Lannan
Theriot hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Lannan
Bradley hits a fly ball into right field. Willingham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 0 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Harden
Morgan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lee settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Harden
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Harden
Zimmerman strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 0 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Lannan
Lee hits a line drive into right field. Willingham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Lannan
Ramirez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Soriano vs. Lannan
Soriano strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Lannan
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guzman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 0 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Dunn vs. Harden
Dunn strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Willingham vs. Harden
Willingham hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Guzman vs. Harden
Guzman hits a fly ball into left field. Soriano settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 0 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Lannan
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Zimmerman. Hill moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Harden vs. Lannan
Harden bunts towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. Hill moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Johnson vs. Lannan
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Theriot vs. Lannan
Theriot hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dunn. Theriot reaches second base with a double. Hill scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Bradley vs. Lannan
Bradley hits a fly ball into right field. Willingham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bard vs. Harden
Bard hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Harden
Gonzalez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bradley who is chasing the ball. Gonzalez reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Lannan vs. Harden
Lannan strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Morgan vs. Harden
Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Lannan
Lee hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Willingham. Lee reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Ramirez vs. Lannan
Ramirez hits a fly ball into center field. Morgan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Soriano vs. Lannan
Soriano hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Morgan throws the ball in to Guzman who tags Soriano trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Lee moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Baker vs. Lannan
Baker hits a fly ball into right field. Willingham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Harden
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lee scoops it up and throws to first, with Harden covering, for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Harden
Zimmerman strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Dunn vs. Harden
Dunn strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Lannan
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guzman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Harden vs. Lannan
Harden hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Lannan
Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Theriot vs. Lannan
Theriot hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Willingham vs. Harden
Willingham hits a popup towards first. Lee settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Guzman vs. Harden
Guzman strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Bard vs. Harden
Bard is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Harden
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Bard moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lannan vs. Harden
Lannan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Lannan
Bradley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guzman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Lannan
Lee hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Lannan
Ramirez hits a fly ball into center field. Morgan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Soriano vs. Lannan
Soriano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 2 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Harden
Morgan bunts towards third. Ramirez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Harden
There goes Morgan. The throw from Hill and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Nationals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Johnson vs. Harden
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Morgan scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Harden
Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Theriot scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Dunn vs. Harden
Dunn strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 2 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Lannan
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guzman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Lannan
Hill bunts towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. Baker moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Hoffpauir vs. Lannan
Micah Hoffpauir pinch hits for Rich Harden.
Hoffpauir hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hoffpauir for the out. Baker moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Johnson vs. Lannan
Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Baker scores. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Theriot vs. Bergmann
Jason Bergmann now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Theriot vs. Bergmann
Theriot strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 3 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Willingham vs. Guzman
Andres Blanco now playing second base. Angel Guzman now pitching.
Willingham hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Guzman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Willingham for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Guzman vs. Guzman
Guzman hits a fly ball into left field. Soriano settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bard vs. Guzman
Bard strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 3 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Bergmann
Bradley hits a fly ball into center field. Morgan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Bergmann
Lee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ramirez vs. Bergmann
Ramirez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guzman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 3 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Marmol
Carlos Marmol now pitching.
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lee scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gonzalez for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Belliard vs. Marmol
Ronnie Belliard pinch hits for Jason Bergmann.
Belliard strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Marmol
Morgan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Marmol
Marmol fires to first and picks off Morgan. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 3 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Soriano vs. Tavarez
Julian Tavarez now pitching.
Soriano takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuld vs. Tavarez
Sam Fuld pinch hits for Carlos Marmol.
Fuld hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Soriano moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Hill vs. Tavarez
Hill hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Soriano scores. Fuld moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Fox vs. Burnett
Sean Burnett now pitching. Jake Fox pinch hits for Andres Blanco.
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burnett fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Burnett. Fuld scores. Hill moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Burnett
There's a wild pitch. Hill moves to third. Fox moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Johnson vs. Burnett
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Morgan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Theriot vs. Clippard
Tyler Clippard now pitching.
Theriot hits a fly ball into right field. Willingham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hill tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Bradley vs. Clippard
Bradley strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cubs, 6 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Gregg
Mike Fontenot now playing second base. Sam Fuld now playing left field. Kevin Gregg now pitching.
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Fuld settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Nationals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Gregg
Zimmerman hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Nationals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Dunn vs. Gregg
Dunn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Nationals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Willingham vs. Gregg
Willingham hits a fly ball into right field. Bradley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Nationals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Guzman vs. Gregg
Guzman hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/16/2009 -- Chicago at Washington (N) Chicago AB R H RBI Washington AB R H RBI Johnson R, cf 5 0 2 1 Morgan N, cf 3 1 1 0 Theriot R, ss 4 0 1 2 Johnson N, 1b 4 0 0 1 Bradley M, rf 5 0 0 0 Zimmerman R, 3b 4 1 1 1 Lee D, 1b 4 1 3 1 Dunn A, lf 3 0 0 0 Ramirez A, 3b 3 0 0 0 Willingham J, rf 4 0 0 0 Soriano A, lf 3 1 1 0 Guzman C, ss 4 0 0 0 Fontenot M, 2b 0 0 0 0 Bard J, c 2 0 0 0 Baker J, 2b 3 1 1 0 Gonzalez A, 2b 3 0 2 0 Guzman A, p 0 0 0 0 Lannan J, p 2 0 0 0 Marmol C, p 0 0 0 0 Bergmann J, p 0 0 0 0 Fuld S, ph-lf 1 1 1 0 Belliard R, ph 1 0 0 0 Hill K, c 3 2 1 1 Tavarez J, p 0 0 0 0 Harden R, p 1 0 0 0 Burnett S, p 0 0 0 0 Hoffpauir M, ph 1 0 0 0 Clippard T, p 0 0 0 0 Blanco A, 2b 0 0 0 0 Fox J, ph 1 0 0 0 Gregg K, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 6 10 5 30 2 4 2 Chicago 001 001 103 -- 6 Washington 000 001 001 -- 2 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Harden R (W) 6.0 3 1 0 0 7 Guzman A 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Marmol C 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 Gregg K 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 Washington IP H R ER BB SO Lannan J (L) 6.2 7 3 2 1 2 Bergmann J 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 Tavarez J* 0.0 2 3 1 1 0 Burnett S 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Clippard T 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 * Pitched to 3 batters in 9th E -- Zimmerman R, Hill K, Burnett S DP -- Washington 1 LOB -- Chicago 6, Washington 4 2B -- Theriot R, Lee D 3B -- Gonzalez A HR -- Lee D, Zimmerman R SB -- Morgan N SH -- Harden R, Hill K SF -- Theriot R HBP -- by Harden R (Bard J) WP -- Bergmann J, Burnett S T -- 2:39 A -- 26980
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