Game 1: Nats score first on an Adam LaRoche homer to lead off the 2nd inning. Ben
Zobrists' 3rd inning RBI double ties it. Matt Holliday homers in the 4th to take
the lead back. Carlos Pena's 2-run jack in the 6th takes the lead. Looks
inevitable now with Felix still on the mound and Paps waiting. The Nats hit
those two homers plus about 5 warning track fly balls...Hunter Pence was laying
out all over the warning track early in the game. Game wasn't over yet though.
Brendan Ryan doubles to lead off the 8th inning. Randy Winn singles to tie the
game and Felix is done. Scott Downs comes in to face Shin Soo Choo, but Andres
Torres pinch hits and triples to the right center gap to take the lead. Matt
Holliday and Jorgeo Posada follow with doubles to take a commanding 6-3 lead.
Alfredo Aceves pitches a perfect 8th, and Matt Guerrier a perfect 9th for the
save. Final Score: Washington 6, Minnesota 3
9/29/2010, Was10-Min10, Puckett Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2010 Nationals 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 6 10 0 4 2
2010 Twins 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 8 1 4 0
Nationals AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Winn cf 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 0 0 0 0
Choo rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0
Torres,A ph 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0
Holliday lf 4 2 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 1 0 0 0
Posada c 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 8 0 0 0
LaRoche,Ad 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 13 2 0 0
Rolen 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 1 0 0
Dye dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Barmes 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 2 0 0
Ryan,BW ss 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 6 0 0
Lackey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0
Miller,T p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Aceves p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Guerrier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0
36 6 10 6 4 1 2 1 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 27 13 0 0
Twins AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Kennedy,A 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 1 0
Granderson cf 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 3 0 0 0
Gomes ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Zobrist ss 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 1 2 0 0
Lee,Ca dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Pena,C 1b 4 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 5 0 0 0
Pence rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0
Cameron,M lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 5 0 0 0
Kendrick,H 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0
Molina,B c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 11 1 0 0
Hernandez,F p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Downs,S p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Baez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Romo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
32 3 8 3 3 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 27 4 1 0
Nationals INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA
Lackey 6.2 8 3 3 1 5 98 66 27 1 0 0 0 2 4.05
Miller,T W 1-0 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Aceves H 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 10 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Guerrier S 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 10 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
9.0 8 3 3 1 8 122 84 34 1 0 0 0 2
Twins INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA
Hernandez,F L 0-1 7.0 7 4 4 1 7 106 69 28 2 0 0 0 0 5.14
Downs,S 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 12 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 54.00
Baez 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 12 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Romo 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 9 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
9.0 10 6 6 1 11 139 89 37 2 0 0 0 0
Was: Torres,A batted for Choo in the 8th
Torres,A moved to rf in the 8th
Min: Gomes batted for Granderson in the 8th
Gomes moved to lf in the 9th
Cameron,M moved to cf in the 9th
GWRBI: Torres,A
Temperature: 70, Wind: none.
9/29/2010, Was10-Min10, Puckett Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2010 Nationals 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 6 10 0 4 2
2010 Twins 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 8 1 4 0
Nationals -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Winn cf 1>7 S 6>k S.2-H k
Choo rf 7 CS2(26) 7 Downs,S
43
Torres,A ph T.1-H
Holliday lf D 4>HR 9 D.3-H
Posada c k k 7>8 D.2-H
LaRoche,Ad 1b 2>HR k k 3/fl
Rolen 3b 7 8 S Baez
k
Dye dh 8 5>63 W.1-2 k
Barmes 2b k 63 7 9>Romo
3
Ryan,BW ss 3>9 e5/fl 8>D k
k
Twins -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Kennedy,A 3b 1>S 63 S Miller,T
k
Granderson cf 13/SH.1-2 D 13
Gomes ph 8>Aceves
43
Zobrist ss S.2-3 D.2-H 6>W k
Lee,Ca dh 643/gdp 63 k 7
Pena,C 1b 2>D 4>63 HR.1-H 9>Guerrier
k
Pence rf k 3/g 3/g 31
Cameron,M lf S.2-3 53 5 3
Kendrick,H 2b 363/gdp 5>k 7>63
Molina,B c 3>k 9 k
Nationals IN OUT ER Twins IN OUT ER
Lackey A1 C9 3 Hernandez,F A1 D1 4 L 0-1
Miller,T D1 D1 0 W 1-0 Downs,S D2 D5 2
Aceves D2 D4 0 H 1 Baez D6 D7 0
Guerrier D5 D7 0 S 1 Romo D8 E1 0
9/29/2010, Was10-Min10, Puckett Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2010 Nationals 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 6 10 0 4 2
2010 Twins 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 8 1 4 0
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Nationals batting
0-0 0 --- 11 Winn flied out to left (SBX)
0-0 1 --- 10 Choo flied out to left (BX)
0-0 2 --- 11 Holliday lined a double to right center (SBX)
0-0 2 -2- 02 Posada struck out (CCS)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Twins batting
0-0 0 --- 22 Kennedy,A lined a single down the right field line
(FBCFBFX)
0-0 0 1-- 00 Granderson sacrifice bunted to the mound, Kennedy,A to
second (1Xb)
0-0 1 -2- 32 Zobrist lined a single to shallow center, Kennedy,A to
third (BSBBFX)
0-0 1 1-3 22 Lee,Ca grounded into a double play, Ryan,BW to Barmes to
LaRoche,Ad (CSBBX)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Nationals batting
0-0 0 --- 20 LaRoche,Ad homered deep to right center (BBX)
1-0 0 --- 02 Rolen flied out to left (SSX)
1-0 1 --- 32 Dye flied out to center (CBBFBX)
1-0 2 --- 12 Barmes struck out (CBFFS)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Twins batting
1-0 0 --- 22 Pena,C doubled deep to left center (FSBFBX)
1-0 0 -2- 12 Pence struck out (BCCFC)
1-0 1 -2- 11 Cameron,M lined a single up the middle, Pena,C to third
(CBX)
1-0 1 1-3 01 Kendrick,H grounded into a double play, LaRoche,Ad to
Ryan,BW to LaRoche,Ad (SX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Nationals batting
1-0 0 --- 22 Ryan,BW flied out to right (CBCBFX)
1-0 1 --- 32 Winn lined a single to right (CBFBBX)
1-0 1 1-- 00 Winn was caught stealing second (1>Bp)
1-0 2 --- 12 Choo grounded out to second (1>Bp.SFX)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Twins batting
1-0 0 --- 22 Molina,B struck out (CCBBFS)
1-0 1 --- 00 Kennedy,A grounded out to short (X)
1-0 2 --- 12 Granderson doubled deep to right (SFBX)
1-0 2 -2- 00 Zobrist lined a double to right center, Granderson scored
(X)
1-1 2 -2- 20 Lee,Ca grounded out to short (BBX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Nationals batting
1-1 0 --- 10 Holliday homered deep to left center (BX)
2-1 0 --- 12 Posada struck out (CCBFC)
2-1 1 --- 12 LaRoche,Ad struck out (SCBS)
2-1 2 --- 10 Rolen flied out to center (BX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Twins batting
2-1 0 --- 01 Pena,C grounded out to short (CX)
2-1 1 --- 10 Pence grounded out to first (BX)
2-1 2 --- 10 Cameron,M grounded out to third (BX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Nationals batting
2-1 0 --- 20 Dye grounded out to short (BBX)
2-1 1 --- 21 Barmes grounded out to short (BBCX)
2-1 2 --- 22 Ryan,BW continues to bat after the third baseman
Kennedy,A dropped a foul popup for an error (SCBBXF)
2-1 2 --- 32 Ryan,BW struck out (SCBBXF.BFC)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Twins batting
2-1 0 --- 12 Kendrick,H struck out (CBCC)
2-1 1 --- 02 Molina,B lined out to right (CCX)
2-1 2 --- 01 Kennedy,A grounded a single up the middle (CX)
2-1 2 1-- 21 Granderson grounded out to the mound (BCBX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Nationals batting
2-1 0 --- 22 Winn struck out (BBFFS)
2-1 1 --- 00 Choo flied out to left (X)
2-1 2 --- 10 Holliday flied out to right (BX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Twins batting
2-1 0 --- 30 Zobrist walked (BBBB)
2-1 0 1-- 22 Lee,Ca struck out (CBCFBFS)
2-1 1 1-- 11 Pena,C homered deep to right, Zobrist scored (BpSX)
2-3 1 --- 12 Pence grounded out to first (CBSX)
2-3 2 --- 12 Cameron,M popped out to third (CCBX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Nationals batting
2-3 0 --- 20 Posada flied out to center (BBX)
2-3 1 --- 02 LaRoche,Ad struck out (CSFS)
2-3 2 --- 02 Rolen lined a single to shallow center (FCX)
2-3 2 1-- 32 Dye walked, Rolen to second (CFBBB>F>B)
2-3 2 12- 02 Barmes flied out to left (SSX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Twins batting
2-3 0 --- 01 Kendrick,H grounded out to short (CX)
2-3 1 --- 22 Molina,B struck out (BBSCS)
Miller,T now pitching
2-3 2 --- 12 Kennedy,A struck out (CCBC)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Nationals batting
2-3 0 --- 11 Ryan,BW doubled deep to right (CBX)
2-3 0 -2- 10 Winn grounded a single up the middle, Ryan,BW scored (BX)
Downs,S now pitching
Torres,A pinch hitting for Choo
3-3 0 1-- 00 Torres,A tripled deep to right center, Winn scored (11X)
4-3 0 --3 01 Holliday doubled deep to left, Torres,A scored (CX)
5-3 0 -2- 21 Posada doubled deep to right center, Holliday scored
(BFBX)
6-3 0 -2- 31 LaRoche,Ad popped out to first (BBBCX)
Baez now pitching
6-3 1 -2- 32 Rolen struck out (BFCBBS)
6-3 2 -2- 32 Dye struck out (BCBBCC)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Twins batting
Torres,A moved to right field
Gomes pinch hitting for Granderson
Aceves now pitching
6-3 0 --- 12 Gomes grounded out to second (CBSX)
6-3 1 --- 22 Zobrist struck out (BFBFS)
6-3 2 --- 00 Lee,Ca flied out to left (X)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Nationals batting
Gomes moved to left field
Cameron,M moved to center field
Romo now pitching
6-3 0 --- 10 Barmes popped out to first (BX)
6-3 1 --- 12 Ryan,BW struck out (BFCS)
6-3 2 --- 02 Winn struck out (CCS)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Twins batting
Guerrier now pitching
6-3 0 --- 22 Pena,C struck out (BSSBS)
6-3 1 --- 00 Pence grounded out to first (X)
6-3 2 --- 02 Cameron,M popped out to first (CSFX)