Nationals 5, Cubs 3
Kosuke Fukudome flies out in the first inning on Friday night. (AP)
By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
The Cubs battled the Nats close all game, but succumbed in the bottom of the ninth as Bob Howry yielded a one-out, two-run homer to Wil Nieves in the North Siders' first contest at Nationals Park.
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Washington 5, Chi Cubs 3
Today's Boxes 4/25/08
LAA 4, DET 3
CLE 6, NYY 4
PHI 6, PIT 5
ATL 6, NYM 3
TB 5, BOS 4
FLA 3, MIL 0
TEX 6, MIN 5
KC 8, TOR 4
HOU 3, STL 2
ARI 5, SD 1
OAK 4, SEA 3
SF 3, CIN 1
LAD 8, COL 7
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Standings thru 4/25/08 | Recap: CHC | WSH | Gameday | Cubs stats | Nationals stats
Chi Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Johnson , CF4 2 1 0 0 1 3 .308
Theriot , SS4 0 2 1 1 0 0 .329
Lee , 1B4 0 1 0 1 1 3 .357
Ramirez , 3B4 1 2 1 1 0 1 .284
Fukudome , RF4 0 2 0 0 0 4 .346
DeRosa , LF2 0 0 0 1 2 2 .276
Soto , C3 0 0 0 1 3 1 .338
Cedeno , 2B3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .343
a-Ward , PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077
b-Murton , PH 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .100
Marmol , P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Howry , P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Dempster , P3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111
c-Blanco , PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .357
d-Fontenot , PH-2B 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .205
Totals 32 3 8 3 6 9 19
BATTING 2B : Lee (7, Perez), Theriot (6, Perez), Fukudome (6, Perez).TB : Johnson; Theriot 3; Lee 2; Ramirez 2; Fukudome 3.RBI : Theriot (7), Ramirez (17), Murton (3).Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Fukudome 2; DeRosa 2; Johnson 2.S : DeRosa.Team LOB : 10.BASERUNNING CS : Theriot 2 (5, 2nd base by Ayala/Nieves, 3rd base by Perez/Estrada).FIELDING E : Lee (2, fielding).DP : (Cedeno-Theriot-Lee).
Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Lopez , 2B4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .254
Guzman , SS4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .314
Zimmerman , 3B2 1 1 0 2 1 0 .230
Johnson , 1B4 1 1 2 0 2 4 .211
Milledge , CF2 0 2 1 2 0 0 .287
Estrada , C3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .214
Ayala , P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
O'Connor , P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Rivera , P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Boone , PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .280
Rauch , P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Pena , LF3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167
Kearns , RF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .202
Mackowiak , RF2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .067
Harris , LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .156
Perez , P1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
Nieves , C 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 .350
Totals 30 5 7 5 5 7 12
BATTING HR : Johnson (3, 1st inning off Dempster, 1 on, 2 out), Nieves (1, 9th inning off Howry, 1 on, 1 out).TB : Guzman; Zimmerman; Johnson 4; Milledge 2; Kearns; Nieves 4.RBI : Johnson 2 (14), Milledge (8), Nieves 2 (3).2-out RBI : Johnson 2; Milledge.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Lopez; Boone 2.S : Perez.GIDP : Johnson.Team LOB : 6.BASERUNNING CS : Milledge (3, 2nd base by Dempster/Soto).FIELDING DP : (Nieves-Lopez).
Chi Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Dempster 7.0 4 3 2 3 5 1 2.90
Marmol 1.0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1.65
Howry (L, 0-2)0.1 2 2 2 0 1 1 7.30
Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Perez 6.0 5 2 2 4 7 0 3.31
Ayala (H, 6)1.1 3 1 1 1 1 0 3.65
O'Connor (BS, 1)0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Rivera 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.41
Rauch (W, 2-0)1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.06
WP : Dempster.IBB : Soto (by Ayala).HBP : Johnson (by Perez).Pitches-strikes : Dempster 108-62, Marmol 20-9, Howry 10-8, Perez 101-60, Ayala 24-14, O'Connor 5-1, Rivera 6-5, Rauch 9-6.Ground outs-fly outs : Dempster 11-4, Marmol 2-0, Howry 0-0, Perez 5-5, Ayala 1-1, O'Connor 0-0, Rivera 1-0, Rauch 0-3.Batters faced : Dempster 27, Marmol 6, Howry 3, Perez 27, Ayala 7, O'Connor 1, Rivera 2, Rauch 3.Inherited runners-scored : O'Connor 3-1, Rivera 3-0.Umpires : HP: Phil Cuzzi. 1B: Jim Wolf. 2B: Ed Montague. 3B: Jerry Layne.Weather : 76 degrees, partly cloudy.Wind : 10 mph, Out to LF.T : 2:50.Att : 35,154.Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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