Ejections: Steve Clevenger by Jerry Layne [Fighting]; Manuel Corpas
by Jerry Layne [Fighting]; CHI Coach Jamie Quirk by Jerry Layne [Instigating
fight (Screamed obscenities at opposing coach)]; Mike Gonzalez by Jerry Layne
[Fighting]
Time of Game: 3:21 Attendance: 22447
Starting Lineups:
Chicago Cubs Washington Nationals
1. DeJesus rf Werth rf
2. Valbuena 3b Harper cf
3. Rizzo 1b Zimmerman 3b
4. Soriano lf LaRoche 1b
5. Castro ss Morse lf
6. Clevenger c Desmond ss
7. Jackson cf Espinosa 2b
8. Barney 2b Suzuki c
9. Germano p Zimmermann p
CUBS 1ST: DeJesus was called out on strikes; Valbuena lined to
right; Rizzo homered to center; Soriano struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Nationals 0.
NATIONALS 1ST: Werth popped to shortstop; Harper tripled to
center; Zimmerman grounded out (pitcher to first) [Harper
scored]; LaRoche lined to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1,
Nationals 1.
CUBS 2ND: Castro tripled to right; Clevenger lined to first;
Jackson struck out; Barney tripled to right [Castro scored];
Germano struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Nationals 1.
NATIONALS 2ND: Morse struck out; Desmond doubled to left;
Espinosa was hit by a pitch; Suzuki homered to left [Desmond
scored, Espinosa scored]; Zimmermann flied to left; Werth struck
out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Nationals 4.
CUBS 3RD: DeJesus struck out; Valbuena struck out; Rizzo
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2,
Nationals 4.
NATIONALS 3RD: Harper reached on an error by Soriano [Harper to
second]; Zimmerman grounded out (third to first); LaRoche was
walked intentionally; Morse singled to first [Harper to third,
LaRoche to second]; Desmond grounded into a double play (third
to second to first) [Morse out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 2, Nationals 4.
CUBS 4TH: Soriano flied to left; Castro grounded out (third to
first); Clevenger flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2,
Nationals 4.
NATIONALS 4TH: Espinosa flied to right; Suzuki singled to
center; Zimmermann out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Suzuki to second]; Werth walked; Harper singled to shortstop
[Suzuki scored (error by Castro) (no RBI), Werth to third,
Harper to second]; Zimmerman singled to left [Werth scored,
Harper scored (unearned)]; LaRoche flied to center; 3 R (2 ER),
3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Nationals 7.
CUBS 5TH: Jackson struck out; Barney grounded out (third to
first); CAMPANA BATTED FOR GERMANO; Campana grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Nationals 7.
NATIONALS 5TH: L. CASTILLO REPLACED CAMPANA (PITCHING); Morse
lined to right; Desmond walked; Desmond stole second; Espinosa
singled to right [Desmond to third]; Suzuki flied to center;
Espinosa stole second; Zimmermann walked; Cubs bench coach
Quirk ejected by HP umpire Layne for instigating fight when he
yelled at Nationals coach Porter; Quirk was upset that Werth
swung at the 3-0 pitch with his team up by five runs; Werth
flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubs 2, Nationals 7.
CUBS 6TH: DeJesus grounded out (first to pitcher); Valbuena
grounded out (first unassisted); Rizzo singled to second;
Soriano popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2,
Nationals 7.
NATIONALS 6TH: W. CASTILLO REPLACED CLEVENGER (PLAYING C );
Harper was called out on strikes; the first pitch by Lendy
Castillo was at the legs of Bryce Harper and went all the way to
the backstop; Harper stared at Castillo; catcher Steve Clevenger
and HP umpire Jerry Layne got in front of Harper to prevent him
from charging the mound; both benches cleared for the second
time but this time there was a lot of pushing and shoving on the
infield; Clevenger tried to hit Michael Morse in the middle of
the scrum; Clevenger also went after Ian Desmond, who was pulled
back by 1B umpire Bill Miller; Miller fell while holding Desmond
back; Clevenger, Nationals pitcher Michael Gonzalez and Cubs
pitcher Manuel Corpas ejected by Layne; Gonzalez and Corpas were
not in the game; both teams were warned by Layne; Zimmerman
singled to center; BELIVEAU REPLACED L. CASTILLO (PITCHING);
LaRoche homered to right [Zimmerman scored]; Adam LaRoche's
fly ball was over the out-of-town scoreboard in RF; the ball was
touched by a fan who reached over the metal railing, struck
another fan and caromed back onto the field; the ball was ruled
a home run but the Cubs claimed it was fan interference on a
ball in play; crew chief Jerry Layne watched the replay and
upheld the call; Morse grounded out (shortstop to first);
Desmond walked; Espinosa struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs
2, Nationals 9.
CUBS 7TH: Castro doubled to center; W. Castillo struck out;
Jackson walked; Barney flied to right; LAHAIR BATTED FOR
BELIVEAU; Zimmermann threw a wild pitch [Castro to third,
Jackson to second]; LaHair was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 2, Nationals 9.
NATIONALS 7TH: SOCOLOVICH REPLACED LAHAIR (PITCHING); Suzuki
singled to center; LOMBARDOZZI BATTED FOR ZIMMERMANN;
Lombardozzi flied to center; Werth struck out; Harper lined to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Nationals 9.
CUBS 8TH: TRACY REPLACED LAROCHE (PLAYING 1B); GORZELANNY
REPLACED LOMBARDOZZI (PITCHING); MATHER BATTED FOR DEJESUS;
Mather popped to shortstop; VITTERS BATTED FOR VALBUENA; Vitters
struck out; Rizzo singled to right; GARCIA REPLACED GORZELANNY
(PITCHING); Garcia threw a wild pitch [Rizzo to second]; Soriano
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Nationals 9.
NATIONALS 8TH: MATHER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); VITTERS
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); BOWDEN REPLACED SOCOLOVICH
(PITCHING); Zimmerman walked; Tracy walked [Zimmerman to
second]; Morse singled to right [Zimmerman to third, Tracy to
second]; PEREZ RAN FOR MORSE; Desmond popped to second; Espinosa
struck out; Suzuki flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubs 2,
Nationals 9.
CUBS 9TH: PEREZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Castro grounded out
(shortstop to first); W. Castillo flied to right; Jackson
doubled to center [Jackson out at third (right to shortstop)]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Nationals 9.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Cubs 2 7 2 5
Nationals 9 12 0 11
