Washington 4, Philadelphia 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, May 4, 2012
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature:
80°
Umpires:
Home -
Rob Drake, 1B -
Sam Holbrook, 3B -
Andy Fletcher
Attendance:
34377
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Nationals 4, Phillies 3 (11): Wilson Ramos drove in the winning run with a walk-off single in the 11th inning and Jesus Flores drove in two runs as host Washington came from behind to shock Philadelphia.
Michael Schwimer (0-1) got two quick outs in the 11th before allowing a single to Steve Lombardozzi and walking Bryce Harper and Jayson Werth to load the bases. Ramos followed and took a 1-2 pitch up the middle to end the game.
Ryan Perry (1-0) pitched a scoreless inning to earn the win.
The Phillies carried a 3-2 lead into the eighth, when Chad Qualls coughed up the tying run. Chad Tracy led off with a single and moved up on a sacrifice before Flores followed an intentional walk with an RBI double. Another intentional walk loaded the bases but the Nationals could not sneak in the go-ahead run.
Stephen Strasburg started for Washington and allowed only three hits in six innings but two of them left the yard, leading to all three runs. The 23-year old right-hander struck out four and walked one in absorbing his first loss.
Hunter Pence got to Strasburg in the fourth. Juan Pierre led off the inning with a single - the first hit of the night off Strasburg - and Pence followed Placido Polanco’s popout by guessing right on a first-pitch curveball and driving it over the wall in left-center for his fourth homer.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Phillies manager Charlie Manuel was ejected in the first inning by home plate umpire Rob Drake for arguing balls and strikes. … Joe West, who was supposed to umpire third base, was out due to illness, leaving only three umpires. … Phenom Harper went 0-for-3 with a pair of strikeouts but worked three walks, including battling back from an 0-2 count in the 11th.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
| Philadelphia |
|
Washington |
|
Carlos Ruiz
| Player |
Rick Ankiel |
|
2 |
Hits |
3 |
|
1 |
RBI |
0 |
|
1 |
HR |
0 |
|
5 |
TB |
4 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
.750 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Philadelphia
|
6 |
2 |
12 |
.154 |
14 |
10 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| Washington
|
14 |
1 |
20 |
.350 |
21 |
5 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
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