October 7, 2013: Nationals 3 Braves 2 (10) (Nationals win series, 3-1)

The Nationals are the first team to punch their ticket to the League Championship Series, although they needed an extra inning to get the win in game 4. Dan Haren cruised through the first 7 innings but maybe shouldn't have come back out for the 8th, when he ended up giving up 2 runs, although one was unearned.

The Nationals got the tying run in the top of the 10th when Ian Desmond singled to lead off the innimg, stole 2nd, moved to 3rd on a wild pitch, and scored on a passed ball. Rafael Soriano struck out 2 in a perfect bottom of the 10th to get his 3rd save in as many games.

The series MVP is Soriano, thanks to those three saves.

BOXSCORE: 2013 Washington Nationals At 2013 Atlanta Braves          10/7/2013
 
  Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Span CF           5  0  0  0 .235     J.Heyward CF        4  0  0  0 .095  
  R.Zimmerman 3B      4  1  2  0 .200     J.Upton RF          4  0  0  0 .200  
  J.Werth RF          4  0  1  0 .286     F.Freeman 1B        3  0  1  0 .222  
  B.Harper LF         3  0  0  1 .429     E.Gattis LF         3  0  0  0 .211  
  I.Desmond SS        4  1  1  0 .333     B.McCann C          4  1  1  0 .263  
  A.Laroche 1B        3  0  0  0 .182     A.Simmons SS        4  0  1  0 .300  
  W.Ramos C           4  1  1  1 .267     C.Johnson 3B        4  0  0  0 .250  
  S.Lombardozzi 2B    4  0  0  0 .000     E.Johnson 2B        2  0  0  0 .000  
  D.Haren P           2  0  0  0 .000   B-R.Johnson PH        1  0  1  11.000  
  F.Abad P            0  0  0  0 ----   D-J.Constanza PR      0  1  0  01.000  
F-C.Tracy PH          1  0  1  0 .333   E-P.Janish 2B         1  0  0  0 .000  
  R.Soriano P         0  0  0  0 ----     F.Garcia P          1  0  0  0 .000  
                                        A-J.Schafer PH        1  0  0  0 .333  
                                          L.Avilan P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        C-B.Upton PH          1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          J.Walden P          0  0  0  0 .000  
                                          A.Wood P            0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        G-G.Laird PH          1  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  3  6  2                 Totals      34  2  4  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Garcia In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Johnson In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Avilan In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Johnson In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Constanza In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Abad In 10th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Wood In 10th Inning
 
Nationals....... 1 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  1 -  3  6  1
Braves.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 2 0  0 -  2  4  1
 
Nationals (3-1)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Haren                   7 2/3   4   2   1   0   6   0 102   1.17
F.Abad WIN(1-0)           1 1/3   0   0   0   1   3   0  21   0.00
R.Soriano SAVE(3rd)       1       0   0   0   0   2   0  15   0.00
Totals                   10       4   2   1   1  11   0
 
Braves (2-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
F.Garcia                  6       3   2   2   0   3   1  70   3.00
L.Avilan                  2       0   0   0   0   1   0  31   3.86
J.Walden LOSS(0-1)        1 2/3   3   1   1   1   2   0  38   2.84
A.Wood                    0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Totals                   10       6   3   3   1   7   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 48,778 DATE- Monday, October 7th 2013 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Gary Cederstrom, Kerwin Danley, Lance Barksdale, Vic Carapazza
T- 2:33
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 4  Braves: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1  Braves: 1
ERRORS- R.Zimmerman, C.Johnson
DOUBLES- B.McCann(2nd), R.Johnson(2nd)
HOME RUNS- W.Ramos(2nd)
RBIs- B.Harper(5th), W.Ramos(2nd), R.Johnson(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- I.Desmond(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Haren
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Harper
WALKS- A.Laroche, F.Freeman
HIT BY PITCH- E.Gattis
STRIKE OUTS- D.Span, B.Harper, I.Desmond, A.Laroche, W.Ramos, S.Lombardozzi,
             D.Haren, J.Heyward-2, J.Upton-2, F.Freeman, B.McCann-2, C.Johnson,
             P.Janish, F.Garcia, J.Schafer
GIDP- J.Werth, C.Johnson
WILD PITCHES- J.Walden
2-out RBI- R.Johnson
RLISP 2-out- D.Span-2, J.Heyward, A.Simmons
TEAM RISP- Nationals: 0 for 2  Braves: 1 for 7
WEB GEMS- Top 5th: Andrelton Simmons robbed Wilson Ramos of a base hit.
 
Dan Haren had a strong outing and Ryan Zimmerman had 2 base hits at Turner
Field where the Washington Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves in 10 innings by
the score of 3 to 2.
 
The game was deadlocked at 2 after nine full innings. Washington ended up
winning it in the 10th inning.  Ian Desmond laced a single.  Desmond swiped
second base.  Jordan Walden then let loose a wild pitch.  Walden then threw a
pitch that got away from the catcher.  Adam Laroche came to the plate and
drew a walk.  Wilson Ramos struck out, unable to help the rally.  Steve
Lombardozzi got his chance to keep things going, but he went down on strikes.
Chad Tracy then singled.  Denard Span was the next batter, but he struck
out.  The Atlanta batters didn't put up a fight in the bottom of the 10th.
 
The victory was credited to Fernando Abad(1-0) who went 1 and 1/3 innings,
allowing no runs. Abad was helped out by Rafael Soriano who recorded his 3rd
save.  Walden(0-1) was the losing pitcher in relief.