Washington Nationals vs New York Mets
September 23, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 2006 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Nationals 6, New York Mets 12

Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Lopez ss 5 1 1 0
Johnson 1b 3 1 0 0
  Fick 1b 1 0 0 1
Soriano lf 4 2 2 1
Zimmerman 3b 4 1 1 0
  Castro ph 1 0 1 0
Kearns rf 2 0 0 1
  Lombard rf 1 0 0 0
Vidro 2b 3 0 1 2
Schneider c 2 0 0 1
Logan cf 4 0 1 0
O'Connor p 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Mateo ph 1 0 0 0
  Schroder p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Bergmann p 0 0 0 0
  Dorta ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 33 6 8 6
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes ss 3 1 3 3
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Chavez cf 5 1 1 1
Lo Duca c 5 1 2 1
Wright 3b 5 3 3 3
Franco 1b 5 1 2 1
Green rf 4 1 2 0
Milledge lf 5 2 2 2
Woodward 2b 5 2 2 1
Maine p 1 0 0 0
  Valentin ph 1 0 0 0
  Ring p 0 0 0 0
  Ledee ph 0 0 0 0
  Mota p 0 0 0 0
  Tucker ph 0 0 0 0
  Heilman p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 12 17 12
Washington 000 130 101680
New York 000 060 33x12170
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
O'Connor  L (3-8) 4.2 8 6 6 1 5
  Wagner   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Schroder   1.0 0 0 0 2 2
  Rodriguez   1.0 3 3 3 2 0
  Bergmann   1.0 4 3 3 0 2
Totals
8.0
17
12
12
5
9
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Maine  W (6-5) 5.0 3 4 4 5 7
  Ring   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Mota   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Heilman   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Wagner   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
5
11

  E–None.  DP–Washington 1. Schneider-Lopez.  2B–Washington Zimmerman (43,off Maine); Logan (2,off Ring); Dorta (1,off Wagner), New York Lo Duca (37,off O'Connor); Green (30,off O'Connor); Woodward (10,off O'Connor); Reyes (30,off Rodriguez); Franco (9,off Bergmann); Milledge (7,off Bergmann).  3B–New York Wright (5,off Bergmann).  HR–Washington Soriano (46,7th inning off Mota 0 on 1 out), New York Wright (25,5th inning off O'Connor 2 on 2 out); Lo Duca (5,8th inning off Bergmann 0 on 0 out).  SH–O'Connor (1,off Maine).  HBP–Kearns (10,by Maine); Soriano (9,by Maine).  Team LOB–8.  IBB–Green (5,by Rodriguez).  Team–9.  SB–Lopez (41,2nd base off Maine/Lo Duca).  U-HP–Bill Welke, 1B–Marty Foster, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Fieldin Culbreth.  T–3:14.  A–45,247.
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