Colorado Rockies vs Washington Nationals
August 20, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 2009 at Nationals Park. The Colorado Rockies defeated the Washington Nationals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Colorado Rockies 4, Washington Nationals 1

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Gonzalez cf 4 0 1 1
Spilborghs lf 4 0 1 0
Helton 1b 4 1 1 0
Tulowitzki ss 3 1 1 1
Hawpe rf 4 0 1 1
Stewart 3b 4 0 0 0
Barmes 2b 3 1 0 0
Torrealba c 4 1 1 0
Hammel p 3 0 0 0
  Betancourt p 0 0 0 0
  Atkins ph 1 0 0 0
  Street p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 6 3
Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Morgan cf 3 0 0 0
Guzman ss 4 1 1 0
Zimmerman 3b 3 0 0 0
Dunn 1b 4 0 2 1
Willingham lf 4 0 1 0
Dukes rf 4 0 0 0
Bard c 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 3 0 0 0
  Clippard p 0 0 0 0
Mock p 1 0 0 0
  Padilla ph 1 0 0 0
  Burnett p 0 0 0 0
  Bergmann p 0 0 0 0
  Harris 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Colorado 000 020 020460
Washington 000 001 000142
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Hammel  W(8-7) 7.0 3 1 1 2 3
  Betancourt   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Street  SV(32) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
7
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Mock  L(2-5) 5.0 3 2 2 2 8
  Burnett   2.1 0 0 0 0 3
  Bergmann   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Clippard   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
2
13

  E–Guzman (15), Dukes (5), Guzman (15), Dukes (5).  2B–Colorado Gonzalez (10,off Mock); Tulowitzki (21,off Bergmann), Washington Dunn (26,off Hammel).  Team LOB–5.  Team–5.  SB–Guzman (4,2nd base off Hammel/Torrealba); Guzman (4,2nd base off Hammel/Torrealba).  U-HP–Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Doug Eddings, 3B–Brian Knight.  T–2:50.  A–18,036.
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