Los Angeles Dodgers vs Washington Nationals
September 23, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 2009 at Nationals Park. The Washington Nationals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Washington Nationals 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Furcal ss 4 1 2 0
Belliard 3b 4 2 2 0
Ethier rf 4 0 0 1
Ramirez lf 4 0 0 0
Kemp cf 4 0 0 0
Loney 1b 3 0 2 1
Martin c 4 0 1 1
Hudson 2b 3 0 0 0
  Repko pr 0 1 0 0
  McDonald p 0 0 0 0
Billingsley p 2 0 0 0
  Pierre ph 0 0 0 0
  Kuo p 0 0 0 0
  Sherrill p 0 0 0 0
  Thome ph 1 0 1 0
  Castro pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 3
Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Harris lf 3 0 0 0
  Desmond ph 1 0 0 0
  MacDougal p 0 0 0 0
  Burnett p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
  Orr ph 0 0 0 1
Guzman ss 4 2 1 0
Dunn 1b 2 1 1 0
Zimmerman 3b 3 1 1 3
Dukes rf 4 0 0 1
Bard c 4 0 0 0
Maxwell cf 3 1 1 0
Gonzalez 2b 3 0 1 0
Detwiler p 1 0 0 0
  Bergmann p 0 0 0 0
  Morse ph 0 0 0 0
  Clippard p 0 0 0 0
  Willingham ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Padilla lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 5 5
Los Angeles 100 101 001481
Washington 000 003 011552
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Billingsley   6.0 1 3 3 4 9
  Kuo   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Sherrill   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  McDonald  L(5-5) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.1
5
5
5
6
10
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Detwiler   5.2 6 3 3 3 0
  Bergmann   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Clippard   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
  MacDougal   1.0 2 1 0 2 1
  Burnett   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Rivera  W(1-3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
7
2

  E–Ethier (6), Guzman 2 (20).  DP–Washington 1. Dunn.  2B–Los Angeles Belliard (13,off Detwiler).  HR–Washington Zimmerman (31,6th inning off Billingsley 2 on 2 out).  SH–Pierre (9,off Clippard); Gonzalez (2,off McDonald).  IBB–Kemp (6,by Detwiler).  Team LOB–10.  SF–Orr (3,off McDonald).  Team–7.  SB–Furcal (10,2nd base off Detwiler/Bard); Maxwell (5,3rd base off McDonald/Martin).  CS–Furcal (6,2nd base by Detwiler/Bard).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Bill Hohn, 3B–Phil Cuzzi.  T–2:59.  A–18,635.
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