New York Mets vs Washington Nationals
September 29, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 29, 2009 at Nationals Park. The Washington Nationals defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 3, Washington Nationals 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Pagan lf 5 2 3 1
Castillo 2b 5 0 1 0
Wright 3b 4 0 2 1
Beltran cf 3 0 1 1
Murphy 1b 4 0 1 0
Francoeur rf 3 0 0 0
Schneider c 4 0 1 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Valdez ss 3 1 1 0
  Reed ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez ss 0 0 0 0
Pelfrey p 2 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Green p 0 0 0 0
  Santos c 0 0 0 0
  Sullivan ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 3
Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Harris cf,lf 3 1 1 0
Dukes rf 4 0 2 0
Zimmerman 3b 4 0 1 1
Dunn 1b 4 0 0 0
Morse lf 3 0 0 0
  Maxwell pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Orr 2b 3 1 1 0
  Clippard p 0 0 0 0
  Guzman ph 1 0 0 0
  MacDougal p 0 0 0 0
Desmond ss 4 1 2 2
Nieves c 3 0 0 0
Martin p 2 0 1 0
  Gonzalez 2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 3
New York 120 000 0003102
Washington 000 030 01x480
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Pelfrey   7.0 8 3 3 1 2
  Feliciano   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Green  L(1-4) 0.1 0 1 0 1 0
  Rodriguez   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
3
3
3
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Martin   6.0 7 3 3 2 0
  Clippard  W(3-2) 2.0 2 0 0 1 2
  MacDougal  SV(18) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
3
4

  E–Castillo (11), A. Hernandez (12).  DP–Washington 1. Gonzalez-Dunn.  2B–New York Pagan (19,off Martin); Valdez (3,off Martin); Wright 2 (38,off Martin 2), Washington Desmond (6,off Pelfrey).  HR–Washington Desmond (2,5th inning off Pelfrey 1 on 0 out).  SH–Pelfrey (5,off Martin).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  SB–Desmond (1,3rd base off Rodriguez/Santos); Desmond (1,3rd base off Rodriguez/Santos).  U-HP–Rob Drake, 1B–Kerwin Danley, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–Brian Runge.  T–2:37.  A–19,614.
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