Chicago Cubs vs Washington Nationals
September 5, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 2012 at Nationals Park. The Washington Nationals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 1, Washington Nationals 9

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Mather cf 3 0 0 0
  Jackson ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Sappelt rf 4 0 0 0
Rizzo 1b 4 1 1 1
Soriano lf 3 0 0 0
  LaHair ph 1 0 0 0
Castro ss 4 0 1 0
Castillo c 3 0 1 0
  Recker c 0 0 0 0
Vitters 3b 3 0 0 0
  Cabrera p 0 0 0 0
  Chapman p 0 0 0 0
Barney 2b 2 0 1 0
  Cardenas ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Volstad p 1 0 0 0
  Campana ph 1 0 0 0
  Bowden p 0 0 0 0
  Parker p 0 0 0 0
  Valbuena 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 4 1
Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Bernadina cf 5 2 2 1
Harper rf 3 2 2 2
Zimmerman 3b 4 1 1 1
  DeRosa pr,3b 0 0 0 0
LaRoche 1b 4 1 3 3
  Brown lf 0 0 0 0
Morse lf 4 0 1 0
  Stammen p 0 0 0 0
Desmond ss 5 1 1 1
Espinosa 2b 5 1 2 1
Suzuki c 3 1 1 0
Gonzalez p 3 0 0 0
  Tracy ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 13 9
Chicago 000 000 001140
Washington 104 001 30x9131
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Volstad  L(2-10) 5.0 9 5 5 4 2
  Bowden   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Parker   0.1 3 3 3 2 0
  Cabrera   0.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Chapman   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
2
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Gonzalez  W(18-7) 7.0 3 0 0 0 9
  Stammen   2.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
1
1
1
0
2

  E–Desmond (14).  DP–Chicago 1. Volstad-Barney-Rizzo.  2B–Chicago W. Castillo (8,off G. Gonzalez), Washington Espinosa (32,off Volstad).  HR–Chicago Rizzo (11,9th inning off Stammen 0 on 1 out), Washington Bernadina (4,3rd inning off Volstad 0 on 0 out); Harper 2 (17,3rd inning off Volstad 0 on 0 out,6th inning off Bowden 0 on 1 out); LaRoche (28,3rd inning off Volstad 1 on 0 out); Desmond (21,7th inning off Parker 0 on 0 out); Espinosa (16,7th inning off Parker 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–4.  IBB–Suzuki 2 (2,by Volstad 2).  Team–11.  SB–Bernadina (15,2nd base off Volstad/W. Castillo).  U-HP–Larry Vanover, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Bill Miller, 3B–Mike Estabrook.  T–3:00.  A–21,244.
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