Nats lose control late to drop finale

By Bill Ladson / MLB.com

WASHINGTON -- Right-hander Collin Balester had one bad inning, and it turned out to be the turning point of the game as the Nationals lost to the Brewers, 7-1, at Nationals Park on Monday.

Nats lose control late to drop finale....

Milwaukee AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Lopez, F, 2B 4 0 1 1 1 1 2 .314
Catalanotto, RF 4 1 1 0 0 2 3 .300
Vargas, C, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-Iribarren, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .231
Weathers, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Stetter, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Braun, LF 5 1 1 2 0 3 2 .312
Fielder, 1B 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 .304
McGehee, C, 3B 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 .297
Cameron, M, CF 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 .258
Kendall, C 4 1 1 1 0 2 3 .244
Gallardo, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .184
a-Gerut, PH-RF 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 .214
Escobar, A, SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .313
Totals 37 7 10 7 4 13 15

a-Singled for Gallardo in the 6th. b-Flied out for Vargas, C in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Catalanotto (5, Balester).
HR: Braun (27, 6th inning off Balester, 1 on, 0 out), Gerut (5, 8th inning off Sosa, J, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Lopez, F; Catalanotto 2; Braun 4; Fielder 2; McGehee, C; Kendall; Gerut 5; Escobar, A.
RBI: Braun 2 (91), Kendall (32), Gerut 3 (23), Lopez, F (43).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Kendall; Braun.
Team RISP: 4-for-9.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
E: McGehee, C (11, fielding).
DP: (McGehee, C-Fielder).


Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Morgan, CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .307
Sosa, J, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
MacDougal, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Morse, PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286
Guzman, C, SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 .306
Zimmerman, R, 3B 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 .299
Dunn, A, 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .286
Willingham, RF 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .292
Harris, W, LF-CF 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .227
Gonzalez, Al, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 .262
Villone, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Padilla, J, LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .077
Nieves, C 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .262
Balester, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125
Bergmann, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Belliard, 2B 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .246
Totals 33 1 6 1 5 11 21

a-Singled for MacDougal in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Harris, W (14, Gallardo), Guzman, C (21, Gallardo).
TB: Morse; Guzman, C 2; Harris, W 3; Nieves; Belliard.
RBI: Nieves (18).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Willingham; Morgan; Gonzalez, Al 3; Guzman, C; Zimmerman, R.
S: Balester.
GIDP: Guzman, C.
Team RISP: 1-for-15.
Team LOB: 11.

BASERUNNING
SB: Nieves (1, 2nd base off Gallardo/Kendall), Zimmerman, R (2, 2nd base off Gallardo/Kendall).


Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Gallardo (W, 12-10) 5.0 4 1 1 4 8 0 3.51
Vargas, C 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.35
Weathers 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.57
Stetter 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.82

Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Balester (L, 1-4) 5.0 5 4 4 3 6 1 6.82
Bergmann 0.0 1 2 2 1 0 0 5.50
Villone 1.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 3.76
Sosa, J 1.2 2 1 1 0 3 1 4.67
MacDougal 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.23

Balester pitched to 4 batters in the 6th.
Bergmann pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.

WP: Gallardo, Bergmann.
IBB: Cameron, M (by Bergmann).
Pitches-strikes: Gallardo 108-62, Vargas, C 30-21, Weathers 9-7, Stetter 15-8, Balester 75-47, Bergmann 11-5, Villone 29-17, Sosa, J 32-21, MacDougal 14-7.
Groundouts-flyouts: Gallardo 5-3, Vargas, C 2-3, Weathers 0-1, Stetter 3-0, Balester 3-6, Bergmann 0-0, Villone 1-1, Sosa, J 0-2, MacDougal 1-0.
Batters faced: Gallardo 25, Vargas, C 7, Weathers 3, Stetter 4, Balester 23, Bergmann 2, Villone 6, Sosa, J 7, MacDougal 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Bergmann 2-1, Villone 3-3.
Umpires: HP: Mike Muchlinski. 1B: Laz Diaz. 2B: Mike Reilly. 3B: Chuck Meriwether.
Weather: 84 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 6 mph, In from LF.
T: 3:11.
Att: 17,805.
August 24, 2009