8:10 PM ET, June 8, 2007
Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Final
Washington leads 1-0 (as of 6/8)
| Game 1: Friday, June 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 8 | Final |
| Minnesota | 5 | |
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| Game 2: Saturday, June 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 3 | Final |
| Minnesota | 1 | |
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| Game 3: Sunday, June 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 3 | Final |
| Minnesota | 6 | |
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8:10 PM ET, June 8, 2007
Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
| Washington Nationals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| C Guzman SS | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .339 | ||
| R Belliard 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .284 | ||
| R Zimmerman 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .248 | ||
| D Young DH | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .337 | ||
| A Kearns RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .249 | ||
| R Church LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .270 | ||
| N Logan CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .239 | ||
| B Schneider C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .236 | ||
| R Fick 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | ||
| R Langerhans CF-LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .155 | ||
| Totals | 40 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | |||
| BATTING 2B: R Belliard (7, C Silva); R Church (21, C Silva); C Guzman (4, R Ortiz) RBI: R Zimmerman 2 (32), D Young 3 (33), R Church (29), C Guzman (8) 2-out RBI: D Young 2, R Church GIDP: R Fick, R Zimmerman Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: R Church 2, B Schneider 1, A Kearns 1 Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: C Guzman (6, catch); R Church (1, fly ball) DP: 2 (J Simontacchi-R Belliard-R Fick, C Guzman-R Fick). | ||||||||||
| Washington Nationals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| J Simontacchi (W, 6-7) | 7.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 101-67 | 5.44 | |
| B Traber | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-4 | 1.50 | |
| S Rivera (S, 3) | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26-18 | 3.51 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 132-89 | ||
| PITCHING Batters faced: J Simontacchi 30; B Traber 2; S Rivera 6 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Simontacchi 12-9; B Traber 0-0; S Rivera 2-2 Game Scores: J Simontacchi 52 | ||||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| L Castillo 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .335 | ||
| J Mauer C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .346 | ||
| M Cuddyer RF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .293 | ||
| J Morneau 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .279 | ||
| T Hunter CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .306 | ||
| M Redmond DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .299 | ||
| J Kubel LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 | ||
| N Punto 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 | ||
| J Bartlett SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .233 | ||
| a-J Tyner PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 | ||
| Totals | 37 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||
| a-reached on infield single to second for J Bartlett in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 3B: J Mauer (1, J Simontacchi) HR: J Kubel (4, 7th inning off J Simontacchi 2 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Kubel 3 (21), T Hunter (48), L Castillo (9) 2-out RBI: T Hunter, L Castillo GIDP: M Redmond, L Castillo Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: M Redmond 1, M Cuddyer 1, T Hunter 1 Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: J Bartlett (11, ground ball) DP: 2 (J Morneau-J Bartlett-C Silva, J Bartlett-L Castillo-J Morneau). Outfield Assist: M Cuddyer (D Young at 2nd base). | ||||||||||
| WAS | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | R Zimmerman grounded out to second, C Guzman scored, R Belliard to third. | 1 | 0 | |
| 2nd | R Fick grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, R Church scored, B Schneider out at second. | 2 | 0 | |
| 3rd | R Zimmerman grounded out to second, C Guzman scored, R Belliard to third. | 2 | 0 | |
| 3rd | R Fick grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, R Church scored, B Schneider out at second. | 2 | 0 | |
| 3rd | D Young singled to left, R Zimmerman scored. | 3 | 0 | |
| 3rd | R Church singled to center, D Young scored, A Kearns to second. | 4 | 0 | |
| 4th | C Guzman singled to center, R Fick scored, R Langerhans to second. | 5 | 0 | |
| 4th | R Zimmerman singled to left, R Langerhans scored, C Guzman to third. | 6 | 0 | |
| 4th | D Young grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, C Guzman scored, R Zimmerman out at second. | 7 | 0 | |
| 6th | D Young singled to right, C Guzman scored. | 8 | 0 | |
| 7th | J Kubel homered to right, J Morneau and M Redmond scored. | 8 | 3 | |
| 8th | T Hunter singled to center, M Cuddyer scored, J Morneau to second. | 8 | 4 | |
| 9th | L Castillo singled to center, J Tyner scored. | 8 | 5 | |
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| Stadium | Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN |
| Attendance | 25,144 (63.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:32 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Dale Scott, First Base - Paul Emmel, Second Base - Dan Iassogna, Third Base - Ron Kulpa |

