Four Reds pitchers combine to blank Nats, 2-0

BOXSCORE: 2005 Washington Nationals At 1975 Cincinnati Reds 4/5/2010

Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG
T.Raines LF 4 0 1 0 .250 P.Rose RF 3 0 1 0 .333
R.Hunt 2B 3 0 1 0 .333 J.Morgan 2B 2 1 1 0 .500
N.Johnson 1B 3 0 1 0 .333 B.Larkin SS 4 0 1 1 .250
V.Guerrero RF 4 0 0 0 .000 T.Kluszewski 1B 3 1 0 0 .000
A.Dawson CF 3 0 0 0 .000 G.Foster LF 2 0 0 0 .000
R.Zimmerman 3B 3 0 0 0 .000 B-E.Roush CF 0 0 0 0 ----
D.Murray P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Bench C 4 0 1 0 .250
D-B.Barberie PH 0 0 0 0 ---- E.Davis CF,LF 4 0 0 0 .000
G.Carter C 4 0 1 0 .250 T.Perez 3B 2 0 1 1 .500
W.Cordero SS 4 0 3 0 .750 C-C.Sabo 3B 1 0 0 0 .000
S.Rogers P 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Billingham P 2 0 0 0 .000
A-B.Bailey 3B 2 0 0 0 .000 W.McEnaney P 0 0 0 0 ----
R.Dibble P 0 0 0 0 ----
R.Myers P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 31 0 7 0 Totals 27 2 5 2

A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Rogers In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Foster In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Perez In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Murray In 9th Inning

Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0
Reds............ 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 2 5 2

Nationals (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
S.Rogers LOSS(0-1) 5 2/3 5 2 2 7 6 0 107 3.18 A1 D1
D.Murray 2 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 27 0.00 D2
Totals 8 5 2 2 7 7 0

Reds (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Billingham WIN(1-0) 7 6 0 0 2 3 0 104 0.00 A1 D2
W.McEnaney HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 D3 D3
R.Dibble HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0.00 D4 D5
R.Myers SAVE(1st) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 0.00 D6
Totals 9 7 0 0 3 4 0

ATTENDANCE- 27,053 DATE- Monday, April 5th 2010 TIME- Day
UMPIRES- Al Barlick, Augie Donatelli, John Kibler, George Magerkurth
T- 2:29
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 9 Reds: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0 Reds: 3
ERRORS- B.Larkin, T.Perez
STOLEN BASES- J.Morgan-2(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Hunt, S.Rogers, J.Billingham
WALKS- N.Johnson, A.Dawson, B.Barberie, P.Rose, J.Morgan-2, T.Kluszewski,
G.Foster-2, T.Perez
STRIKE OUTS- V.Guerrero-2, G.Carter, B.Bailey, B.Larkin, G.Foster, J.Bench,
E.Davis, T.Perez, J.Billingham-2
GIDP- V.Guerrero, R.Zimmerman, B.Bailey
WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Chris Sabo robbed Bob Bailey of a base hit.

In a game for the baseball purist, Jack Billingham(1-0) and Steve Rogers(0-1)
squared off in a tense pitching duel, the Cincinnati Reds finally emerged
victorious over the Washington Nationals, 2 to 0.

Cincinnati took the lead for good in the 4th inning scoring one runner.
Cincinnati finished with just 5 hits in the victory, the Nats had 7 but hit into 3 double plays, including Bob Bailey with the tying runs aboard to end the game.

Billingham got relief help from 3 other pitchers, topped off by Randy Myers who gained credit for his 1st save.