Guardians 4 - 3 Nationals
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Indians look to rebound against the Nationals

Jun 23, 2007 - 1:57 PM Cleveland (42-30) at Washington (31-42) 7:05 pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Ticker) - The Cleveland Indians will look to even the series when they visit the Washington National on Saturday in the second game of their final interleague series of the season.

The Indians dropped Friday's contest, 4-1, failing to get anything going against Micah Bowie and six relievers.

Brandon Watson, who was recalled from the minors after an International League-record 43-game hitting streak, knocked in two runs with a pair of hits against Fausto Carmona to give the Nationals the edge.

Watson and co. will take their hacks against control artist Paul Byrd (6-3, 4.81 ERA) on Saturday. The veteran righthander has walked just four batters in 73 innings this season, but has gotten abused in his last three outings.

Byrd is 0-2 with a 9.60 ERA over that span, allowing opponents to hit .413 against him.

Washington will counter with Matt Chico (3-5, 5.35). The 24-year-old lefthander suffered through a terrible outing last Monday, yielding eight runs and nine hits in four innings to take the loss against Detroit.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 7 1
    WASHINGTON 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 10 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: CLE - PAUL BYRD, RAFAEL PEREZ (7TH), TOM MASTNY (8TH), JOE BOROWSKI
    (9TH) AND KELLY SHOPPACH
    WAS - MATT CHICO, JESUS COLOME (7TH), JON RAUCH (8TH),
    CHAD CORDERO (9

    Jun 23 9:52 PM


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    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY VICTOR MARTINEZ (14) TO CENTER WITH 0
    OUT IN THE 9TH OFF CHAD CORDERO SCORED FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ AND CASEY
    BLAKE.
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 4, WASHINGTON 3
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: J PERALTA (.286, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Guardians vs. NationalsJun 23 9:37 PM
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    RUWTbot Added 35 roots (Close Finish)

    Guardians vs. NationalsJun 23 9:37 PM


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    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    WILD PITCH BY RAFAEL PEREZ ALLOWED BRANDON WATSON TO
    SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C GUZMAN ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1
    WASHINGTON 3 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: F LOPEZ (.238, 1-FOR-3)

    Guardians vs. NationalsJun 23 9:22 PM


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    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DMITRI YOUNG SCORED FELIPE LOPEZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D YOUNG ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1
    WASHINGTON 2 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: A KEARNS (.259, 1-FOR-2)

    Guardians vs. NationalsJun 23 8:42 PM


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    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY GRADY SIZEMORE (12) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 6TH OFF MATT CHICO.
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1, WASHINGTON 1
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: F GUTIERREZ (.256, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Guardians vs. NationalsJun 23 8:30 PM


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    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY CRISTIAN GUZMAN SCORED BRANDON WATSON.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 0
    WASHINGTON 1 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: F LOPEZ (.236, 0-FOR-1)

    Guardians vs. NationalsJun 23 7:54 PM

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