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Phillies hoping to take NL East crown

Sep 30, 2007 - 2:27 PM Washington (73-88) at Philadelphia (88-73) 1:35 pm EDT

PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- The National League East has come down to the last day.

The Philadelphia Phillies will look to win their first division title since 1993 when they host the Washington Nationals on Sunday in the regular-season finale.

The Phillies complicated their division title hopes on Saturday, as Matt Chico pitched six-plus effective innings and the Nationals feasted on errors, bad baserunning and ineffective starting pitching by the Phillies to post a 4-2 win.

Philadelphia's loss, coupled with the New York Mets' 13-0 rout of the Florida Marlins, dropped the Phillies (88-73) back into a first-place tie with the Mets (88-73) in the NL East with one game remaining for each team.

The Phillies' defense suffered a nightmarish seventh inning Saturday. Ryan Zimmerman trotted home on a wild pitch by J.C. Romero, giving the Nationals a 4-0 advantage. Catcher Carlos Ruiz then threw the ball into center field while attempting to throw out pinch runner Justin Maxwell.

Philadelphia, which had a three-game winning streak snapped, will send veteran lefthander Jamie Moyer (13-12, 5.15 ERA) to the mound. The 44-year-old Moyer struggled in his last start, surrendering six runs and six hits over 5 1/3 innings in a 10-6 setback to the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday.

Washington will counter with righthander Jason Bergmann (6-5, 4.33), who has won five straight decisions and has not lost since June 30.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    WASHINGTON 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
    PHILADELPHIA 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 x 6 7 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: WAS - JASON BERGMANN, JONATHAN ALBALADEJO (4TH), SAUL RIVERA (5TH),
    LUIS AYALA (6TH), MIKE BACSIK (7TH), JESUS COLOME (7TH) AND
    JESUS FLORES
    PHI - JAMIE MOYER, TOM

    Sep 30 4:35 PM


  • NL
    AT PHILADELPHIA - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY RYAN HOWARD (47) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 7TH OFF MIKE BACSIK.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1, PHILADELPHIA 6
    DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: A ROWAND (.309, 0-FOR-3)

    Nationals vs. PhilliesSep 30 4:09 PM


  • NL
    AT PHILADELPHIA - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY JIMMY ROLLINS SCORED CHRIS COSTE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J ROLLINS ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1
    PHILADELPHIA 5 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: S VICTORINO (.281, 0-FOR-2, HBP)

    Nationals vs. PhilliesSep 30 3:48 PM


  • NL
    AT PHILADELPHIA - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY TADAHITO IGUCHI SCORED MICHAEL BOURN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C COSTE ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1
    PHILADELPHIA 4 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: J ROLLINS (.295, 1-FOR-2, BB)

    Nationals vs. PhilliesSep 30 3:44 PM


  • NL
    AT PHILADELPHIA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY AUSTIN KEARNS SCORED RONNIE BELLIARD.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A KEARNS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1
    PHILADELPHIA 3 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: W PENA (.300, 0-FOR-1)

    Nationals vs. PhilliesSep 30 2:45 PM


  • NL
    AT PHILADELPHIA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RYAN HOWARD SCORED CARLOS RUIZ AND JIMMY ROLLINS.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, R HOWARD ON FIRST, S VICTORINO ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 0
    PHILADELPHIA 3 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: A ROWAND (.310, 0-FOR-1)

    Nationals vs. PhilliesSep 30 2:33 PM


  • NL
    AT PHILADELPHIA - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY CHASE UTLEY SCORED JIMMY ROLLINS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 0
    PHILADELPHIA 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: R HOWARD (.265, 46 HR, 133 RBI)

    Nationals vs. PhilliesSep 30 1:54 PM
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