October 11, 2012: Phillies 5 Nationals 2 (series tied, 2-2)

The Nationals should have saved some of those runs from game 3. Cliff Lee goes just 5 innings for the Phillies, but he leaves with a 3-1 lead and the Phillies go on to the 5-3 win to even up the series. Michael Martinez got a rare start in place of Jimmy Rollins, and he made it count with a 2-run double to give the Phillies the lead in the 6th. The Nationals were sloppy with four wild pitches in the game.

It will be Gio Gonzalez of the Nats against Roy Halladay of the Phillies in game 5 for the chance to face the Diamondbacks in the next round. Although both teams had a better record than the DBacks, the DBacks would get home field against the wild card Phillies if the Phillies can move on.

BOXSCORE: 2012 Philadelphia Phillies At 2012 Washington Nationals  10/11/2012
 
  Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  K.Frandsen 3B       5  1  2  0 .389     J.Werth RF          3  0  0  0 .250  
  J.Mayberry Jr CF    5  0  2  0 .300     B.Harper CF         4  1  2  0 .438  
  C.Utley 2B          4  1  1  0 .158     R.Zimmerman 3B      4  0  2  1 .333  
  R.Howard 1B         4  0  0  0 .143     M.Morse LF          4  0  1  0 .333  
  C.Ruiz C            4  2  4  1 .278     A.Laroche 1B        3  1  0  0 .235  
  D.Ruf LF            3  1  1  1 .375     I.Desmond SS        4  0  1  0 .429  
  J.Diekman P         0  0  0  0 ----     D.Espinosa 2B       4  0  2  0 .235  
  J.Papelbon P        0  0  0  0 ----     J.Flores C          3  0  0  0 .111  
  D.Brown RF          4  0  0  0 .222     R.Detwiler P        2  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Martinez SS       4  0  1  2 .250     C.Stammen P         0  0  0  0 ----  
  C.Lee P             2  0  0  0 .250   C-T.Moore PH          1  0  0  0 .000  
A-J.Rollins PH        1  0  0  0 .111     M.Gonzalez P        0  0  0  0 ----  
  P.Aumont P          0  0  0  0 ----     C.Garcia P          0  0  0  0 ----  
B-L.Nix LF            1  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  5 11  4                 Totals      32  2  8  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Lee In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Aumont In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Stammen In 7th Inning
 
Phillies........ 0 0 0  1 0 2  1 0 1  -  5 11  0
Nationals....... 1 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  2  8  0
 
Phillies (3-2)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Lee WIN(2-0)            5       5   1   1   1   8   0  69   2.45
P.Aumont HOLD(2nd)        1       2   1   1   1   0   0  23   2.45
J.Diekman HOLD(1st)       1 2/3   1   0   0   0   3   0  20  10.80
J.Papelbon SAVE(2nd)      1 1/3   0   0   0   0   2   0   8   0.00
Totals                    9       8   2   2   2  13   0
 
Nationals (2-2)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Detwiler LOSS(0-1)      5       8   2   2   1   1   0  95   3.60
C.Stammen                 2       2   2   2   1   2   0  33  10.80
M.Gonzalez                1       0   0   0   0   2   0  14   0.00
C.Garcia                  1       1   1   0   0   1   0  18   0.00
Totals                    9      11   5   4   2   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 40,761 DATE- Thursday, October 11th 2012 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Greg Gibson, Gerry Davis, Phil Cuzzi, Bruce Dreckman
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 8  Nationals: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 1  Nationals: 1
DOUBLES- C.Ruiz-2(2nd), D.Ruf(1st), D.Espinosa(2nd)
RBIs- C.Ruiz(1st), D.Ruf(5th), M.Martinez-2(2nd), R.Zimmerman(5th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Utley(1st)
WALKS- R.Howard, D.Ruf, J.Werth, A.Laroche
HIT BY PITCH- C.Utley
STRIKE OUTS- J.Mayberry Jr, R.Howard, D.Brown-2, M.Martinez, C.Lee, J.Werth-2,
             B.Harper, M.Morse, A.Laroche, I.Desmond-2, D.Espinosa-2, J.Flores,
             R.Detwiler-2, T.Moore
GIDP- R.Howard, J.Flores
WILD PITCHES- C.Stammen-2, C.Garcia-2
2-out RBI- C.Ruiz
RLISP 2-out- D.Ruf-3, A.Laroche, C.Lee, T.Moore
 
Carlos Ruiz had 4 hits at Nationals Park as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the
Washington Nationals by the count of 5 to 2.
 
Philadelphia scored 2 runs in the decisive top of the 6th inning.  The big
moment was provided by Michael Martinez who quieted the crowd when he laced a
base-knock plating two runs.  Jonathan Papelbon earned the save with a
perfect ninth, his 2nd save.  
 
Cliff Lee(2-0) picked up the victory, allowing 1 run in 5 innings. The loss
was charged to Ross Detwiler(0-1).  He gave up 8 hits and 1 walk in 5
innings.