October 7, 2012: Nationals 8 Phillies 1 (Nationals lead series, 1-0)

The Nationals used 3 longballs and 7 strong innings from Gio Gonzalez to take down the Phillies in game 1 of their Division Series. Adam Laroche gave the Nats the lead for good with a solo shot to lead off the 4th, then 3 batters later Danny Espinosa hit a 3-run shot to give the Nats a commanding lead. They would add 3 more insurance runs before it was over, while the Phillies couldn't get anything going against Gonzalez, who allowed just 3 hits, 1 run and 2 walks while striking out 8.

BOXSCORE: 2012 Washington Nationals At 2012 Philadelphia Phillies   10/7/2012
 
  Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Bernadina LF      5  0  1  0 .200     J.Rollins SS        4  0  1  0 .125  
  J.Werth RF          5  1  1  1 .200     J.Mayberry Jr CF    3  0  0  0 .143  
  R.Zimmerman 3B      5  0  0  0 .000     C.Utley 2B          4  0  0  0 .125  
  A.Laroche 1B        5  1  1  1 .200     R.Howard 1B         4  0  0  0 .375  
  I.Desmond SS        1  3  1  01.000     C.Ruiz C            3  0  0  0 .143  
  B.Harper CF         4  1  1  0 .250     D.Brown RF          3  0  1  0 .333  
  D.Espinosa 2B       3  2  2  4 .667     J.Pierre LF         3  0  0  0 .000  
  K.Suzuki C          4  0  2  2 .500     J.Diekman P         0  0  0  0 ----  
  G.Gonzalez P        3  0  0  0 .000     K.Frandsen 3B       3  1  1  0 .333  
B-M.Morse PH          1  0  0  0 .000     R.Halladay P        1  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Gonzalez P        0  0  0  0 ----   A-D.Ruf PH            1  0  0  0 .000  
  T.Gorzelanny P      0  0  0  0 ----     J.Horst P           0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        C-L.Nix LF            1  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  8  9  8                 Totals      30  1  3  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Halladay In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Gonzalez In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Horst In 8th Inning
 
Nationals....... 0 1 0  4 1 0  0 2 0  -  8  9  0
Phillies........ 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  3  0
 
Nationals (1-0)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
G.Gonzalez WIN(1-0)       7       3   1   1   2   8   0  96   1.29
M.Gonzalez                1       0   0   0   0   0   0   9   0.00
T.Gorzelanny              1       0   0   0   1   0   0  18   0.00
Totals                    9       3   1   1   3   8   0
 
Phillies (1-1)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Halladay LOSS(0-1)      5       6   6   6   3   2   3  98  10.80
J.Horst                   2 2/3   2   2   2   1   5   0  42   6.75
J.Diekman                 1 1/3   1   0   0   0   1   0  20   0.00
Totals                    9       9   8   8   4   8   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 41,429 DATE- Sunday, October 7th 2012 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Laz Diaz, Mike Everitt, Paul Schrieber, Tim Welke
T- 3:10
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 5  Phillies: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0  Phillies: 0
DOUBLES- D.Espinosa(1st), K.Frandsen(2nd)
HOME RUNS- J.Werth(1st), A.Laroche(1st), D.Espinosa(1st)
RBIs- J.Werth(1st), A.Laroche(1st), D.Espinosa-4(4th), K.Suzuki-2(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- R.Bernadina(1st), I.Desmond(1st), B.Harper(1st)
WALKS- I.Desmond-3, D.Espinosa, J.Mayberry Jr, C.Ruiz, D.Brown
STRIKE OUTS- R.Bernadina, R.Zimmerman-2, B.Harper, D.Espinosa, K.Suzuki,
             G.Gonzalez, M.Morse, J.Rollins, J.Mayberry Jr-2, C.Utley, C.Ruiz-2,
             K.Frandsen, D.Ruf
WILD PITCHES- G.Gonzalez-2
2-out RBI- K.Suzuki-2, D.Espinosa
RLISP 2-out- G.Gonzalez, J.Pierre, R.Howard-2, A.Laroche
 
In a one-sided affiar at Citizens Bank Park the final score was the Washington
Nationals 8, the Philadelphia Phillies 1.
 
Danny Espinosa had a big day against Philadelphia.  He lofted a three-run
'big-fly' in the 4th inning and doubled resulting in a run in the 8th inning.
For the game Washington out-hit Philadelphia 9 to 3.  
 
The victory went to Gio Gonzalez(1-0) who went 7 innings, allowing 1 run. Roy
Halladay(0-1) was tagged with the loss.  He allowed 3 homeruns in 5 innings
of work.