Washington 4, St. Louis 1

Preview - Box Score - Recap

(73-63)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 X 4 9 0 WP: R. Ortiz (10-12) LP: J. Marquis (14-13)	(60-77)

Scoring Summary

Bot 7th: Washington

- A. Kearns homered to deep left, N. Johnson scored

Bot 8th: Washington

- R. Ortiz homered to deep left

- N. Johnson doubled to deep right, R. Zimmerman scored

Top 9th: St. Louis

- A. Pujols homered to deep left

St. Louis
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
A. Miles ss	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.271
C. Duncan lf	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.320
A. Pujols 1b	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	.321
S. Rolen 3b	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	.309
J. Rodriguez rf	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.298
P. Wilson cf	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.264
R. Belliard 2b	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.257
G. Bennett c	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.246
J. Marquis p	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.189
S. Spiezio ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260
J. Sosa p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130
R. Flores p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	28	1	2	1	3	6	6

Batting HR - A Pujols (43, 9th inning off R Ortiz 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - A Pujols (115). 2-out RBI - A Pujols. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - G Bennett 1, P Wilson 1. Team LOB - 3.

Fielding DP - 1 (A Miles-R Belliard).

Washington
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
A. Soriano lf	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.291
F. Lopez ss	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.275
R. Zimmerman 3b	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	.286
N. Johnson 1b	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	.291
A. Kearns rf	3	1	1	2	1	0	1	.263
B. Schneider c	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.240
B. Castro 2b	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.255
N. Logan cf	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.364
R. Ortiz p	3	1	2	1	0	1	1	.120
C. Cordero p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	31	4	9	4	2	4	9

Batting 2B - B Castro (1, J Marquis); N Logan (1, J Marquis); A Soriano (36, J Marquis); R Zimmerman (40, J Sosa); N Johnson (41, R Flores). HR - A Kearns (22, 7th inning off J Marquis 1 on, 0 Out), R Ortiz (1, 8th inning off J Sosa 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - A Kearns 2 (78), R Ortiz (2), N Johnson (66). 2-out RBI - N Johnson. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Soriano 1, B Schneider 1, A Kearns 1. Team LOB - 5.

Base Running SB - F Lopez (34, 2nd base off J Marquis/G Bennett).    Fielding DP - 1 (N Johnson).

St. Louis
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
J. Marquis (L, 14-13)	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	5.73
J. Sosa	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	1	5.32
R. Flores	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.66
Washington
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
R. Ortiz (W, 10-12)	8.2	2	1	1	3	5	1	5.12
C. Cordero	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.02

IBB - A Kearns (by R Flores).

BALK - J Marquis.

Pitches-strikes - J Marquis 92-59; J Sosa 8-5; R Flores 11-4; R Ortiz 95-62; C Cordero 4-3.

Ground balls-fly balls - J Marquis 6-9; J Sosa 0-2; R Flores 1-0; R Ortiz 7-13; C Cordero 0-0.

Batters faced - J Marquis 26; J Sosa 4; R Flores 3; R Ortiz 30; C Cordero 1.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Eric Cooper. 1B--Gerry Davis. 2B--Brian Gorman. 3B--Bill Miller. Time: 2:10. Attendance: 31,092. Weather: 77 degrees, sunny. Wind: 8 mph, left to right.

Game Notes

WASHINGTON'S RAMON ORTIZ HAS A NO-HITTER THROUGH SIX INNINGS.

WASHINGTON'S RAMON ORTIZ HAS A NO-HITTER THROUGH SEVEN INNINGS.

ST LOUIS SHORTSTOP RONNIE BELLIARD GROUNDED OUT FOR THE FIRST OUT OF THE EIGHTH INNING. RAMON ORTIZ HAS A NO-HITTER THROUGH SEVEN AND ONE-THIRD INNINGS.

ST LOUIS CATCHER GARY BENNETT FLIED OUT TO LEFT FOR THE SECOND OUT OF THE EIGHTH INNING. RAMON ORTIZ HAS A NO-HITTER THROUGH SEVEN AND TWO-THIRD INNINGS.

ST LOUIS PINCH HITTER SCOTT SPIEZIO POPPED OUT TO SECOND FOR THE FINAL OUT OF THE EIGHTH INNING. RAMON ORTIZ HAS A NO-HITTER THROUGH EIGHT INNINGS.

THE HOME RUN BY WASHINGTON PITCHER RAMON ORTIZ WAS THE FIRST OF HIS MAJOR LEAGUE CAREER.

WASHINGTON THIRD BASEMAN RYAN ZIMMERMAN EXTENDED HIS HITTING STREAK TO 10 GAMES WITH A DOUBLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING.

ST LOUIS SHORTSTOP AARON MILES SINGLED IN THE TOP OF THE NINTH INNING TO BREAK UP THE NO-HIT BID BY RAMON ORTIZ.

Updated on Monday, Sep 4, 2006 3:23 pm ET