Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Baltimore 4,
Washington 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Mark Ripperger, 1B - Ed Hickox, 2B - Alan Porter, 3B - Brian O'Nora
Attendance: 27991
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Mark Ripperger, 1B - Ed Hickox, 2B - Alan Porter, 3B - Brian O'Nora
Attendance: 27991
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Baltimore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Baltimore
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Gerardo Parra | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .222 |
| Manny Machado | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .289 |
| Chris Davis | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .264 |
| Steve Pearce | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .227 |
| Matt Wieters | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .247 |
| Jonathan Schoop | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .279 |
| Ryan Flaherty | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .216 |
| J.J. Hardy | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .215 |
| Chris Tillman | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 |
| Jimmy Paredes | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .277 |
| Mychal Givens | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Steve Clevenger | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .305 |
| Darren O'Day | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Chris Davis (28), Steve Pearce (11), J.J. Hardy (13) | |||||||||
| HR - Manny Machado (30), Steve Pearce (14) | |||||||||
| TB - Gerardo Parra, Manny Machado 4, Chris Davis 2, Steve Pearce 6, Matt Wieters, Ryan Flaherty, J.J. Hardy 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Manny Machado 2 (77), Steve Pearce 2 (37) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Manny Machado 2 (25), Steve Pearce 2 (16) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Steve Pearce 2 (20), J.J. Hardy (38) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Chris Tillman (W 10-11) | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5.16 |
| Mychal Givens (H 4) | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.02 |
| Darren O'Day (SV 5) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.47 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Chris Tillman 110-66, Mychal Givens 20-14, Darren O'Day 8-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Chris Tillman 6-4, Mychal Givens 2-1, Darren O'Day 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Chris Tillman 26, Mychal Givens 6, Darren O'Day 3 | ||||||||
Washington
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Anthony Rendon | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .275 |
| Yunel Escobar | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .324 |
| Bryce Harper | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .341 |
| Jayson Werth | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .227 |
| Clint Robinson | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .270 |
| Jonathan Papelbon | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Felipe Rivero | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ian Desmond | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .232 |
| Michael Taylor | CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .234 |
| Wilson Ramos | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 |
| Max Scherzer | SP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 |
| Matt Thornton | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Matthew den Dekker | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 |
| Casey Janssen | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Tyler Moore | 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .209 |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Anthony Rendon (13), Wilson Ramos (16) | |||||||||
| TB - Anthony Rendon 2, Yunel Escobar 2, Ian Desmond, Wilson Ramos 2, Max Scherzer | |||||||||
| RBI - Anthony Rendon (24), Yunel Escobar (54), Wilson Ramos (65) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jayson Werth 2 (29), Wilson Ramos (63) | |||||||||
| SF - Anthony Rendon (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Michael Taylor (16, 2nd off Tillman/Wieters) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Max Scherzer (L 12-12) | 6.2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2.98 |
| Matt Thornton | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.31 |
| Casey Janssen | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.70 |
| Jonathan Papelbon | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.91 |
| Felipe Rivero | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 |
| HBP - Manny Machado (by Papelbon) | ||||||||
| IBB - Ryan Flaherty (by Janssen) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Max Scherzer 122-86, Matt Thornton 1-1, Casey Janssen 15-7, Jonathan Papelbon 12-7, Felipe Rivero 1-1 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Max Scherzer 4-2, Matt Thornton 1-0, Casey Janssen 1-1, Jonathan Papelbon 1-0, Felipe Rivero 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Max Scherzer 29, Matt Thornton 1, Casey Janssen 5, Jonathan Papelbon 3, Felipe Rivero 1 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Felipe Rivero 1-0 | ||||||||