Major League Baseball
Washington Nationals
4
St. Louis Cardinals
10
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| STL | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Carlos Beltran homered from both sides of the plate for the ninth time in his career and drove in five runs, and the St. Louis Cardinals closed in on the NL's second wild-card berth by beating the Washington Nationals 10-4 Sunday.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
C Beltran singled to deep left, J Jay scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
C Beltran homered to right (400 feet), J Jay scored.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
D Espinosa homered to right (414 feet), I Desmond scored.
I Desmond doubled to deep left center, A LaRoche scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
B Harper homered to right (396 feet).
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
P Kozma hit sacrifice fly to left, D Descalso scored.
D Freese scored, D Descalso to third on wild pitch by C Wang.
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
C Beltran homered to left (408 feet), J Jay scored.
Middle of the 9th
C Tracy grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
C Tracy batting
C Tracy hit for Z Duke.
K Suzuki grounded out to catcher.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
K Suzuki batting
D Espinosa flied out to center.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
D Espinosa batting
J Kelly relieved M Boggs.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
D Freese grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
D Freese batting
Y Molina flied out to center.
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STL wins series 2-1
Jon JayCF9
Carlos Ivan BeltranRF15
Matt HollidayLF7
Allen Craig1B11
Yadier MolinaC4
David Freese3B25
Daniel Descalso2B33
Pete KozmaSS38
Lance LynnP31
Trevor RosenthalP40
Edward MujicaP96
Shane RobinsonPH38
Mitchell BoggsP41
Joe KellyP99
Jayson WerthRF28
Bryce HarperCF3
Ryan Zimmerman3B11
Adam LaRoche1B25
Michael MorseLF38
Ian DesmondSS20
Danny Espinosa2B14
Kurt SuzukiC24
Ross DetwilerP75
Chien-Ming WangP67
Craig StammenP34
Christian GarciaP
Roger A. BernadinaPH9
Zach DukeP32
Chad TracyPH48
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