Major League Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals
4
Washington Nationals
2
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Yadier Molina hit a two-run single off Stephen Strasburg during St. Louis' three-run first inning, and the Cardinals beat the Nationals 4-2 to complete a sweep and give Washington's All-Star ace the only four-start losing streak of his young career.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
J Werth homered to left center (394 feet).
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 5: foul
M Holliday reached on infield single to shortstop, M Carpenter scored, A Craig to third.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 12: foul
Pitch 11: foul
Pitch 9: foul
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
B Harper grounded out to second, S Strasburg scored, D Span to third.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
End of the 9th
J Solano grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
J Solano batting
A Rendon flied out to right.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: ball 1
A Rendon batting
D Espinosa grounded out to first.
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
D Espinosa batting
E Mujica relieved T Rosenthal.
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
J Jay grounded into double play, first to shortstop to first, P Kozma out at second.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: ball 2
S Robinson stole third.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Jay batting
P Kozma singled to left, S Robinson to second.
Pitch 1: in play
P Kozma batting
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STL wins series 3-0
Denard SpanCF4
Jayson WerthRF28
Bryce HarperLF3
Tyler Moore1B28
Ian DesmondSS20
Danny Espinosa2B14
Anthony Rendon3B6
Jhonatan SolanoC66
Stephen StrasburgP37
Adam LaRoche1B25
Steve LombardozziPH21
Drew StorenP29
Zach DukeP32
Matt Carpenter3B13
Allen Craig1B11
Matt HollidayLF7
Carlos Ivan BeltranRF15
Yadier MolinaC4
Daniel Descalso2B33
Shane RobinsonRF38
Pete KozmaSS38
Jaime GarciaP64
Trevor RosenthalP40
Edward MujicaP96
Joe KellyP99
Jon JayCF9
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