Major League Baseball
Washington Nationals
1
St. Louis Cardinals
4
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| STL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Matt Adams hit the go-ahead home run for the second straight game, connecting off Stephen Strasburg in St. Louis' three-run seventh inning, and the Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 4-1 on Saturday night.
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: in play
A Craig reached on infield single to third, M Carpenter scored, M Ellis to third, M Holliday to second.
M Holliday walked, J Jay scored, M Carpenter to third, M Ellis to second.
M Adams homered to right (389 feet).
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
M Carpenter singled to center, S Miller scored, M Carpenter thrown out at second attempting to advance on play.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
J Werth doubled to right center, A Rendon scored.
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Middle of the 9th
D Espinosa grounded into double play, to first, R Zimmerman out at second.
Pitch 8: in play
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: ball 3
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
D Espinosa batting
I Desmond struck out swinging.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
I Desmond batting
R Zimmerman walked.
Pitch 5: ball 4
Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 3: ball 3
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
R Zimmerman batting
T Rosenthal relieved P Neshek.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
P Bourjos grounded out to third.
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 4: ball 3
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
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STL wins series 3-0
Matt Carpenter3B13
Mark Ellis2B3
Matt HollidayLF7
Allen CraigRF11
Yadier MolinaC4
Matt Adams1B18
Jhonny PeraltaSS27
Peter BourjosCF25
Shelby MillerP77
Pat NeshekP93
Trevor RosenthalP40
Randy ChoateP
Jon JayLF9
Denard SpanCF4
Anthony Rendon3B6
Jayson WerthRF28
Adam LaRoche1B25
Ryan ZimmermanLF11
Ian DesmondSS20
Danny Espinosa2B14
Jose LobatonC7
Stephen StrasburgP37
Jerry BlevinsP26
Drew StorenP29
Xavier CedenoP45
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