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St. Louis Cardinals @ Washington Nationals

2005-08-28 · Day game · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · Att: 41130 · 80°F · Wind 9 mph · 2:59

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Washington Nationals 6–0. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 6th. Brad Thompson earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	6	8
WAS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4

W: Brad Thompson L: John Halama SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Gary Darling · 1B: Larry Poncino · 2B: Paul Nauert · 3B: Mark Wegner · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
David Eckstein	5	2	2	0	0	1
Jim Edmonds	2	1	0	0	1	0
Albert Pujols	1	0	1	0	0	0
Yadier Molina	4	2	1	1	0	0
So Taguchi	4	0	1	1	0	1
Mark Grudzielanek	3	0	0	0	1	0
Abraham Nunez	4	0	1	2	0	1
Hector Luna	4	0	1	0	0	2
Cal Eldred	1	0	0	0	0	1
Einar Diaz	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Thompson	1	0	0	0	0	1
John Rodriguez	1	1	1	1	1	0
Jason Marquis	1	0	0	0	0	1
Scott Seabol	2	0	0	0	0	1
John Mabry	1	0	0	0	0	1

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Brad Wilkerson	4	1	0	0
Jamey Carroll	3	1	1	0
Nick Johnson	4	1	0	0
Jose Guillen	4	0	0	0
Preston Wilson	3	0	0	2
Vinny Castilla	2	0	1	0
Gary Bennett	3	0	0	1
Cristian Guzman	3	1	0	0
John Halama	2	0	0	1
Jason Bergmann	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cal Eldred	3.0	2	1	2
Brad Thompson	3.0	1	0	0
Julian Tavarez	1.0	0	0	1
Alberto Reyes	1.0	0	0	1
Ray King	1.0	1	1	0

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Halama	5.1	3	1	3
Hector Carrasco	0.2	1	1	0
Gary Majewski	1.0	0	0	3
Mike Stanton	0.2	3	1	1
Jason Bergmann	1.1	1	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

David Eckstein: 5/L56S
Jim Edmonds: 5/P5F
Albert Pujols: S8/G4M
Yadier Molina: POCS2(136)

Bot 1

Brad Wilkerson: 4/BP34S+
Jamey Carroll: 43/G4
Nick Johnson: 8/L8LD+

Top 2

Yadier Molina: 63/G6+
So Taguchi: 31/G34S
Mark Grudzielanek: 9/F9M

Bot 2

Jose Guillen: 63/G6
Preston Wilson: K
Vinny Castilla: W
Gary Bennett: 54(1)/FO/G56

Top 3

Abraham Nunez: 6!3/G56
Hector Luna: S8/G4
Cal Eldred: K/BF
David Eckstein: E5/G56.1-2
Jim Edmonds: 9/F89M

Bot 3

Cristian Guzman: 163/G15+
John Halama: K
Brad Wilkerson: 7/F7M

Top 4

Einar Diaz: 63/G6
Yadier Molina: 9/F89XD+
So Taguchi: 9/F89M

Bot 4

Jamey Carroll: S8/G6M
Nick Johnson: S7/G56+.1-2
Jose Guillen: 14(1)/FO/BG13.2-3
Preston Wilson: 64(1)3/GDP/G6+

Top 5

Mark Grudzielanek: 6/P56
Abraham Nunez: 63/G6
Hector Luna: K

Bot 5

Vinny Castilla: 7/F78D+
Gary Bennett: 63/G6M
Cristian Guzman: S3/G34
John Halama: 43/G4S

Top 6

Brad Thompson: K
David Eckstein: D7/F78XD+
Jim Edmonds: W
John Rodriguez: W.2-3;1-2
Yadier Molina: 64(1)/FO/G6.3-H;2-3
So Taguchi: SBH;SB2.1-3(E4/THH)
So Taguchi: S1/G15.3-H(UR)
Mark Grudzielanek: 53/G56S-

Bot 6

Brad Wilkerson: 3/G3
Jamey Carroll: 63/G6
Nick Johnson: 13/G13

Top 7

Abraham Nunez: K
Hector Luna: K
Jason Marquis: K

Bot 7

Jose Guillen: 53/G56+
Preston Wilson: K
Vinny Castilla: 7/F7D+

Top 8

David Eckstein: D7/F7D+
Scott Seabol: 1/BP25
John Rodriguez: S7/G6+.2-H
Yadier Molina: S7/L7M+.1-2
So Taguchi: K+SB3;SB2
Mark Grudzielanek: IW
Abraham Nunez: S8/P8RS.3-H;2-H;1-3
Hector Luna: 13/G15-

Bot 8

Gary Bennett: K
Cristian Guzman: 63/G6
Jason Bergmann: 3/G

Top 9

John Mabry: K
David Eckstein: K
Scott Seabol: K

Bot 9

Brad Wilkerson: S9/G34
Jamey Carroll: W.1-2
Nick Johnson: 46(1)3/GDP/G4.2-3
Jose Guillen: 9/F89D+

Notes & reviews

Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols ejected by 1B umpire Larry Poncino; he was not happy with the call on the caught stealing and continued to talk about it after returning to the field on defense
Edmonds left after banging his knee on Bennett's shin guard
Debut game for Jason Bergmann

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