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Washington Nationals @ St. Louis Cardinals

2016-04-29 · Night game · Busch Stadium III · Att: 45246 · 63°F · Wind 12 mph R to L · 2:46

Washington Nationals defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–4. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 1st — Michael A. Taylor homers (3) on a fly ball to right center field. St. Louis Cardinals took the lead in the 1st — Matt Adams singles on a ground ball to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. Matt Holliday scores. Washington Nationals took the lead in the 4th — Jayson Werth out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Stephen Piscotty. Ryan Zimmerman scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Brandon Moss grounds into a double play, second baseman Daniel Murphy to shortstop Danny Espinosa to first baseman Ryan Zimmerman. Kolten Wong out at 2nd. Brandon Moss out at 1st — worth 29% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WAS	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	7
SLN	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	10

W: Stephen Strasburg L: Mike Leake SV: Jonathan Papelbon

Umpires — HP: Ben May · 1B: Jeff Nelson · 2B: Doug Eddings · 3B: Laz Diaz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Michael Taylor	4	1	1	1	0	0
Anthony Rendon	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bryce Harper	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ryan Zimmerman	3	1	0	0	1	0
Daniel Murphy	4	1	1	1	0	0
Jayson Werth	3	0	1	1	0	1
Danny Espinosa	4	1	2	2	0	0
Jose Lobaton	4	0	1	0	0	0
Stephen Strasburg	3	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Carpenter	5	1	1	0	0	1
Stephen Piscotty	4	0	1	0	0	1
Matt Holliday	4	2	3	1	0	1
Matt Adams	4	1	2	3	0	1
Randal Grichuk	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jedd Gyorko	3	0	1	0	1	2
Aledmys Diaz	4	0	0	0	0	1
Eric Fryer	3	0	1	0	0	1
Mike Leake	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Hazelbaker	1	0	1	0	0	0
Kolten Wong	0	0	0	0	1	0
Brandon Moss	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Stephen Strasburg	7.0	8	1	9
Blake Treinen	1.0	2	0	1
Jonathan Papelbon	1.0	0	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Leake	7.0	5	1	2
Matthew Bowman	1.0	0	1	0
Seunghwan Oh	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Michael Taylor: HR/F89XD+
Anthony Rendon: 43/G4
Bryce Harper: 63/G6+
Ryan Zimmerman: 43/G4MD

Bot 1

Matt Carpenter: S9/L9S+
Stephen Piscotty: 9/F9D+
Matt Holliday: D8/F78XD+.1-H
Matt Adams: S8/G6.2-H
Randal Grichuk: K
Jedd Gyorko: D9/L9LD.1-3
Aledmys Diaz: 9/F9D

Top 2

Daniel Murphy: 7/F78D
Jayson Werth: K
Danny Espinosa: 43/G4

Bot 2

Eric Fryer: 9/F9S
Mike Leake: 8/F8RS
Matt Carpenter: 31/G3

Top 3

Jose Lobaton: 31/G34S-
Stephen Strasburg: 43/G4MD
Michael Taylor: 63/G6S-

Bot 3

Stephen Piscotty: D7/G5+
Matt Holliday: K
Matt Adams: 9/F9LM
Randal Grichuk: 31/G4S-

Top 4

Anthony Rendon: S9/G34+
Bryce Harper: 4/F34D
Ryan Zimmerman: SB2/MREV
Ryan Zimmerman: W
Daniel Murphy: S9/G34.2-H;1-3
Jayson Werth: 9/SF/F89D+.3-H
Danny Espinosa: HR/F9D+.1-H
Jose Lobaton: 43/G34

Bot 4

Jedd Gyorko: W
Aledmys Diaz: 8/L8RM
Eric Fryer: S7/L7S.1-2
Mike Leake: 64(1)/FO/G6.2-3
Matt Carpenter: K

Top 5

Stephen Strasburg: 63/G6-
Michael Taylor: 6/L6+
Anthony Rendon: K

Bot 5

Stephen Piscotty: K
Matt Holliday: S7/L78S
Matt Adams: K
Randal Grichuk: K

Top 6

Bryce Harper: 31/G3+
Ryan Zimmerman: 9/F89M
Daniel Murphy: 31/G34+

Bot 6

Jedd Gyorko: K
Aledmys Diaz: K
Eric Fryer: K

Top 7

Jayson Werth: 8/F8LD
Danny Espinosa: 7/F7LS
Jose Lobaton: S6/F5-
Stephen Strasburg: 53/G56

Bot 7

Jeremy Hazelbaker: S9/G34+
Matt Carpenter: 9/F9D+
Stephen Piscotty: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 8

Michael Taylor: 63/G6
Anthony Rendon: 43/G4
Bryce Harper: W
Ryan Zimmerman: CS2(24)

Bot 8

Matt Holliday: S5/G56S-.B-2(E5/TH)
Matt Adams: HR/F7D+.2-H
Randal Grichuk: 3/F3F-
Jedd Gyorko: K
Aledmys Diaz: 53/G56

Top 9

Ryan Zimmerman: 8/F8RM
Daniel Murphy: 7/F7S
Jayson Werth: S8/G6M+
Danny Espinosa: S9/L9D+.1-3
Jose Lobaton: 8/F78M

Bot 9

Kolten Wong: W
Brandon Moss: 46(1)3/GDP/G34
Matt Carpenter: 3/G3

Notes & reviews

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