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St. Louis Cardinals @ Washington Nationals

2016-05-26 · Night game · Nationals Park · Att: 26176 · 83°F, cloudy · Wind 4 mph to LF · 2:27

Washington Nationals defeated St. Louis Cardinals 2–1. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 4th — Aledmys Diaz homers (7) on a line drive to left center field. Washington Nationals took the lead in the 7th — Danny Espinosa homers (4) on a line drive to right field. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Danny Espinosa homers (4) on a line drive to right field — worth 22% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Joe Ross L: Mike Leake SV: Jonathan Papelbon

Umpires — HP: John Tumpane · 1B: Alan Porter · 2B: Mark Carlson · 3B: Jeff Kellogg · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jeremy Hazelbaker	4	0	1	0	0	1
Aledmys Diaz	4	1	1	1	0	0
Matt Adams	2	0	1	0	0	1
Stephen Piscotty	4	0	1	0	0	0
Brandon Moss	4	0	1	0	0	1
Yadier Molina	3	0	0	0	0	1
Kolten Wong	3	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Garcia	1	0	1	0	1	0
Mike Leake	2	0	0	0	0	0
Randal Grichuk	2	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Holliday	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jedd Gyorko	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ben Revere	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jayson Werth	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bryce Harper	4	1	1	1	0	2
Ryan Zimmerman	3	0	0	0	1	1
Anthony Rendon	3	0	2	0	0	1
Wilson Ramos	3	0	1	0	0	0
Stephen Drew	3	0	1	0	0	0
Danny Espinosa	3	1	1	1	0	1
Joe Ross	2	0	0	0	0	1
Clint Robinson	1	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Leake	7.0	7	1	5
Seunghwan Oh	1.0	0	0	1

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Ross	7.0	6	1	4
Felipe Vazquez	1.0	0	0	1
Jonathan Papelbon	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jeremy Hazelbaker: S9/L3D+
Aledmys Diaz: 4(1)3/GDP/RINT/G4S-
Matt Adams: K

Bot 1

Ben Revere: 8/F8RXD+
Jayson Werth: 8/L8LM
Bryce Harper: K

Top 2

Stephen Piscotty: 7/F78D
Brandon Moss: 43/G4
Yadier Molina: 4/L4

Bot 2

Ryan Zimmerman: 9/F89D
Anthony Rendon: S8/L6MD+
Wilson Ramos: 9/L9D+
Stephen Drew: S9/L9S+.1-3
Danny Espinosa: 31/G34S-

Top 3

Kolten Wong: 43/G4S-
Greg Garcia: W
Mike Leake: 13.1-2
Jeremy Hazelbaker: K

Bot 3

Joe Ross: 9/F9LS
Ben Revere: 31/G34
Jayson Werth: 13/G13-

Top 4

Aledmys Diaz: HR/F78XD+
Matt Adams: S7/L7S+
Stephen Piscotty: 7/L78M
Brandon Moss: K
Yadier Molina: 43/G4

Bot 4

Bryce Harper: 43/G34
Ryan Zimmerman: W
Anthony Rendon: K
Wilson Ramos: S9/G34+.1-2
Stephen Drew: 3/G3

Top 5

Kolten Wong: 8/F8LD
Greg Garcia: S8/G4M
Mike Leake: 54(1)3/GDP/G56S

Bot 5

Danny Espinosa: K
Joe Ross: K
Ben Revere: 13/G15-

Top 6

Jeremy Hazelbaker: 9/F89D
Aledmys Diaz: 53/G5
Randal Grichuk: 7/F78D+

Bot 6

Jayson Werth: 6/L6
Bryce Harper: HR/F9LD+
Ryan Zimmerman: K
Anthony Rendon: S8/L8LS
Wilson Ramos: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 7

Stephen Piscotty: S8/G6M+
Brandon Moss: S6/G6.1-2
Yadier Molina: K
Kolten Wong: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 7

Stephen Drew: 62/F15-
Danny Espinosa: HR/F9LD+
Clint Robinson: S8/L4D
Ben Revere: 16(1)3/GDP/G13-

Top 8

Matt Holliday: K
Jedd Gyorko: E6/G6S
Jeremy Hazelbaker: 46(1)/FO/G4-
Aledmys Diaz: 7/F78M

Bot 8

Jayson Werth: 3/G34S
Bryce Harper: K
Ryan Zimmerman: 63/G6S

Top 9

Randal Grichuk: 63/G6
Stephen Piscotty: 43/G4
Brandon Moss: 3/F4S-

Notes & reviews

Jeremy Hazelbaker was called out for running out of the base line
Cardinals first baseman Matt Adams left the game due to an injured back
third baseman Greg Garcia was on the right side of the infield in a shift; SS Aledmys Diaz ran from his usual position and pitcher Mike Leake decided to catch the popup; Leake and Diaz collided with the ball bouncing off Diaz' glove; catcher Yadier Molina caught the ball on the rebound

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