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St. Louis Cardinals @ Washington Nationals

2017-04-11 · Night game · Nationals Park · Att: 30663 · 81°F, cloudy · Wind 10 mph to LF · 2:55

Washington Nationals defeated St. Louis Cardinals 8–3. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 1st — Yadier Molina out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Adam Eaton. Dexter Fowler scores. Washington Nationals took the lead in the 3rd — Daniel Murphy singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Stephen Piscotty. Gio Gonzalez scores. Adam Eaton scores. Bryce Harper to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Daniel Murphy singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Stephen Piscotty. Gio Gonzalez scores. Adam Eaton scores. Bryce Harper to 3rd — worth 20% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	7
WAS	0	0	2	2	2	0	1	1		8	11

W: Gio Gonzalez L: Lance Lynn SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim Reynolds · 1B: Brian Knight · 2B: Lance Barrett · 3B: Dale Scott · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dexter Fowler	4	1	1	0	0	1
Aledmys Diaz	4	1	2	1	0	0
Yadier Molina	2	0	0	1	0	0
Stephen Piscotty	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jedd Gyorko	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jhonny Peralta	3	0	0	0	0	1
Randal Grichuk	4	1	1	1	0	2
Jose Martinez	4	0	2	0	0	0
Lance Lynn	1	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Garcia	1	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Carpenter	0	0	0	0	1	0

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Adam Eaton	5	1	1	0	0	0
Wilmer Difo	5	0	1	0	0	1
Bryce Harper	2	2	1	0	3	0
Daniel Murphy	5	2	4	5	0	0
Ryan Zimmerman	5	0	1	0	0	1
Jayson Werth	4	1	1	1	0	1
Stephen Drew	3	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Wieters	3	1	2	1	0	1
Gio Gonzalez	2	1	0	0	1	0
Anthony Rendon	1	0	0	0	0	1
Chris Heisey	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lance Lynn	5.0	5	4	4
Miguel Socolovich	2.0	4	0	1
Seunghwan Oh	1.0	2	0	0

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gio Gonzalez	7.0	6	0	6
Joe Blanton	1.0	1	0	1
Blake Treinen	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dexter Fowler: D7/F7D+
Aledmys Diaz: 3/F34D-.2-3(E3)
Yadier Molina: 8/SF/F8LXD+.3-H(UR)
Stephen Piscotty: 8/F8LD+

Bot 1

Adam Eaton: 8/F8LD
Wilmer Difo: 3/G34S
Bryce Harper: W
Daniel Murphy: 7/F7M

Top 2

Jedd Gyorko: S7/L7S
Jhonny Peralta: 7/F78D
Randal Grichuk: K
Jose Martinez: S8/L4D.1-3
Lance Lynn: 63/G6

Bot 2

Ryan Zimmerman: K
Jayson Werth: K
Stephen Drew: 7/F7D+

Top 3

Dexter Fowler: 63/G6
Aledmys Diaz: S8/G6
Yadier Molina: HP.1-2
Stephen Piscotty: K
Jedd Gyorko: 5/F6S-

Bot 3

Matt Wieters: K
Gio Gonzalez: W
Adam Eaton: E6/FO/MREV/G56.1-2
Wilmer Difo: K
Bryce Harper: W.2-3;1-2
Daniel Murphy: S9/G34+.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-3
Ryan Zimmerman: 9/F9D+

Top 4

Jhonny Peralta: 7/F78M
Randal Grichuk: HR/F89XD+
Jose Martinez: S6/MREV/G56
Lance Lynn: 24/SH/BG2R-.1-2
Dexter Fowler: K

Bot 4

Jayson Werth: HR/F78XD+
Stephen Drew: 43/G4
Matt Wieters: HR/F9D+
Gio Gonzalez: 8/L8RM
Adam Eaton: S8/G6M
Wilmer Difo: 7/F78D

Top 5

Aledmys Diaz: 7/L7M+
Yadier Molina: 7/F78D+
Stephen Piscotty: K

Bot 5

Bryce Harper: W
Daniel Murphy: HR/F9LD+.1-H
Ryan Zimmerman: 63/G6
Jayson Werth: 6/L6-
Stephen Drew: 13/G13

Top 6

Jedd Gyorko: 9/F9S
Jhonny Peralta: K
Randal Grichuk: K

Bot 6

Matt Wieters: D7/L7LM
Gio Gonzalez: FC1/BG15S.2X2(156);B-1
Adam Eaton: 16(1)/FO/G13-
Wilmer Difo: S9/L89S.1-3
Bryce Harper: 6(1)/FO/G6+

Top 7

Jose Martinez: 53/G56
Greg Garcia: 63/G6
Dexter Fowler: 9/F8RD

Bot 7

Daniel Murphy: D9/F9D+
Ryan Zimmerman: S6/G6M.2-H(UR)(NR);B-2(E6)
Jayson Werth: 2/F2L-
Anthony Rendon: K
Matt Wieters: HP
Chris Heisey: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 8

Aledmys Diaz: HR/F78XD+
Yadier Molina: 5/L5
Stephen Piscotty: 53/G5+
Jedd Gyorko: K

Bot 8

Adam Eaton: 6/F6D-
Wilmer Difo: 43/G4
Bryce Harper: D7/G5
Daniel Murphy: D8/L8RD+.2-H
Ryan Zimmerman: 8/L8RM

Top 9

Matt Carpenter: W
Randal Grichuk: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Jose Martinez: 43/G34

Notes & reviews

replay,3,eatoa002,WAS,scotd901,WAS11,,Y,M,WAS,C $when Gio Gonzalez was called out at 2B, Nationals manager Dusty Baker challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay
replay,4,martj008,SLN,scotd901,WAS11,,Y,M,SLN,C $when Jose Martinez was called out at 1B, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny challenged the ruling; the call overturned by replay

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