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St. Louis Cardinals @ Washington Nationals

2018-09-05 · Night game · Nationals Park · Att: 22124 · 87°F, sunny · Wind 7 mph to LF · 3:35

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Washington Nationals 7–6. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 1st — Matt Adams homers (19) on a fly ball to right center field. Matt Carpenter scores. Jose Martinez scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Michael A. Taylor strikes out swinging — worth 18% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	15
WAS	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	6	16

W: Miles Mikolas L: Tanner Roark SV: Carlos Martinez

Umpires — HP: CB Bucknor · 1B: Fieldin Culbreth · 2B: Chris Conroy · 3B: Nic Lentz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Carpenter	5	2	2	1	0	0
Jose Martinez	5	1	3	1	0	0
Matt Adams	4	2	2	4	0	0
Marcell Ozuna	5	0	4	0	0	0
Paul DeJong	5	0	0	0	0	1
Yadier Molina	4	0	1	0	0	1
Harrison Bader	3	0	0	0	0	1
Yairo Munoz	4	1	1	1	0	0
Miles Mikolas	3	1	1	0	0	1
Francisco Pena	1	0	1	0	0	0
Patrick Wisdom	0	0	0	0	1	0

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Adam Eaton	5	0	3	1	0	0
Trea Turner	5	0	1	0	0	0
Bryce Harper	5	1	3	0	0	1
Anthony Rendon	5	1	3	0	0	0
Juan Soto	4	1	1	0	1	1
Ryan Zimmerman	5	2	2	3	0	1
Wilmer Difo	5	0	2	2	0	0
Pedro Severino	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tanner Roark	1	0	0	0	0	1
Victor Robles	1	1	1	0	0	0
Mark Reynolds	1	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Stevenson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Michael Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Miles Mikolas	6.2	12	0	2
Dakota Hudson	0.1	2	1	0
Carlos Martinez	2.0	2	0	4

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tanner Roark	5.0	10	0	4
Kyle McGowin	1.0	1	0	0
Wander Suero	2.0	2	0	0
Justin Miller	1.0	2	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Matt Carpenter: S9/F89M
Jose Martinez: S9/L4D-.1-2
Matt Adams: HR/F89D+.2-H;1-H
Marcell Ozuna: S9/F9LS
Paul DeJong: K
Yadier Molina: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 1

Adam Eaton: 53/G6S
Trea Turner: 3/L34
Bryce Harper: D9/L34D+
Anthony Rendon: S8/L8RM+.2XH(82)

Top 2

Harrison Bader: 4/F4D-
Yairo Munoz: 63/G6MS-
Miles Mikolas: S5/G15-
Matt Carpenter: D8/F8LXD+.1-H
Jose Martinez: S9/L34D.2-H;B-2
Matt Adams: 13/G13-

Bot 2

Juan Soto: K
Ryan Zimmerman: 9/F9S
Wilmer Difo: 31/G3

Top 3

Marcell Ozuna: S7/G6+
Paul DeJong: 3/F3SF-.1-2
Yadier Molina: 63/G6.2-3
Harrison Bader: K

Bot 3

Pedro Severino: 63/G6S-
Tanner Roark: K
Adam Eaton: S8/G4M
Trea Turner: S6/G56S-.1-2
Bryce Harper: S6/G6+.2-3;1-2
Anthony Rendon: 54(1)/FO/G56

Top 4

Yairo Munoz: 53/G56
Miles Mikolas: K
Matt Carpenter: 31/G34

Bot 4

Juan Soto: S7/L7S
Ryan Zimmerman: 5/L56+
Wilmer Difo: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 5

Jose Martinez: 53/G56
Matt Adams: HR/F9LD+
Marcell Ozuna: S7/G6+
Paul DeJong: 3/F3F-
Yadier Molina: K

Bot 5

Pedro Severino: 1/F13S-
Victor Robles: S7/F7S-
Adam Eaton: D8/F8RXD+.1-H
Trea Turner: E5/G5S-
Bryce Harper: 46(1)/FO/G4.2-3
Anthony Rendon: 43/G4

Top 6

Harrison Bader: 3/P3F
Yairo Munoz: HR/F7LD+
Miles Mikolas: 63/G6
Matt Carpenter: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 6

Juan Soto: 63/G6
Ryan Zimmerman: S5/G56S-
Wilmer Difo: D7/F78D+.1-H
Pedro Severino: 63/G6
Mark Reynolds: 53/G56

Top 7

Jose Martinez: 9/F9M
Matt Adams: 43/G34
Marcell Ozuna: S8/G6M
Paul DeJong: 13/G23-

Bot 7

Adam Eaton: 63/G6MD
Trea Turner: 9/F9M
Bryce Harper: S7/L7S
Anthony Rendon: D7/F7D+.1-3
Juan Soto: W
Ryan Zimmerman: D8/F8RXD+.3-H;2-H;1-H
Wilmer Difo: S8/L8RM+.2-H
Pedro Severino: WP.1-2
Pedro Severino: 8/L8RM

Top 8

Yadier Molina: S7/L8LS
Harrison Bader: CS2(26)
Harrison Bader: HP
Yairo Munoz: PO1(13)
Yairo Munoz: 9/F9M

Bot 8

Andrew Stevenson: K
Adam Eaton: S9/G34+
Trea Turner: 6/L6+
Bryce Harper: K

Top 9

Francisco Pena: S8/G4M
Matt Carpenter: 8/F8RD+
Jose Martinez: S8/L8RM.1-2
Patrick Wisdom: W.2-3;1-2
Marcell Ozuna: 9/F9S
Paul DeJong: 9/F8RD

Bot 9

Anthony Rendon: S8/L89S-
Juan Soto: E3/G3S.1-2
Ryan Zimmerman: K
Wilmer Difo: 8/F8LD
Michael Taylor: K

Notes & reviews

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Injury Delay
Nationals challenged call that Robles was out a home; call was overturned - safe at home
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Cardinals challenged call that Zimmerman was safe at home; call was upheld - safe at home
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Umpire review of pickoff play at 1st; call was upheld - Bader out on pickoff
Yadier Molina left with an injured leg
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