Final
Cards take their swings against Strasburg
Apr 20, 2014 - 11:12 AM (SportsNetwork.com) - Stephen Strasburg tries to bounce back from his second loss of the season when he leads the Washington Nationals against the St. Louis Cardinals in the conclusion of a four-game series.Strasburg gave up eight hits and six runs in only four innings of an 11-2 loss at Miami on Tuesday. The right-hander is 0-1 with a 2.08 ERA in two career starts against the Cardinals.
Shelby Miller counters for the Cardinals, who have taken two of the three contests in this set at Nationals Park. The righty is unbeaten in his career when facing the Nationals, as he sports a 2-0 mark and 0.71 ERA in two starts. Miller logged his first win of 2014 on Tuesday with six solid innings at Milwaukee.
On Saturday, Tony Cruz had two hits and two RBI and the Cardinals won, 4-3. Jon Jay also had two hits while starter Lance Lynn (4-0) and Matt Holliday drove in a run apiece for St. Louis, winners in six of eight. Lynn lasted 5 2/3 innings, yielding just a run on five hits.
"I'm not going to lie, my stuff was better today than it's been all year," said Lynn. "That's the disappointing thing about the way the game finished for me today. That's the best stuff I've had all year."
Washington's Bryce Harper was pulled for not running out a grounder in the bottom of the sixth.
"He and I made an agreement that when we play the game, we hustle at all times," said Nationals manager Matt Williams. "As it turned out, his spot came up. Kevin Frandsen put on a nice AB against (Trevor) Rosenthal, but his spot came up with the ability to win the game. That's a shame for his teammates."
Denard Span had a pair of hits in his return to the Washington lineup. The Nationals' leadoff hitter was removed from the 7-day concussion DL before the game.
Jordan Zimmermann (1-1) was the unlucky loser after tossing seven strong innings. Zimmermann struck out six and allowed four runs -- one earned -- on seven hits.
The Cardinals have won nine of the last 10 games against the Nationals.
- ST. LOUIS: 2
WASHINGTON: 3
Final
Apr 20 5:00 PM - Denard Span sacrifice fly out to left scored Danny Espinosa with two outs to end the game.
Cardinals 2, Nationals 3 Bot 9, 2 OutsApr 20 4:57 PM - Danny Espinosa single to right scored Anthony Rendon with one out. On the play, Ian Desmond advances to second. Runners on first and second and Jose Lobaton due up.
Cardinals 2, Nationals 2 Bot 7, 1 OutApr 20 4:03 PM - Ian Desmond single to right scored Adam LaRoche with one out. On the play, Anthony Rendon advances to third. Runners on first and third and Danny Espinosa due up.
Cardinals 2, Nationals 1 Bot 7, 1 OutApr 20 4:03 PM - Shelby Miller double to left scored Peter Bourjos with two outs. Runner on second and Matt Carpenter due up.
Cardinals 2, Nationals 0 Top 5, 2 OutsApr 20 3:05 PM - Jhonny Peralta grounded into a double play, short to second to first scored Matt Adams with two outs. Yadier Molina out at second. None on and Mark Ellis due up.
Cardinals 1, Nationals 0 Top 2, 2 OutsApr 20 1:56 PM - ST. LOUIS: 0
WASHINGTON: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Apr 20 1:37 PM
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