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Nationals aim to avoid third straight loss

Apr 5, 2008 - 1:25 PM Washington (3-2) at St Louis (3-1) 1:10 pm EDT

ST. LOUIS (Ticker) - The Washington Nationals look to end a two-game skid on Saturday when they face the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Nationals opened their new ballpark with a 3-2 win over Atlanta on Sunday, and parlayed that momentum into a pair of wins over the defending National League East champion Philadelphia Phillies earlier this week.

However, the Philadelphia rallied for an 8-7 extra-inning win on Thursday, denying Washington its first 4-0 start since 2003.

On Friday, Braden Looper threw six effective innings and Rick Ankiel hit a two-run homer to lead the Cardinals to a 5-4 victory in the opener of this three-game set.

The Nationals will try and rebound behind Opening Day starter Matt Chico (0-0, 5.06). The lefthander allowed three runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings of an 11-6 win over Philadelphia on Monday.

The Cardinals, who have won three straight, hand the ball to Adam Wainwright.

Wainwright had his first start of the season cut short, as Monday's season opener against Colorado was rained out in the third inning.

The former closer went 14-12 with a 3.70 ERA during his first full season as a starter.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    WASHINGTON 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 10 0
    ST LOUIS 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 x 5 8 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: WAS - MATT CHICO, JESUS COLOME (7TH), RAY KING (8TH) AND JESUS
    FLORES
    STL - ADAM WAINWRIGHT, ANTHONY REYES (9TH), RANDY
    FLORES (9TH) AND YADIER MOLINA

    HOME RUNS:

    Apr 5 4:05 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY JESUS FLORES (1) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 9TH OFF ANTHONY REYES SCORED RONNIE BELLIARD.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 4, ST LOUIS 5
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: R KING (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Nationals 4, Cardinals 5  Top 9, 0 OutsApr 5 3:57 PM
  • 35
    roots
    RUWTbot Added 35 roots (Close Finish)

    Nationals 4, Cardinals 5  Top 9, 0 OutsApr 5 3:57 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    PASSED BALL BY JESUS FLORES ALLOWED ADAM KENNEDY TO
    SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C IZTURIS ON FIRST, T WELLEMEYER ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 2
    ST LOUIS 5 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: S SCHUMAKER (.000, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Nationals 2, Cardinals 5  Bot 8, 0 OutsApr 5 3:47 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY NICK JOHNSON (1) TO CENTER WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 8TH OFF ADAM WAINWRIGHT.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 2, ST LOUIS 4
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: A KEARNS (.300, 0-FOR-3)

    Nationals 2, Cardinals 4  Top 8, 0 OutsApr 5 3:28 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY NICK JOHNSON SCORED RYAN ZIMMERMAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, N JOHNSON ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1
    ST LOUIS 4 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: A KEARNS (.333, 0-FOR-1)

    Nationals 1, Cardinals 4  Top 4, 0 OutsApr 5 2:11 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY YADIER MOLINA SCORED RICK ANKIEL AND ALBERT
    PUJOLS.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, Y MOLINA ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 0
    ST LOUIS 4 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: A KENNEDY (.375, 0-FOR-1)

    Nationals 0, Cardinals 4  Bot 3, 0 OutsApr 5 2:00 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CESAR IZTURIS SCORED ADAM KENNEDY.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C IZTURIS ON FIRST, A WAINWRIGHT ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 0
    ST LOUIS 2 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: B BARTON (.429, 0-FOR-1)

    Nationals 0, Cardinals 2  Bot 2, 0 OutsApr 5 1:41 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ADAM WAINWRIGHT SCORED YADIER MOLINA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A WAINWRIGHT ON FIRST, A KENNEDY ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 0
    ST LOUIS 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: C IZTURIS (.182, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Nationals 0, Cardinals 1  Bot 2, 0 OutsApr 5 1:39 PM

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