October 11, 2013: Cardinals 4 Nationals 3 (Cardinals lead NLCS, 1-0)

What started as a pitchers duel between Adam Wainwright and Gio Gonzalez changed course quickly when the Cardinals loaded the bases in the top of the 6th and David Freese deposited one in the seats to turn a 1-0 deficit into a 4-1 Cardinals lead. The Nationals pulled within one on a 2-run Bryce Harper home run in the 7th, but fell short in the 9th against Cards closer Edward Mujica. Chad Tracy of the Nats had some big pinch hits during the regular season, but he ends the game by striking out with the tying run on 2nd and the winning run on 1st.

BOXSCORE: 2013 St. Louis Cardinals At 2013 Washington Nationals    10/11/2013
 
  Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  M.Carpenter 2B      4  0  0  0 .143     D.Span CF           2  0  0  1 .211  
  C.Beltran RF        2  0  0  0 .316     R.Zimmerman 3B      4  0  0  0 .158  
  M.Holliday LF       2  1  1  0 .188     J.Werth RF          4  1  1  0 .278  
B-S.Robinson LF       1  0  0  0 .500     B.Harper LF         4  1  1  2 .389  
  Y.Molina C          4  1  1  0 .313     I.Desmond SS        4  0  1  0 .316  
  D.Freese 3B         4  1  2  4 .313     A.Laroche 1B        4  0  1  0 .200  
C-D.Descalso 3B       0  0  0  0 .250     W.Ramos C           3  0  0  0 .222  
  M.Adams 1B          4  0  0  0 .200     A.Rendon 2B         3  1  1  0 .083  
  J.Jay CF            4  0  0  0 .222     I.Krol P            0  0  0  0 ----  
  P.Kozma SS          4  0  0  0 .333   E-C.Tracy PH          1  0  0  0 .250  
  A.Wainwright P      3  1  2  0 .400     G.Gonzalez P        1  0  1  0 .333  
  T.Rosenthal P       0  0  0  0 ----   A-S.Hairston PH       1  0  0  0 .000  
  E.Mujica P          0  0  0  0 .000     R.Mattheus P        0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        D-S.Lombardozzi PH,2B 1  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  4  6  4                 Totals      32  3  6  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Gonzalez In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Holliday In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Freese In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Mattheus In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Krol In 9th Inning
 
Cardinals....... 0 0 0  0 0 4  0 0 0  -  4  6  0
Nationals....... 0 0 1  0 0 0  2 0 0  -  3  6  0
 
Cardinals (4-1)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
A.Wainwright WIN(1-0)     6       4   3   3   0   6   1  82   2.77
T.Rosenthal HOLD(1st)     1 1/3   1   0   0   1   2   0  20   4.15
E.Mujica SAVE(4th)        1 2/3   1   0   0   1   1   0  25   0.00
Totals                    9       6   3   3   2   9   1
 
Nationals (3-2)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
G.Gonzalez LOSS(0-2)      6       5   4   4   2   7   1  84   3.75
R.Mattheus                2       1   0   0   1   2   0  27   0.00
I.Krol                    1       0   0   0   0   0   0  14   0.00
Totals                    9       6   4   4   3   9   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 41,103 DATE- Friday, October 11th 2013 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Ted Barrett, Alfonso Marquez, Mike Dimuro, Scott Barry
T- 2:55
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 4  Nationals: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 0  Nationals: 0
HOME RUNS- D.Freese(1st), B.Harper(3rd)
RBIs- D.Freese-4(7th), D.Span(2nd), B.Harper-2(7th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Beltran(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Beltran
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Span
WALKS- C.Beltran-2, M.Holliday, D.Span, W.Ramos
STRIKE OUTS- M.Carpenter, C.Beltran, M.Holliday, D.Freese, M.Adams, J.Jay-2,
             P.Kozma-2, D.Span, J.Werth, I.Desmond, A.Laroche, W.Ramos,
             A.Rendon, C.Tracy, S.Hairston, S.Lombardozzi
2-out RBI- D.Freese-4
RLISP 2-out- D.Freese, C.Tracy
TEAM RISP- Cardinals: 2 for 5  Nationals: 0 for 1
 
The St. Louis Cardinals nipped the Washington Nationals 4 to 3 at Nationals
Park in a hard fought contest.
 
Adam Wainwright(1-0) gave a fine effort for St. Louis.  He was reached for 4
hits and no walks in 6 innings.  Washington had a chance in the 9th but they
came up short.  
 
Edward Mujica recorded his 4th save.  Gio Gonzalez(0-2) was the loser.  He
allowed 5 hits and 2 walks in 6 innings.