October 14, 2013: Nationals 6 Cardinals 5 (Nationals lead NLCS, 2-1)

Despite getting outhitting the Nationals, the Cardinals can't get runs across the plate when it counts and fall by a 6-5 score. The Cards left 14 runners on base in the game, and left a runner at 3rd in the 6th, 7th, and 9th innings.

The save went to Rafael Soriano, but the real save should go to either Fernando Abad or Drew Storen. Abad entered in the 6th with no outs, bases loaded, tying run at the plate. He struck out Matt Carpenter and got Carlos Beltran to ground into an inning-ending double play. Abad stayed out for the 7th but gave way to Craig Stammen with one out and a runner on 1st. Stammen got the 2nd out on a fielder's choice, but then allowed a double, a walk and a single to score a run and load the bases. Storen entered with the tying run at 1st and the go ahead run at the plate, and got pinch hitter Pete Kozma to ground out.

The Nats scored all 6 runs on 4 homers, including an inside the park one from Steve Lombardozzi. Jayson Werth had a solo shot and Ian Desmond had a 2-run homer in the 4th, and Wilson Ramos added a 2-run blast in the 6th.

BOXSCORE: 2013 Washington Nationals At 2013 St. Louis Cardinals    10/14/2013
 
  Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Span CF           4  0  2  0 .222     M.Carpenter 2B      5  1  1  0 .200  
  R.Zimmerman 3B      5  0  0  0 .179     C.Beltran RF        4  1  1  2 .370  
  J.Werth RF          5  1  2  1 .346     M.Holliday LF       4  0  2  0 .240  
  B.Harper LF         2  1  0  0 .391     M.Adams 1B          5  1  1  1 .172  
  I.Desmond SS        4  1  1  2 .269     Y.Molina C          5  1  3  0 .346  
  A.Laroche 1B        4  1  2  0 .318     J.Jay CF            4  1  1  0 .192  
  W.Ramos C           4  1  1  2 .269     D.Freese 3B         4  0  2  0 .348  
  S.Lombardozzi 2B    4  1  1  1 .083     D.Descalso SS       3  0  2  1 .400  
  J.Zimmermann P      3  0  0  0 .000     L.Lynn P            1  0  0  0 .000  
  F.Abad P            0  0  0  0 ----     J.Axford P          0  0  0  0 ----  
  C.Stammen P         0  0  0  0 ----   A-S.Robinson PH       0  0  0  0 .333  
  D.Storen P          0  0  0  0 ----     R.Choate P          0  0  0  0 ----  
C-T.Moore PH          1  0  0  0 .000   B-P.Kozma PH          1  0  0  0 .357  
  T.Clippard P        0  0  0  0 ----     K.Siegrist P        0  0  0  0 ----  
  R.Soriano P         0  0  0  0 ----   D-T.Cruz PH           1  0  0  1 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  6  9  6                 Totals      37  5 13  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Axford In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Choate In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Storen In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Siegrist In 9th Inning
 
Nationals....... 0 0 1  3 0 2  0 0 0  -  6  9  0
Cardinals....... 0 0 2  0 0 0  1 1 1  -  5 13  1
 
Nationals (5-2)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Zimmermann WIN(2-0)     5       8   2   2   3   6   1  93   3.00
F.Abad HOLD(2nd)          1 1/3   1   1   1   0   2   0  18   2.70
C.Stammen                 0 1/3   2   0   0   1   0   0  17   0.00
D.Storen HOLD(1st)        0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
T.Clippard HOLD(2nd)      1       1   1   1   1   3   1  18   2.70
R.Soriano SAVE(4th)       1       1   1   1   1   0   0  19   2.25
Totals                    9      13   5   5   6  11   2
 
Cardinals (4-3)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
L.Lynn LOSS(0-1)          5 2/3   9   6   6   2   5   4 115   7.71
J.Axford                  0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   3  10.80
R.Choate                  1       0   0   0   0   0   0  12   0.00
K.Siegrist                2       0   0   0   1   2   0  25   0.00
Totals                    9       9   6   6   3   8   4
 
ATTENDANCE- 43,893 DATE- Monday, October 14th 2013 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Tony Randazzo, Manny Gonzalez, Brian Gorman, Larry Vanover
T- 3:41
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 6  Cardinals:14
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1  Cardinals: 1
ERRORS- D.Descalso
DOUBLES- D.Span(3rd), M.Holliday(2nd), J.Jay(2nd), D.Freese(2nd)
TRIPLES- M.Carpenter(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Werth(1st), I.Desmond(1st), W.Ramos(4th), S.Lombardozzi(1st),
           C.Beltran(2nd), M.Adams(2nd)
RBIs- J.Werth(2nd), I.Desmond-2(2nd), W.Ramos-2(5th), S.Lombardozzi(1st),
      C.Beltran-2(7th), M.Adams(2nd), D.Descalso(1st), T.Cruz(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- L.Lynn
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Beltran
WALKS- D.Span, B.Harper-2, M.Holliday, J.Jay, D.Freese, D.Descalso-2,
       S.Robinson
HIT BY PITCH- M.Carpenter
STRIKE OUTS- D.Span, R.Zimmerman-2, A.Laroche, S.Lombardozzi, J.Zimmermann-3,
             M.Carpenter-3, M.Adams-4, Y.Molina, J.Jay, D.Freese, L.Lynn
GIDP- R.Zimmerman, C.Beltran
2-out RBI- M.Adams, D.Descalso
RLISP 2-out- M.Adams, L.Lynn, C.Beltran, I.Desmond-2, R.Zimmerman, P.Kozma-2,
             M.Carpenter
TEAM RISP- Nationals: 0 for 2  Cardinals: 1 for 11
WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: Denard Span robbed Matt Holliday of an extra base hit.
 
Right fielder Jayson Werth blasted a homerun as the Washington Nationals beat
the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 6 to 5.
 
Washington came up with 3 runs in the top of the 4th inning.  The big moment
was provided by Ian Desmond who deflated the crowd as he bombed a two-run
dinger.  St. Louis had a chance to come back in the 9th but they came up
short.  
 
Jordan Zimmermann(2-0) picked up the victory, allowing 2 runs in 5 innings.
Zimmermann got help from Rafael Soriano who earned his 4th save.  The loss
was charged to Lance Lynn(0-1).  He served up 4 homeruns in his 5 and 2/3
innings.  
 
'I didn't have my best stuff but sometimes you just get lucky,' Zimmermann
said, 'this was one of those times.'