October 15, 2013: Cardinals 6 Nationals 0 (NLCS tied, 2-2)

Michael Wacha showed the poise of a seasoned veteran in his 2nd playoff start and just his 11th start in the majors, hurling a 4-hit shutout at the Nationals to even up the NLCS. The Cards poured it on in a 5-run 7th, but really only needed the single run scored in the 5th on a Carlos Beltran RBI double.

Drew Storen goes from hero a day earlier to goat. He allowed two singles and issued 2 walks without recording an out, and all four runners came around to score.

BOXSCORE: 2013 Washington Nationals At 2013 St. Louis Cardinals    10/15/2013
 
  Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Span CF           4  0  0  0 .194     M.Carpenter 2B      4  1  3  0 .265  
  R.Zimmerman 3B      4  0  1  0 .188     C.Beltran RF        4  1  1  1 .355  
  J.Werth RF          4  0  0  0 .300     M.Holliday LF       5  1  1  2 .233  
  B.Harper LF         3  0  1  0 .385     M.Adams 1B          5  0  2  0 .206  
  I.Desmond SS        2  0  1  0 .286     Y.Molina C          5  1  1  2 .323  
  A.Laroche 1B        3  0  0  0 .280     J.Jay CF            3  0  0  0 .172  
  W.Ramos C           3  0  0  0 .241     D.Freese 3B         3  0  1  0 .346  
  S.Lombardozzi 2B    3  0  0  0 .067     D.Descalso SS       4  0  2  1 .421  
  D.Haren P           2  0  0  0 .000     M.Wacha P           2  2  0  0 .200  
  D.Storen P          0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  F.Abad P            0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  R.Mattheus P        0  0  0  0 ----                                          
A-C.Tracy PH          1  0  1  0 .400                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      29  0  4  0                 Totals      35  6 11  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Mattheus In 9th Inning
 
Nationals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  0
Cardinals....... 0 0 0  0 1 0  5 0    -  6 11  0
 
Nationals (5-3)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Haren LOSS(0-1)         6       6   1   1   2   3   0  98   1.32
D.Storen                  0       2   4   4   2   0   0  22  21.60
F.Abad                    0 1/3   1   1   1   1   0   0  15   4.91
R.Mattheus                1 2/3   2   0   0   1   1   0  29   0.00
Totals                    8      11   6   6   6   4   0
 
Cardinals (5-3)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Wacha WIN(2-0)          9       4   0   0   1   6   0 102   0.56
Totals                    9       4   0   0   1   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 39,889 DATE- Tuesday, October 15th 2013 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Adrian Johnson, Fieldin Culbreth, Brian O'Nora, Bill Welke
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 3  Cardinals:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0  Cardinals: 2
DOUBLES- C.Beltran(3rd), Y.Molina(3rd)
RBIs- C.Beltran(8th), M.Holliday-2(2nd), Y.Molina-2(4th), D.Descalso(2nd)
WALKS- I.Desmond, M.Carpenter, C.Beltran, J.Jay, D.Freese, M.Wacha-2
STRIKE OUTS- R.Zimmerman-2, J.Werth, A.Laroche-2, S.Lombardozzi, C.Beltran,
             Y.Molina, D.Descalso, M.Wacha
GIDP- J.Werth, A.Laroche
2-out RBI- D.Descalso
RLISP 2-out- M.Holliday-2, M.Adams-2, M.Wacha, Y.Molina
TEAM RISP- Nationals: 0 for 0  Cardinals: 5 for 14
 
Michael Wacha had an impressive outing and Matt Carpenter had 3 base hits as
the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals by a score of 6 to
0.
 
Washington never recovered after St. Louis took the lead in the 5th inning
scoring a single run using 2 hits.  After an out was recorded, Wacha drew a
walk.  Carpenter was next and he slapped a single.  Carlos Beltran then
doubled.  St. Louis had a total of 11 hits for the game.  
 
Wacha(2-0) went the distance for the shutout. Dan Haren(0-1) was hit with the
loss.  'When Wacha is on like that it is a tough game to play, no doubt about
it,' Davey Johnson said. 'He always pitches well against us.'