Washington Nationals @ St. Louis Cardinals

7-15, 6-8 Away

Final

15-7, 10-3 Home


WAS
STL

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	1
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-	6	8	0

S. Ponson3-0

6.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 4 K, 2 BB

M. O'Connor0-1

5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 K, 4 BB

Nationals Hitting

hitters
A. SorianoLF
J. Vidro2B
N. Johnson1B
J. GuillenRF
R. ChurchCF
R. Zimmerman3B
B. SchneiderC
R. ClaytonSS
M. O'ConnorP
aM. AndersonPH
J. BergmannP
bM. ByrdPH
G. MajewskiP
F. RodríguezP
J. EischenP
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	0	2	0	0	1	.323	.364	.602
4	0	0	0	0	0	.354	.393	.512
4	1	1	0	0	2	.372	.490	.641
4	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.333	.381
4	0	1	0	0	1	.256	.383	.692
3	1	0	0	1	0	.232	.326	.354
3	0	1	2	0	0	.179	.276	.209
2	0	1	0	1	0	.253	.293	.293
1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	0	0	1	.095	.240	.095
0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.383	.314
0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
31	2	6	2	2	5

a-struck out looking for M O'Connor in the 6th

b-grounded into fielder's choice to third for J Bergmann in the 7th

Batting
2BR Church (3, S Ponson); N Johnson (6, S Ponson); B Schneider (2, S Ponson)
RBIB Schneider 2 (6)
2Out RBIB Schneider 2
GIDPJ Vidro
Team LOB4

Baserunning
CSA Soriano (3, 2nd base by S Ponson/Y Molina)

Fielding
ER Zimmerman (1, throw)
AssistsJ Guillen (J Rodriguez at Home)

Cardinals Hitting

hitters
D. EcksteinSS
H. Luna2B
aA. MilesPH-2B
A. Pujols1B
J. EncarnacionRF
J. EdmondsCF
S. Spiezio3B
Y. MolinaC
S. TaguchiLF
S. PonsonP
B. ThompsonP
bJ. RodríguezPH
J. HancockP
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.330	.406	.420
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.400	.429	.525
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.304	.421	.435
3	1	0	0	0	2	0	.342	.495	.890
5	2	0	0	0	0	1	.210	.235	.296
5	1	1	3	1	0	1	.200	.293	.446
3	0	2	2	0	1	0	.259	.333	.630
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.176	.208
3	1	2	0	0	1	0	.281	.339	.351
1	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250	.500	.250
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.364	.423	.545
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000
31	6	8	6	1	7	4

a-hit sacrifice fly to center for H Luna in the 8th

b-doubled to deep center for B Thompson in the 8th

Batting
2BS Spiezio (2, G Majewski); S Taguchi (4, G Majewski); J Rodriguez (2, G Majewski)
3BS Spiezio (1, M O'Connor)
HRJ Edmonds (4, 1st inning off M O'Connor 2 on, 2 Out)
RBIJ Edmonds 3 (16), S Spiezio 2 (7), A Miles (5)
2Out RBIJ Edmonds 3, S Spiezio 2
SFA Miles
SHS Ponson
Team LOB11

Fielding
DP1 (A Pujols-D Eckstein-A Pujols)

Nationals Pitching

pitchers
M. O'Connor(L,3-8)
J. Bergmann
G. Majewski
F. Rodríguez
J. Eischen
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
5.0	3	3	0	4	2	1	92-50	0.00
1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	14-9	13.50
1.0	3	3	3	2	1	0	41-21	4.96
0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	9-4	4.97
0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-1	10.80
8.0	8	6	3	7	4	1	159-85

Pitching
Ground Balls-Fly BallsM O'Connor 5-8; J Bergmann 1-1; G Majewski 1-1; F Rodriguez 1-1; J Eischen 0-1
Game ScoresM O'Connor 53

Cardinals Pitching

pitchers
S. Ponson(W,4-4)
B. Thompson(H,3)
J. Hancock
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
6.2	5	2	2	2	4	86-52	3.13
1.1	1	0	0	0	1	23-16	0.96
1.0	0	0	0	0	0	8-6	2.84
9.0	6	2	2	2	5	117-74

Pitching
HBPD Eckstein (By F Rodriguez)
Ground Balls-Fly BallsS Ponson 8-7; B Thompson 3-0; J Hancock 2-1
Game ScoresS Ponson 58

Scoring Summary

		WAS	STL
1st	J Edmonds homered to right, D Eckstein and J Encarnacion scored.	0	3
7th	B Schneider doubled to deep right, N Johnson and R Zimmerman scored.	2	3
7th	S Spiezio doubled to deep center, A Pujols and J Encarnacion scored.	2	5
8th	A Miles hit sacrifice fly to center, S Taguchi scored.	2	6

Nationals
2
Cardinals
6

Game 1

28/4

Nationals
8
Cardinals
3

Game 2

29/4

Nationals
1
Cardinals
2

Game 3

29/4

Nationals
2
Cardinals
9

Game 4

30/4

Busch Stadium

1:10 AM, 28 April 2006

St. Louis, Missouri

Attendance: 39,515

Game Time:2:46

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Marty Foster
First Base Umpire - Bob Davidson
Second Base Umpire - Bill Welke
Third Base Umpire - Tim Mcclelland

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Philadelphia	96	66	.593	-	W1
New York	83	79	.512	13	L1
Miami	79	83	.488	17	W1
Atlanta	76	86	.469	20	W1
Washington	66	96	.407	30	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	97	65	.599	-	W1
Chicago	92	70	.568	5	W3
Cincinnati	83	79	.512	14	L1
St. Louis	78	84	.481	19	L4
Pittsburgh	71	91	.438	26	L1

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Washington Nationals @ St. Louis Cardinals

S. Ponson3-0

M. O'Connor0-1

Scoring Summary

Inning

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