Final
Washington leads 2-1 (as of 9/1)
| Game 1: Thursday, August 30 | ||
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| St. Louis | 1 | Final |
| Washington | 8 | |
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| Game 2: Friday, August 31 | ||
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| St. Louis | 0 | Final |
| Washington | 10 | |
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| Game 3: Saturday, September 1 | ||
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| St. Louis | 10 | Final |
| Washington | 9 | |
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| Game 4: Sunday, September 2 | ||
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| St. Louis | 3 | Final |
| Washington | 4 | |
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4:05 PM ET, September 1, 2012
Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| J Jay CF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .316 | .393 | .416 |
| M Carpenter 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .309 | .375 | .495 |
| M Holliday LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | .304 | .378 | .524 |
| A Craig RF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .313 | .369 | .563 |
| Y Molina C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .322 | .373 | .506 |
| D Freese 3B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .300 | .369 | .479 |
| S Schumaker 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .297 | .359 | .392 |
a-S Robinson PH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .260 | .314 | .356 |
P Kozma SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| D Descalso SS-2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .219 | .294 | .312 |
| K Lohse P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .093 | .123 | .093 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
F Salas P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
E Mujica P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-C Beltran PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .268 | .340 | .502 |
M Boggs P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
J Motte P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 39 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 176 | |||
| a-walked for S Schumaker in the 8th b-singled to center for E Mujica in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: D Freese (22, J Zimmermann); M Carpenter (19, J Zimmermann) HR: D Freese (18, 2nd inning off J Zimmermann 1 on, 0 Out); M Holliday (25, 3rd inning off J Zimmermann 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: D Freese 3 (74), M Holliday 2 (92), M Carpenter 3 (36), A Craig (72), C Beltran (86) S: D Descalso 2-out RBI: M Carpenter 3, A Craig Cardinals RISP: 4-11 (C Beltran 1-1, M Holliday 0-1, K Lohse 0-1, P Kozma 0-1, Y Molina 0-1, D Descalso 0-1, M Carpenter 1-2, A Craig 1-1, D Freese 1-1, S Schumaker 0-1) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: A Craig (2, 2nd base off D Storen/J Flores); D Freese (3, 2nd base off D Storen/J Flores) CS: J Jay (4, 2nd base by J Zimmermann/K Suzuki) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: M Holliday (3, fly ball); D Descalso (10, ground ball) | ||||||||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| K Lohse | 5.2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 92-66 | 2.81 | |
| M Rzepczynski | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5-1 | 4.68 | |
| F Salas (B, 2) | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9-6 | 3.76 | |
| E Mujica | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7-5 | 3.21 | |
| M Boggs (W, 3-1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11-6 | 1.90 | |
| J Motte (S, 32) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10-8 | 2.83 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 134-92 | ||
| PITCHING M Rzepczynski pitched to 1 batter in the 6th WP: F Salas First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: K Lohse 18/28; M Rzepczynski 1/1; F Salas 2/2; E Mujica 3/3; M Boggs 1/3; J Motte 3/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: K Lohse 21-4-19-22; M Rzepczynski 0-1-0-0; F Salas 3-0-1-2; E Mujica 2-1-0-2; M Boggs 2-0-1-3; J Motte 2-2-2-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: K Lohse 5-8; M Rzepczynski 0-0; F Salas 1-0; E Mujica 1-1; M Boggs 1-2; J Motte 1-1 Game Scores: K Lohse 29 | ||||||||||
| Washington Nationals | ||||||||||
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| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| J Werth RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .313 | .398 | .470 |
E Perez CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| B Harper CF-RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | .256 | .327 | .435 |
| R Zimmerman 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .284 | .351 | .456 |
| A LaRoche 1B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .260 | .333 | .477 |
| M Morse LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .287 | .317 | .455 |
| I Desmond SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .283 | .319 | .495 |
| D Espinosa 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .248 | .315 | .406 |
D Storen P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| K Suzuki C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .227 | .278 | .303 |
b-C Tracy PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .273 | .338 | .500 |
J Flores C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .256 | .325 |
| J Zimmermann P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .188 | .235 | .292 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
a-R Bernadina PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .306 | .388 | .408 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .280 | .326 | .360 | |
| Totals | 39 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 134 | |||
| a-flied out to right for C Stammen in the 6th b-flied out to center for K Suzuki in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: B Harper (19, K Lohse); J Werth (15, K Lohse) HR: A LaRoche (24, 2nd inning off K Lohse 1 on, 2 Out); D Espinosa (15, 6th inning off K Lohse 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: A LaRoche 3 (84), K Suzuki (8), D Espinosa (48), R Zimmerman (70) 2-out RBI: A LaRoche 3, K Suzuki, R Zimmerman Nationals RISP: 3-8 (A LaRoche 1-2, D Espinosa 0-1, R Zimmerman 1-2, I Desmond 0-1, K Suzuki 1-1, J Zimmermann 0-1) Team LOB: 4 | ||||||||||
| Washington Nationals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| J Zimmermann | 3.2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 93-62 | 3.01 | |
| C Stammen | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28-20 | 2.47 | |
| R Mattheus (H, 12) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12-9 | 2.39 | |
| S Burnett (B, 2) | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20-13 | 2.16 | |
| D Storen (L, 1-1) | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23-19 | 3.86 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 176-123 | ||
| PITCHING HBP: D Descalso (By J Zimmermann); J Jay (By J Zimmermann) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Zimmermann 15/21; C Stammen 7/8; R Mattheus 3/4; S Burnett 4/5; D Storen 6/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Zimmermann 17-7-23-15; C Stammen 10-3-2-5; R Mattheus 2-1-3-3; S Burnett 2-1-6-4; D Storen 4-4-6-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Zimmermann 2-5; C Stammen 2-2; R Mattheus 1-2; S Burnett 2-0; D Storen 1-2 Game Scores: J Zimmermann 15 | ||||||||||
| STL | WSH | |||
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| 1st | A LaRoche singled to right, B Harper scored. | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st | I Desmond safe at second on error by left fielder M Holliday, A LaRoche and M Morse scored. | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st | K Suzuki singled to center, I Desmond scored, D Espinosa to second. | 0 | 4 | |
| 2nd | D Freese homered to center (398 feet), Y Molina scored. | 2 | 4 | |
| 2nd | A LaRoche homered to right (404 feet), R Zimmerman scored. | 2 | 6 | |
| 3rd | M Holliday homered to center (452 feet), J Jay scored. | 4 | 6 | |
| 4th | M Carpenter doubled to deep right, D Freese, D Descalso and J Jay scored. | 7 | 6 | |
| 4th | A Craig singled to left center, M Carpenter scored, M Holliday to second. | 8 | 6 | |
| 6th | D Espinosa homered to right center (402 feet). | 8 | 7 | |
| 6th | R Zimmerman singled to right, J Werth scored, R Zimmerman to second, B Harper to second, B Harper scored advancing on throw. | 8 | 9 | |
| 8th | C Beltran singled to center, S Robinson scored. | 9 | 9 | |
| 9th | D Freese singled to left, A Craig scored. | 10 | 9 | |
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| Stadium | Nationals Park, Washington, D.C. |
| Attendance | 34,004 (81.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:29 |
| Weather | 91 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 5 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Wally Bell, First Base - Mike Winters, Second Base - Mark Wegner, Third Base - Mike Muchlinski |
