St. Louis Cardinals @ Washington Nationals

24-24, 11-9 Away

Final

29-19, 14-9 Home


STL
WSH

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

CardinalsTop 1st
- J. Ross pitching for WSH
  STL
  WSH
- Pitch Type MPH
  1
  Strike Looking
  Fastball 93
  2
  Strike Looking
  Slider 81
  3
  Foul Ball
  Slider 83
  4
  Single
  Fastball 93
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
NationalsBottom 1st
- M. Leake pitching for STL
  STL
  WSH
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 2nd
- J. Ross pitching for WSH
  STL
  WSH
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
NationalsBottom 2nd
- M. Leake pitching for STL
  STL
  WSH
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 3rd
- J. Ross pitching for WSH
  STL
  WSH
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
NationalsBottom 3rd
- M. Leake pitching for STL
  STL
  WSH
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 4th
- J. Ross pitching for WSH
  STL
  WSH
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
NationalsBottom 4th
- M. Leake pitching for STL
  STL
  WSH
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 5th
- J. Ross pitching for WSH
  STL
  WSH
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
NationalsBottom 5th
- M. Leake pitching for STL
  STL
  WSH
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 6th
- J. Ross pitching for WSH
  STL
  WSH
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
NationalsBottom 6th
- M. Leake pitching for STL
  STL
  WSH
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 7th
- J. Ross pitching for WSH
  STL
  WSH
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
NationalsBottom 7th
- M. Leake pitching for STL
  STL
  WSH
- Robinson hit for Ross.
  1
  2
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 8th
- F. Vazquez pitching for WSH
  STL
  WSH
- Holliday hit for G. Garcia.
  1
  2
- Gyorko hit for Leake.
  1
  2
- Gyorko safe at first on error by shortstop Espinosa.
  1
  2
- Tejada ran for Gyorko.
  1
  2
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error
NationalsBottom 8th
- S. Oh pitching for STL
  STL
  WSH
- Tejada at third base.
  1
  2
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 9th
- J. Papelbon pitching for WSH
  STL
  WSH
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

Pitch	Type	MPH
1 Strike Looking	Fastball	93
2 Strike Looking	Slider	81
3 Foul Ball	Slider	83
4 Single	Fastball	93

Cardinals
1
Nationals
2

Game 1

27/5

Cardinals
6
Nationals
2

Game 2

28/5

Cardinals
9
Nationals
4

Game 3

29/5

Cardinals
2
Nationals
10

Game 4

29/5

Nationals Park

12:05 AM, 27 May 2016

Washington, District of Columbia

Attendance: 26,176

Game Time:2:27

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - John Tumpane
First Base Umpire - Alan Porter
Second Base Umpire - Mark Carlson
Third Base Umpire - Jeff Kellogg

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	46	29	.613	-	W1
St. Louis	41	34	.547	5	W1
Chicago	40	37	.519	7	L1
Pittsburgh	39	39	.500	8.5	W1
Cincinnati	37	39	.487	9.5	W2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	48	28	.632	-	L1
Philadelphia	42	35	.545	6.5	W2
Miami	40	38	.513	9	W4
Washington	40	38	.513	9	L1
New York	34	43	.442	14.5	L2

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St. Louis Cardinals @ Washington Nationals

J. Ross4-4

M. Leake3-4

J. Papelbon13

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