Washington Nationals @ St. Louis Cardinals

NLDS - GAME 2 • Series tied 1-1

98-64, 48-33 Away

Final

88-74, 50-31 Home


WSH
STL

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	10	2
0	4	1	2	0	1	0	4	-	12	13	0

L. Lynn1-0

3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 5 K, 1 BB

J. Zimmermann0-1

3.0 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 2 K, 0 BB

Nationals Hitting

hitters
J. WerthRF
B. HarperCF
R. Zimmerman3B
A. LaRoche1B
M. MorseLF
I. DesmondSS
D. Espinosa2B
K. SuzukiC
J. ZimmermannP
aR. BernadinaPH
C. StammenP
C. GarciaP
bS. LombardozziPH
M. GonzalezP
R. MattheusP
cC. TracyPH
S. BurnettP
T. GorzelannyP
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	1	1	0	0	1	2	.222	.300	.222
5	0	1	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.200
4	1	2	2	1	0	1	.333	.300	.667
4	1	1	1	1	1	1	.125	.300	.500
4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375
4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.167	.286	.167
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.250	.143
1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	1.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
35	4	10	4	2	4	11

a-walked for Zimmermann in the 4th

b-lined out to shortstop for Garcia in the 6th

c-popped out to third for Mattheus in the 8th

Batting
2BHarper (1, Mujica)
HRLaRoche (1, 5th inning off Lynn 0 on, 1 Out); Zimmerman (1, 5th inning off Lynn 0 on, 1 Out)
RBILaRoche (1), Zimmerman 2 (2), Zimmermann (1)
SFZimmerman
Team LOB9
Team RISP1-7 (Werth 0-1, Tracy 0-1, Morse 0-1, Suzuki 0-2, Zimmermann 1-1, Harper 0-1)

Fielding
DP1 (Desmond-Espinosa-LaRoche)
EMorse (1, fielding); Espinosa (1, fielding)
AssistsMorse (Jay at 2nd base)

Cardinals Hitting

hitters
J. JayCF
C. BeltranRF
M. HollidayLF
A. Craig1B
Y. MolinaC
D. Freese3B
D. Descalso2B
P. KozmaSS
J. GarciaP
aS. SchumakerPH
L. LynnP
J. KellyP
bS. RobinsonPH
E. MujicaP
M. BoggsP
cM. CarpenterPH
T. RosenthalP
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
5	1	2	3	0	0	1	.167	.214	.333
4	2	2	3	2	1	0	.333	.429	.833
4	1	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.429	.500
5	2	3	1	1	0	1	.385	.385	.769
4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.182	.308	.182
3	1	1	1	0	1	0	.333	.364	.444
4	2	2	2	1	0	0	.222	.300	.556
3	2	1	0	0	1	2	.111	.333	.222
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
35	12	13	11	4	5	6

a-grounded to shortstop for García in the 2nd

b-flied out to right for Kelly in the 6th

c-struck out looking for Boggs in the 8th

Batting
2BFreese (1, Zimmermann); Kozma (1, Burnett); Craig (1, Gorzelanny)
3BJay (1, Burnett)
HRBeltrán 2 (2, 6th inning off Gonzalez 0 on, 2 Out, 8th inning off Burnett 1 on, 2 Out); Craig (1, 3rd inning off Zimmermann 0 on, 2 Out); Descalso (1, 4th inning off Stammen 0 on, 0 Out)
RBIBeltrán 3 (3), Jay 3 (4), Freese (1), Craig (1), Descalso 2 (2), Schumaker (1)
2Out RBIBeltrán (3), Jay (2), Craig
SHLynn
GIDPDescalso
Team LOB5
Team RISP5-14 (Beltrán 1-1, Holliday 0-1, Molina 0-1, Jay 2-3, Freese 1-1, Kozma 0-2, Craig 0-1, Descalso 1-2, Carpenter 0-1, Schumaker 0-1)

Baserunning
SBJay (2, 2nd base off Stammen/Suzuki)

Fielding
DP1 (Holliday-Descalso-Kozma)
AssistsHolliday (Harper at 3rd base)

Nationals Pitching

pitchers
J. Zimmermann(L, 0-1)
C. Stammen
C. Garcia
M. Gonzalez
R. Mattheus
S. Burnett
T. Gorzelanny
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
3.0	7	5	5	0	2	1	63-40	15.00
0.1	1	2	2	2	0	1	20-10	13.50
1.2	0	0	0	2	2	0	28-13	0.00
1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	16-10	9.00
1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12-9	0.00
0.2	3	4	3	1	1	1	29-14	40.50
0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3-3	0.00
8.0	13	12	11	5	6	4	171-99

Pitching
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedBurnett 1/6; Gonzalez 0/4; Gorzelanny 2/2; Garcia 2/6; Zimmermann 5/15; Mattheus 2/3; Stammen 3/5
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesBurnett-3-0-7-4; Gonzalez-2-1-4-3; Gorzelanny-0-0-1-2; Garcia-6-3-2-2; Zimmermann-9-3-15-13; Mattheus-1-0-5-3; Stammen-2-1-4-3
Ground Balls-Fly BallsBurnett 0-1; Gonzalez 0-2; Gorzelanny 1-0; Garcia 2-0; Zimmermann 5-1; Mattheus 2-1; Stammen 2-0

Cardinals Pitching

pitchers
J. Garcia
L. Lynn(W, 1-0)
J. Kelly
E. Mujica
M. Boggs
T. Rosenthal
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
2.0	2	1	1	3	3	0	51-29	4.50
3.0	3	2	2	1	5	2	50-30	4.91
1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8-5	0.00
1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	11-7	6.75
1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	17-12	0.00
1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	22-13	0.00
9.0	10	4	4	4	11	2	159-96

Pitching
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedMujica 2/4; Boggs 3/5; García 6/11; Lynn 9/13; Rosenthal 1/4; Kelly 2/3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesMujica-2-0-1-3; Boggs-1-2-4-5; García-6-10-8-5; Lynn-9-6-8-7; Rosenthal-3-6-3-1; Kelly-1-0-1-3
Ground Balls-Fly BallsMujica 0-2; Boggs 0-3; García 2-1; Lynn 2-2; Kelly 1-2

Scoring Summary

No scoring plays available

Nationals
3
Cardinals
2

Game 1

8/10

Nationals
4
Cardinals
12

Game 2

9/10

Cardinals
8
Nationals
0

Game 3

11/10

Cardinals
1
Nationals
2

Game 4

12/10

Cardinals
9
Nationals
7

Game 5

13/10

Busch Stadium

4:37 AM, 9 October 2012

St. Louis, Missouri

Attendance: 45,840

Game Time:3:27

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Marvin Hudson
First Base Umpire - Joe West
Second Base Umpire - Jim Joyce
Third Base Umpire - Alfonso Marquez
Left Field Umpire - Ed Hickox
Right Field Umpire - Paul Emmel

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	24	10	.706	-	W2
Miami	16	17	.485	7.5	W1
Washington	15	19	.441	9	L2
Philadelphia	13	20	.394	10.5	L1
New York	11	22	.333	12.5	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	21	12	.636	-	W4
St. Louis	20	13	.606	1	W6
Cincinnati	20	13	.606	1	L2
Milwaukee	18	14	.563	2.5	W3
Pittsburgh	18	16	.529	3.5	W2

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Washington Nationals @ St. Louis Cardinals

L. Lynn1-0

J. Zimmermann0-1

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