Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
St. Louis 2, Washington 1
When: 2:15 PM ET, Sunday, August 30, 2009
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 66°
Umpires: Home - Scott Barry, 1B - Tom Hallion, 2B - Ron Kulpa, 3B - Brian O'Nora
Attendance: 41083
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 000001000142
St. Louis 000101000240
Team Records
 
Team W/L Home Away Streak
Washington 46-85 27-39 19-46 L3
St. Louis 77-55 41-25 36-30 W3
Recap Quick Hits
  • With this win, the St. Louis Cardinals have a 41-25 record at home this season. The Washington Nationals have a 19-46 record on the road.
  • St. Louis has a streak of 3 straight up wins. The Cardinals have won 8 of their last 10 games.
  • Washington has a streak of 3 straight up losses. The Nationals have won 3 of their last 10 games.
  • Adam Wainwright pitched 6.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 2.47. Ryan Franklin closed out the game to get the save and has 35 saves for the season. Garrett Mock took the loss for Washington.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Washington   St. Louis
Garrett Mock Player Adam Wainwright
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 6.0
5 Strikeouts 7
4 Hits 3
3.00 ERA 1.50
Hitting
Washington   St. Louis
Elijah DukesPlayer Colby Rasmus
1 Hits 2
1 RBI 0
0 HR 0
1 TB 2
.500 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Washington 4 0 5 .129 14 10 1 5 0 2
St. Louis 4 0 4 .148 9 5 2 2 1 0