Cardinals Beat Nationals 8-5: Brandon Moss Doubles & Hits A Three-Run Homer; Carlos Villanueva Strikes Out Six & Holds Two Inherited Runners On Base Over Three & A Third Scoreless Innings; Mitch Harris Strikes Out One Over Two Scoreless Innings For The Win

Individual Highlights:
Matt Carpenter 0-for-3 with one run, two walks, two strikeouts, and one fielding error.
Stephen Piscotty 2-for-5 with one ground into double play.
Jhonny Peralta 1-for-5 with two-out RBI, one run, and grounded into one double play.
Yadier Molina 0-for-3 with two walks and allowed one stolen base.
Kolten Wong 1-for-3 with one double, one two-out RBI, and one walk.
Cody Stanley 1-for-1 with one double and one run.
Mark Reynolds one two-out RBI, one walk, and one hit by pitch.
Tommy Pham 1-for-2 with two runs and one walk.
Brandon Moss 2-for-4 with one double, one home run, three two-out RBIs, two runs, one hit by pitch, and two strikeouts.
Carlos Villanueva entered in the third and pitched 3.1 innings.  He allowed one hit, no runs, and struck six out.  0-for-2 with one strikeout.  (p-s:40-30)(g/f:1-1)(ir-s:2-0)
Mitch Harris entered in the eighth and pitched two innings.  He allowed two hits, no runs, one walk, and struck one out for the winning decision (2-1).  (p-s:31-19)(g/f:2-3)

Rough Outing:
Marco Gonzales started and pitched 2.2 innings.  He allowed seven hits, four earned runs, one home run, one walk, and struck one out.  (p-s:66-44)(g/f:5-0)

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