Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Cardinals Beat Nationals 6-2: Carlos Martinez Strikes Out Three Over Five Scoreless Innings For The Win; Matt Carpenter Singles, Triples, & Drives In Four Runs; Greg Garcia Doubles Twice, Triples, & Knocks In One Run

Individual Highlights:
Dexter Fowler started in centerfield and batted leadoff.  1-for-3 with one two-out RBI, one run, and one strikeout.
Greg Garcia started at shortstop and batted second.  3-for-4 with two doubles, one triple, one two-out RBI, two runs, one strikeout, and assisted in three double plays.
Matt Carpenter started at first base and batted third.  2-for-3 with one triple, four RBIs (three w/two-outs), one sac fly, and assisted in three double plays.
Jhonny Peralta started at third base and batted fourth.  1-for-3 with one double and one strikeout.
Kolten Wong started at second base and batted seventh.  1-for-3 with one double, one run, one walk, one stolen base, one strikeout, one caught stealing/pickoff, and assisted in three double plays.
Carlos Martinez started and pitched five innings.  He allowed three hits, no runs, hit two batters, and struck three out for the winning decision (2-0).  0-for-1 at the plate.  (g/f:7-3)
Jonathan Broxton entered in the seventh and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs for the hold (2).  (g/f:2-0)
Dakota Hudson entered in the eighth and pitched one inning.  He allowed one hit and no runs.  (g/f:3-0)
John Gant entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs, and struck two out.  (g/f:0-1)

Rough Outing:
Tommy Pham entered late in the game as pinch hitter and batted fourth.  0-for-1 with one strikeout.
Randal Grichuk started in left field and moved to center, batting sixth.  0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
Matt Adams entered late in the game in left field and batted ninth.  0-for-2 with one strikeout.
Brett Cecil entered in the sixth and pitched one inning.  He allowed two hits and one earned run.  (g/f:2-0)

Former Cardinals:
Max Scherzer started and pitched 4.2 innings.  He allowed five hits, two earned runs, one walk, and struck four out for the losing decision (0-1).  (g/f:3-3)

Boxscore
St. Louis Official Site Post Game
Cardinal Beat Post Game
STL Sports Page Post Game

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