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Washington Nationals vs St. Louis Cardinals: NLDS Game Three GameThread

The Washington Nationals and St. Louis Cardinals return to the nation's capital tied at 1-1 in the five-game NLDS series. Edwin Jackson and Chris Carpenter take the mound in Game Three in D.C.

By Patrick Reddington
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Next Game

St. Louis Cardinals
@ Washington Nationals

Wednesday, Oct 10, 2012, 1:07 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Chris Carpenter vs Edwin Jackson

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. The WereWerth - RF

2. "Run-Until-He's-Tagged, Tape-Measure-Testing, Laser-Throwing, Eyeblack-Oozing Baseball Cyborg" (aka Bryce Harper) - CF

3. THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!! - 3B

4. Adam "Graceful, Effortless" LaRoche - 1B

5. The People's Champion Michael Morse - LF

6. Ian "+Range, +Arm" Desmond - SS

7. "Left Side" Danny Espinosa - 2B

8. Kurt "Suzy" Suzuki - C

9. E-Jax (aka Edwin Jackson) - RHP

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Edwin Jackson

#33 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

6-3

210

R

R

Sep 09, 1983

• 2011 Stats - (12-9), 32 G, 31 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 199.2 IP, 3.79 ERA, 3.55 FIP, ERA+ = 108, 62 BB (2.79 BB/9), 148 Ks (6.67 K/9), 1.44 WHIP.

• 2012 Stats - (10-11), 31 G, 31 GS, 1 CG, 189.2 IP, 4.03 ERA, 3.85 FIP, ERA+ = 98, 58 BB (2.75 BB/9), 168 Ks (7.79 K/9), 1.22 WHIP.

vs St.L - (1-3), 7 G, 6 GS, 37.1 IP, 39 H, 21 R, 19 ER, 3 HR, 18 BB (4.34 BB/9), 33 Ks (7.96 K/9), 4.58 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, .271 BAA.

Chris Carpenter

#29 / Pitcher / St. Louis Cardinals

6-6

230

R

R

Apr 27, 1975

• 2011 Stats - (11-9), 34 G, 34 GS, 4 CG, 2 SO, 237.1 IP, 3.45 ERA, 3.06 FIP, ERA+ = 108, 55 BB (2.09 BB/9), 191 Ks (7.24 K/9), 1.26 WHIP.

• 2012 Stats - (0-2), 3 G, 3 GS, 17.0 IP, 3.71 ERA, 4.09 FIP, ERA+ = 106, 3 BB (1.59 BB/9), 12 Ks (6.35 K/9), 1.12 WHIP.

vs D.C. - (6-1), 12 G, 12 GS, 82.1 IP, 98 H, 36 R, 31 ER, 9 HR, 11 BB (1.20 BB/9), 63 Ks (6.89 K/9), 3.39 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, .301 BAA.

• E-Jax vs the Cards:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Matt Holliday 20 19 5 1 0 1 3 1 5 .263 .300 .474 .774 0 0 0 0 0
Skip Schumaker 16 16 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 .188 .188 .250 .438 0 0 0 0 1
Yadier Molina 14 12 8 0 0 2 4 2 1 .667 .714 1.167 1.881 0 0 0 0 0
Carlos Beltran 8 6 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 .167 .375 .167 .542 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Carpenter 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .500 .400 .900 0 0 0 1 0
Allen Craig 6 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0
David Freese 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 1
Jon Jay 6 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .500 .833 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Carpenter 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Descalso 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0
Jaime Garcia 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Kyle Lohse 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0
Pete Kozma 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Motte 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Adam Wainwright 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 1
Total 93 82 24 3 0 3 12 8 19 .293 .359 .439 .798 1 1 0 1 3
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Generated 10/9/2012.

• Carpenter vs the Nats:

PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Adam LaRoche 20 20 5 2 0 1 6 0 3 .250 .250 .500 .750 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Zimmerman 13 13 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .231 .231 .231 .462 0 0 0 0 1
Chad Tracy 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 0 0 0 0 1
Roger Bernadina 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 0 0 0 1 0
Ian Desmond 7 7 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 .571 .571 .571 1.143 0 0 0 0 0
Jayson Werth 6 6 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 .667 .667 1.333 2.000 0 0 0 0 0
Edwin Jackson 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .250 .000 .250 1 0 0 0 0
Kurt Suzuki 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 0 0 0 1 0
Sean Burnett 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Morse 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 0
Jordan Zimmermann 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Total 75 69 19 3 0 2 14 2 12 .275 .311 .406 .717 1 1 0 2 2
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Generated 10/9/2012.

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