Washington Nationals At St. Louis Cardinals: GameThread 158 Of 162

The Washington Nationals lost their fifth straight game against St. Louis last night when the Cardinals claimed a 4-3 victory. Can the Nats avoid dropping six straight going back to Game 5 of last October's NLDS? Gio Gonzalez vs Michael Wacha in Busch Stadium tonight...

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Sep 24, 2013, 7:35pm EDT

Next Game

Washington Nationals
@ St. Louis Cardinals

Tuesday, Sep 24, 2013, 8:15 PM EDT
Busch Stadium

Gio Gonzalez vs Michael Wacha

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 70.

• D.C. Starting Lineup:

1. This Is D-SPAN - CF

2. THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!! - 3B (Word.)

3. The WereWerth - RF

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

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

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

7. Wilson "Duke of Lizzards" Ramos - C

8. #RENDONISREADY - 2B

9. Gio Gonzalez (aka The Best-Dressed PItcher In Town) - LHP

• LINKS:

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• For A St. Louis Cardinals Fan's Perspective, Check Out The SB Nation's Cardinals Site: Viva El Birdos.

• Tonight's Starting Pitchers Are Going To Stare At You Now:

Gio Gonzalez

#47 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-0

Weight: 200

Bats: R

Throws: L

Born: Sep 19, 1985

• 2012 Stats - (21-8), 32 G, 32 GS, 2 CG, 1 SO, 199.1 IP, 2.89 ERA, ERA+ = 137, 9 HR, 76 BB, 207 Ks, 1.13 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (11-7), 31 G, 31 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 188.2 IP, 3.39 ERA, ERA+ = 111, 17 HR, 76 BB, 186 Ks, 1.27 WHIP.

• vs STL - (1-0), 1 G, 1 GS, 1 CG, 1 SO, 9.0 IP, 0.00 ERA, 0 HR, 3 BB (3.00 BB/9), 8 Ks (8.00 K/9), 0.90 WHIP.

Michael Wacha

#52 / Pitcher / St. Louis Cardinals

Height: 6-6

Weight: 210

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Jul 01, 1991

• 2013 Minors - (AAA) - (5-3), 15 G, 15 GS, 85.0 IP, 2.65 ERA, 9 HR, 19 BB, 73 Ks, 1.00 WHIP.

• 2013 Stats - (3-1), 14 G, 8 GS, 56.0 IP, 3.21 ERA, ERA+ = 115, 5 HR, 17 BB, 56 Ks, 1.21 WHIP.

• vs D.C. - N/A

• Gonzalez vs the Cards:

	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SF	GDP
Carlos Beltran	13	9	1	0	0	4	2	.111	.385	.111	.496	0	0
Allen Craig	10	9	1	0	1	1	2	.111	.200	.111	.311	0	0
Matt Holliday	10	8	1	1	1	2	2	.125	.300	.250	.550	0	2
Jon Jay	10	7	2	0	1	2	2	.286	.400	.286	.686	1	0
Yadier Molina	8	7	1	1	0	1	1	.143	.250	.286	.536	0	0
David Freese	7	7	2	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	0	1
Daniel Descalso	6	5	2	1	0	1	3	.400	.500	.600	1.100	0	0
Pete Kozma	6	5	1	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	0	1
Rob Johnson	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	0	0
Adam Wainwright	4	3	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0
Shane Robinson	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0
Tony Cruz	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Total	81	66	12	4	3	14	19	.182	.321	.242	.563	1	4

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• Wacha vs the Nats: N/A

• Mr. Wilbon? Way To Go Nats!!!

• Mr. Kornheiser? "Don't Hate on the Nats, Baby!"

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