Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Washington 1,
St. Louis 0
When: 4:05 PM ET, Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature: 53°
Umpires: Home - David Rackley, 1B - Marvin Hudson, 2B - Edwin Moscoso, 3B - Larry Vanover
Attendance: 7769
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature: 53°
Umpires: Home - David Rackley, 1B - Marvin Hudson, 2B - Edwin Moscoso, 3B - Larry Vanover
Attendance: 7769
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Washington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 4 | 0 |
St. Louis
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Tommy Edman | RF-2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .280 |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .236 |
| Nolan Arenado | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .268 |
| Paul DeJong | SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| Dylan Carlson | CF-RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .246 |
| Matt Carpenter | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .081 |
| Scott Hurst | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Justin Williams | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .222 |
| Andrew Knizner | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .273 |
| Carlos Martinez | SP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| Austin Dean | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .227 |
| Ryan Helsley | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Alex Reyes | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Yadier Molina | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .322 |
| Totals | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Andrew Knizner (1), Carlos Martinez (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Nolan Arenado, Paul DeJong 2, Justin Williams, Andrew Knizner 2, Carlos Martinez 2 | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Tommy Edman (10), Matt Carpenter 4 (8), Austin Dean (7) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Andrew Knizner (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Justin Williams (1, 2nd by Scherzer/Avila) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Paul DeJong (4) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Carlos Martinez (L 0-4) | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Ryan Helsley | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 |
| Alex Reyes | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Carlos Martinez 91-62, Ryan Helsley 16-10, Alex Reyes 16-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Carlos Martinez 8-4, Ryan Helsley 2-0, Alex Reyes 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Carlos Martinez 23, Ryan Helsley 3, Alex Reyes 4 | ||||||||
Washington
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Andrew Stevenson | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .219 |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .387 |
| Trea Turner | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .302 |
| Josh Bell | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .161 |
| Kyle Schwarber | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .200 |
| Starlin Castro | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .267 |
| Alex Avila | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 |
| Victor Robles | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .204 |
| Max Scherzer | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Tanner Rainey | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Daniel Hudson | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Yadiel Hernandez | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 |
| Brad Hand | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alex Avila 2 (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Trea Turner, Josh Bell, Alex Avila 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Alex Avila (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Alex Avila (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Andrew Stevenson (4), Kyle Schwarber (4), Max Scherzer (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Trea Turner (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Trea Turner (5, 2nd off Martinez/Knizner) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Max Scherzer (W 1-1) | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1.80 |
| Tanner Rainey (H 3) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8.53 |
| Daniel Hudson (H 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Brad Hand (SV 3) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| HBP - Tommy Edman (by Scherzer) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Max Scherzer 109-71, Tanner Rainey 13-10, Daniel Hudson 31-15, Brad Hand 15-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Max Scherzer 1-3, Tanner Rainey 0-0, Daniel Hudson 1-1, Brad Hand 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Max Scherzer 23, Tanner Rainey 4, Daniel Hudson 6, Brad Hand 3 | ||||||||