Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
St. Louis 4,
Washington 1
When: 4:05 PM ET, Thursday, April 23, 2015
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature: 55°
Umpires: Home - Adam Hamari, 1B - Doug Eddings, 2B - Adrian Johnson, 3B - Jim Wolf
Attendance: 26990
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature: 55°
Umpires: Home - Adam Hamari, 1B - Doug Eddings, 2B - Adrian Johnson, 3B - Jim Wolf
Attendance: 26990
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| St. Louis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
St. Louis
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Matt Carpenter | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .386 |
| Jason Heyward | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .213 |
| Matt Holliday | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .383 |
| Matt Adams | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .233 |
| Mark Reynolds | PH-1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Jhonny Peralta | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .286 |
| Kolten Wong | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .295 |
| Jon Jay | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .204 |
| Tony Cruz | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 |
| Michael Wacha | SP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Jordan Walden | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Dean Anna | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Trevor Rosenthal | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Matt Carpenter (8), Mark Reynolds (3), Jhonny Peralta (5) | |||||||||
| TB - Matt Carpenter 3, Jason Heyward 2, Matt Holliday, Matt Adams, Mark Reynolds 2, Jhonny Peralta 2, Tony Cruz | |||||||||
| RBI - Matt Adams (7), Mark Reynolds (2) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Matt Adams (3), Mark Reynolds (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jhonny Peralta 2 (6), Kolten Wong (7) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Jason Heyward (4), Tony Cruz (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Matt Adams (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Michael Wacha (W 3-0) | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1.33 |
| Jordan Walden (H 6) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.08 |
| Trevor Rosenthal (SV 6) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.17 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Michael Wacha 95-61, Jordan Walden 16-10, Trevor Rosenthal 11-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Michael Wacha 10-2, Jordan Walden 1-0, Trevor Rosenthal 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Michael Wacha 28, Jordan Walden 4, Trevor Rosenthal 3 | ||||||||
Washington
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| Ian Desmond | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .297 |
| Bryce Harper | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .259 |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .226 |
| Clint Robinson | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .259 |
| Yunel Escobar | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .273 |
| Jose Lobaton | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .077 |
| Danny Espinosa | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 |
| Max Scherzer | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .111 |
| Tyler Moore | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Matt Thornton | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Aaron Barrett | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Tanner Roark | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 21 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Ian Desmond (6), Danny Espinosa (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Denard Span, Ian Desmond 2, Bryce Harper, Ryan Zimmerman, Yunel Escobar, Danny Espinosa 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Denard Span (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ryan Zimmerman (8), Clint Robinson 2 (4), Jose Lobaton (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Ryan Zimmerman (1), Yunel Escobar (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Aaron Barrett (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Max Scherzer (L 1-2) | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.26 |
| Matt Thornton | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 |
| Aaron Barrett | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.29 |
| Tanner Roark | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 |
| WP - Max Scherzer | ||||||||
| HBP - Matt Holliday (by Scherzer) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Max Scherzer 82-60, Matt Thornton 16-9, Aaron Barrett 8-6, Tanner Roark 12-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Max Scherzer 8-5, Matt Thornton 1-0, Aaron Barrett 0-0, Tanner Roark 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Max Scherzer 27, Matt Thornton 3, Aaron Barrett 3, Tanner Roark 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Aaron Barrett 1-1 | ||||||||