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Saturday, March 21, 2009

Nats drop a slugfest to the Cards

The Nats came up short to the St. Louis Cardinals in a 12 to 11 lost. The pitching of Jordan Zimmerman, Terrell Young, Jason Bergmann and Garrett Mock gave up the twelve runs. Mike Hinckley, Saul Rivera and Jesus Colome also pitched but did not give up any runs.

The Nats at one point were down 12 to 1 but came back strong to lose by one run. Austin Kearns hit a grand slam in the seventh inning. Nick Johnson and Josh Willingham also homered for the Nats. Elijah Dukes, Willingham and Kearns each had two hits to lead the offense for the Nats.

Today's box score is the following:

http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_03_21_slnmlb_wasmlb_1


The Nats drop to 9-10-2 in Grapefruit League play and 10-10-2 overall.

The Nats next game is tomorrow versus the Houston Astros at 1:05pm. The game is in Kissimee, Fla.

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