Cardinals 2 Nats 1
The Cardinals won a tight game by a score of 2-1. Adam Wainwright out dueled Garrett Mock in a classic pitching battle. The difference was an Albert Pujols RBI single in the 6th inning.
Pitching:
Starter Garrett Mock had one of his better performance of the year as he pitched 6 innings and gave up only 2 runs. The bullpen of Tyler Clippard, Sean Burnett and Mike MacDougal gave an excellent effort as they combined no runs in their combine two innings of work.
Batting:
The Nats managed only 4 hits and one run. The highlight of the offense was an RBI single by Elijah Dukes.
Box score:
http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_08_30_wasmlb_slnmlb_1
Record:
The Nats dropped to 46-85 and continue to be in last place of the NL East.
Next Game:
The Nats next game is today in San Diego against the Padres as Livan Hernandez takes on the Padres’ Tim Stauffer at 10:05pm.
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