Cards Thump Nats, 9-4

Cardinals 9 Nats 4

The Cardinals broke a tight game early due to a Cristen Guzman error. The Cardinals beat the Nats 9-4.


Pitching:

Starter Craig Stammen took the lost as he pitched 4.2 innings and gave up 6 runs, but only 3 were earned. The bullpen of Ron Villone, Jorge Sosa, Saul Rivera and Jason Bergmann gave up 3 addition runs in their combine 3.1 innings of work.

Batting:

The Nats collected 11 hits, and scored 4 runs. Pete Orr led the Nats with four hits. Also, Ryan Zimmerman had 2 RBI and Adam Dunn hit his 35th homer of the year.

Box score:

http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_08_29_wasmlb_slnmlb_1

Record:

The Nats dropped to 46-84 and continue to be in last place of the NL East.

Next Game:

The Nats next game is today in St. Louis against the Cardinals as Garrett Mock takes on the Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright at 2:15 pm.