Washington Nationals vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 28, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 2012 at Busch Stadium III. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Washington Nationals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Nationals 2, St. Louis Cardinals 12

Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Werth rf 3 0 0 0
  Brown rf 1 0 0 0
Harper cf 3 1 2 0
  DeRosa 3b 1 0 0 0
Zimmerman 3b 3 0 1 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Moore lf 0 0 0 0
LaRoche 1b 3 0 1 1
  Tracy 1b 1 0 0 0
Morse lf 3 0 0 0
  Duke p 0 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
Desmond ss 3 0 1 0
  Lombardozzi 2b 1 0 0 0
Espinosa 2b,ss 4 0 0 0
Suzuki c 2 0 0 0
  Flores c 2 0 0 0
Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Gorzelanny p 0 0 0 0
  Bernadina ph,cf 2 1 1 1
Totals 33 2 6 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Jay cf 5 2 2 0
Carpenter 3b,1b 3 3 1 1
Holliday lf 3 1 0 1
  Robinson pr,lf 1 1 1 2
Craig 1b 4 2 4 2
  Jackson ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Molina c 3 2 1 3
  Chambers rf 1 0 0 0
Beltran rf 1 0 0 1
  Rosenthal p 0 0 0 0
  Salas p 0 0 0 0
Descalso 2b,3b 3 0 0 1
Kozma ss 4 0 1 1
Wainwright p 3 0 0 0
  Kelly p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz c 1 1 1 0
Totals 33 12 11 12
Washington 100 000 100261
St. Louis 540 000 03x12110
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L(9-11) 1.1 6 9 8 4 0
  Gorzelanny   2.2 1 0 0 2 2
  Garcia   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Duke   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez   1.0 3 3 3 0 0
Totals
8.0
3
3
3
0
0
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wainwright  W(14-13) 6.0 5 1 1 1 5
  Kelly   1.0 1 1 1 1 2
  Rosenthal   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Salas   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
1
1

  E–Zimmerman (19).  DP–Washington 3. Desmond-Espinosa-LaRoche, Espinosa-Desmond-LaRoche, Espinosa-Lombardozzi-Tracy.  2B–Washington Harper (24,off Wainwright); Zimmerman (35,off Wainwright), St. Louis Jay (20,off Jackson); Cruz (9,off M. Gonzalez); M. Carpenter (22,off M. Gonzalez).  HR–Washington Bernadina (5,7th inning off Kelly 0 on 2 out), St. Louis Molina (22,2nd inning off Jackson 1 on 1 out); Robinson (3,8th inning off M. Gonzalez 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Descalso (3,off Jackson).  HBP–Holliday (9,by Garcia).  Team–5.  U-HP–Bill Welke, 1B–Cory Blaser, 2B–Chris Guccione, 3B–Jeff Nelson.  T–2:51.  A–39,166.
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