Washington Nationals vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 30, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Washington Nationals 4, St. Louis Cardinals 10

Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Werth rf 4 0 1 0
Harper cf 3 1 1 1
Zimmerman 3b 4 0 0 0
LaRoche 1b 4 1 2 0
Morse lf 4 0 1 0
Desmond ss 3 1 1 1
Espinosa 2b 4 1 1 2
Suzuki c 3 0 0 0
Detwiler p 1 0 0 0
  Wang p 1 0 0 0
  Stammen p 0 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Bernadina ph 1 0 0 0
  Duke p 0 0 0 0
  Tracy ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Jay cf 4 3 2 1
Beltran rf 4 2 3 5
Holliday lf 4 0 1 0
Craig 1b 5 0 1 0
Molina c 4 1 0 0
Freese 3b 3 2 0 0
Descalso 2b 4 1 2 0
Kozma ss 3 1 3 3
Lynn p 2 0 0 0
  Rosenthal p 0 0 0 0
  Mujica p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Boggs p 0 0 0 0
  Kelly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 12 9
Washington 000 400 000471
St. Louis 052 200 01x10120
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Detwiler  L(10-8) 2.1 4 7 3 5 3
  Wang   2.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Stammen   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Garcia   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Duke   2.0 5 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
5
1
1
0
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Lynn  W(18-7) 5.1 6 4 4 1 9
  Rosenthal   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Mujica   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Boggs   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Kelly   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0

  E–Espinosa (13).  DP–St. Louis 1. Freese-Descalso-Craig.  2B–Washington Werth (21,off Lynn); Desmond (33,off Lynn); LaRoche (34,off Boggs), St. Louis Kozma (5,off Detwiler); Jay (21,off Duke).  HR–Washington Harper (22,4th inning off Lynn 0 on 0 out); Espinosa (17,4th inning off Lynn 1 on 2 out), St. Louis Beltran 2 (32,2nd inning off Detwiler 1 on 2 out,4th inning off Wang 1 on 0 out).  HBP–Suzuki (2,by Lynn); Desmond (3,by Lynn).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Lynn (10,off Wang).  SF–Kozma (2,off Wang).  Team–8.  U-HP–Chris Guccione, 1B–Jeff Nelson, 2B–Bill Welke, 3B–Cory Blaser.  T–3:07.  A–40,084.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook