Washington Nationals vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 8, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 8, 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 4, St. Louis Cardinals 12

Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Werth rf 4 1 1 0
Harper cf 5 0 1 0
Zimmerman 3b 4 1 2 2
LaRoche 1b 4 1 1 1
Morse lf 4 0 2 0
Desmond ss 4 1 1 0
Espinosa 2b 3 0 1 0
Suzuki c 4 0 0 0
Zimmermann p 1 0 1 1
  Bernadina ph 0 0 0 0
  Stammen p 0 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Lombardozzi ph 1 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
  Mattheus p 0 0 0 0
  Tracy ph 1 0 0 0
  Burnett p 0 0 0 0
  Gorzelanny p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Jay cf 5 1 2 3
Beltran rf 4 2 2 3
Holliday lf 4 1 0 0
Craig 1b 5 2 3 1
Molina c 4 1 2 0
Freese 3b 3 1 1 1
Descalso 2b 4 2 2 2
Kozma ss 3 2 1 0
Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Schumaker ph 1 0 0 1
  Lynn p 0 0 0 0
  Kelly p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Mujica p 0 0 0 0
  Boggs p 0 0 0 0
  Carpenter ph 1 0 0 0
  Rosenthal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 12 13 11
Washington 010 020 1004102
St. Louis 041 201 04x12130
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Zimmermann  L(0-1) 3.0 7 5 5 0 2
  Stammen   0.1 1 2 2 2 0
  Garcia   1.2 0 0 0 2 2
  Gonzalez   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Mattheus   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Burnett   0.2 3 4 3 1 1
  Gorzelanny   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
1
0
0
0
0
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia   2.0 2 1 1 3 3
  Lynn  W(1-0) 3.0 3 2 2 1 5
  Kelly   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Mujica   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Boggs   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Rosenthal   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
3

  E–Morse (1), Espinosa (1).  DP–Washington 1. Desmond-Espinosa-LaRoche, St. Louis 1. Holliday-Descalso-Kozma.  2B–Washington Harper (1,off Mujica), St. Louis Freese (1,off Zimmermann); Kozma (1,off Burnett); Craig (1,off Gorzelanny).  3B–St. Louis Jay (1,off Burnett).  HR–Washington Zimmerman (1,5th inning off Lynn 0 on 1 out); LaRoche (1,5th inning off Lynn 0 on 1 out), St. Louis Craig (1,3rd inning off Zimmermann 0 on 2 out); Descalso (1,4th inning off Stammen 0 on 0 out); Beltran 2 (2,6th inning off M. Gonzalez 0 on 2 out,8th inning off Burnett 1 on 2 out).  SF–Zimmerman (1,off Mujica).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Lynn (1,off Stammen).  Team–5.  SB–Jay (2,2nd base off Stammen/Suzuki).  U–Marvin Hudson, Joe West, Jim Joyce, Alfonso Marquez, Ed Hickox, Paul Emmel.  T–3:27.  A–45,840.
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