Middle infield leads Nats past Cards

By Matthew Leach / MLB.com

NATIONALS 9, CARDINALS 6
at Jupiter, Fla.
Wednesday, March 31

Middle infield leads Nats past Cards....

Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Morgan, CF 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 .231
Coste, C 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .313
Harris, W, RF 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 .342
4-Davis, L, PR-RF 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000
Guzman, C, 2B 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 .326
1-Bruntlett, PR-2B 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 .190
Willingham, LF 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .349
2-Bernadina, PR-LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .267
Morse, 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .304
Batista, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-Lowrance, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
English, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Atilano, L, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Desmond, SS 4 1 3 1 1 1 2 .339
Nieves, C 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 .205
a-Mench, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
3-Taveras, PR-CF 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .268
Gonzalez, Al, 3B 4 1 1 0 1 1 5 .372
Lannan, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 .200
Capps, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Orr, 1B 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 .261
Totals 41 9 15 7 4 8 24

a-Reached on error for Nieves in the 7th. b-Grounded out for Batista in the 8th.
1-Ran for Guzman, C in the 6th. 2-Ran for Willingham in the 6th. 3-Ran for Mench in the 7th. 4-Ran for Harris, W in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Guzman, C 2 (3, Wainwright, Wainwright), Desmond 2 (7, Wainwright, Parise, P).
3B: Orr (1, Perez, O).
TB: Morgan; Harris, W; Guzman, C 5; Willingham 2; Morse 2; Desmond 5; Gonzalez, Al; Orr 4.
RBI: Harris, W (7), Guzman, C 2 (7), Willingham (10), Desmond (15), Orr (1), Davis, L (1).
2-out RBI: Guzman, C.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Nieves; Willingham; Lannan 3; Bruntlett; Gonzalez, Al.
S: Lannan.
SF: Davis, L.
Team RISP: 5-for-21.
Team LOB: 12.

BASERUNNING
SB: Morgan (7, 2nd base off Wainwright/Pagnozzi), Orr (2, 2nd base off Parise, P/Pagnozzi), Bruntlett (5, 2nd base off Parise, P/Pagnozzi).
CS: Harris, W (2, 2nd base by Reyes, D/Pagnozzi), Willingham (1, 3rd base by Wainwright/Pagnozzi).
PO: Harris, W (1st base by Reyes, D).

FIELDING
E: Desmond 2 (7, throw, throw), Harris, W (1, fielding), Morse (1, fielding).
DP: 2 (Desmond-Guzman, C-Morse, Guzman, C-Desmond-Morse).


St. Louis AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Schumaker, 2B 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .194
Lopez, F, SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211
Henley, CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
c-Cazana, PH-RF 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .600
Ryan, Br, SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .267
Reyes, D, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Parise, P, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
b-Descalso, PH-2B 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .529
d-Cruz, T, PH-3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Pujols, 1B 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 .317
1-Mather, PR-LF-CF 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .220
Holliday, LF 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 .321
Craig, A, 1B 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 .316
Stavinoha, RF-LF 5 0 1 2 0 0 1 .357
Rasmus, CF 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 .367
Salas, F, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Anderson, B, C 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Freese, 3B 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .292
Solano, D, 3B-2B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .560
Pagnozzi, C 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .304
Perez, O, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Wainwright, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
a-Lugo, PH-2B-SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 .242
Totals 36 6 10 4 5 3 18

a-Singled for Wainwright in the 5th. b-Hit by pitch for Parise, P in the 7th. c-Singled for Henley in the 8th. d-Flied out for Descalso in the 8th.
1-Ran for Pujols in the 6th.

BATTING
3B: Holliday (1, Capps).
TB: Cazana; Ryan, Br; Pujols 2; Holliday 3; Craig, A; Stavinoha; Solano, D; Pagnozzi; Lugo.
RBI: Holliday (7), Stavinoha 2 (9), Cazana (4).
2-out RBI: Stavinoha; Cazana.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Freese; Lugo 2; Rasmus.
GIDP: Pujols; Holliday.
Team RISP: 2-for-10.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Solano, D (2, 2nd base off English/Coste), Descalso (1, 2nd base off Batista/Coste).
CS: Rasmus (2, 2nd base by Capps/Nieves).

FIELDING
E: Schumaker (2, throw), Holliday (1, fielding), Solano, D (1, throw), Pagnozzi (1, throw).
Pickoffs: Reyes, D (Harris, W at 1st base).


Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lannan (W, 2-0) 5.0 3 2 0 2 1 0 2.91
Capps 0.2 3 2 2 2 0 0 8.44
Batista (H, 2) 1.1 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.85
English (H, 1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4.05
Atilano, L (S, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.14

St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Wainwright (L, 0-2) 5.0 10 5 5 2 4 0 6.14
Reyes, D 0.2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0.93
Parise, P 1.1 2 2 1 1 2 0 11.81
Salas, F 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.16
Perez, O 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 6.23

IBB: Gonzalez, Al (by Wainwright).
HBP: Descalso (by Batista), Taveras (by Salas, F).
Groundouts-flyouts: Lannan 10-3, Capps 1-0, Batista 0-1, English 0-2, Atilano, L 0-3, Wainwright 7-3, Reyes, D 1-0, Parise, P 0-2, Salas, F 1-1, Perez, O 0-2.
Batters faced: Lannan 20, Capps 6, Batista 7, English 5, Atilano, L 4, Wainwright 27, Reyes, D 3, Parise, P 9, Salas, F 5, Perez, O 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Batista 2-0, Parise, P 1-1.
Umpires: HP: Tyler Funnelman. 1B: Ed Rapuano. 2B: CB Bucknor. 3B: Mike Estabrook.
Weather: 72 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 5 mph, L to R.
T: 3:01.
Att: 5,864.
March 31, 2010