Nats follow Lannan to series win over Cards

By Bill Ladson / MLB.com

WASHINGTON -- After pitching five innings and allowing five runs (four earned) against the Cubs on Tuesday, left-hander John Lannan said he wanted to take his pitching to the next level and pitch deep into a game.

Lannan did just that Sunday afternoon as the Nationals defeated the Cardinals, 4-2, at Nationals Park to take three out of four games from St. Louis and improve to 56-75.

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St. Louis AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Schumaker, RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .271
Miles, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .330
Pujols, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .320
Holliday, LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .303
Feliz, 3B 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 .235
Jay, CF 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 .330
Molina, Y, C 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .262
Ryan, Br, SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .220
b-Rasmus, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .268
Wainwright, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .183
Salas, F, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Winn, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .249
Hawksworth, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 35 2 9 2 0 7 12 .267
a-Grounded out for Salas, F in the 8th. b-Struck out for Ryan, Br in the 9th.
Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Kennedy, A, 2B 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 .258
Storen, D, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Desmond, SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .279
Bernadina, CF-RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .272
Zimmerman, R, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .299
Dunn, A, 1B 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 .263
1-Maxwell, PR-CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .113
Morse, RF-1B 4 2 2 2 0 1 2 .294
Harris, W, LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .183
Nieves, C 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .201
Lannan, P 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 .081
Gonzalez, Al, 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287
Totals 31 4 8 4 3 9 14 .256

1-Ran for Dunn, A in the 8th.
BATTING
2B: Holliday (36, Lannan).
HR: Feliz (5, 9th inning off Storen, D, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Schumaker; Miles; Pujols; Holliday 3; Feliz 5; Molina, Y 2.
RBI: Jay (25), Feliz (34).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Feliz.
GIDP: Ryan, Br; Jay.
Team RISP: 0-for-5.
Team LOB: 6.

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Schumaker (Desmond at 2nd base).
DP: (Schumaker-Ryan, Br).

BATTING
2B: Bernadina (16, Wainwright), Lannan (1, Wainwright).
HR: Morse (10, 3rd inning off Wainwright, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Desmond; Bernadina 3; Dunn, A 2; Morse 5; Lannan 2.
RBI: Lannan 2 (4), Morse 2 (27).
2-out RBI: Lannan 2; Morse 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Zimmerman, R; Desmond; Harris, W.
Team RISP: 1-for-6.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Maxwell (5, 2nd base off Hawksworth/Molina, Y).

FIELDING
E: Desmond (29, fielding).
DP: 2 (Kennedy, A-Desmond-Dunn, A, Zimmerman, R-Kennedy, A-Dunn, A).

St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Wainwright(L, 17-9) 5.0 6 4 4 3 7 1 2.30
Salas, F 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.83
Hawksworth 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.13
Totals 8.0 8 4 4 3 9 1 3.51
Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lannan(W, 6-6) 7.2 8 1 1 0 4 0 4.95
Storen, D(S, 3) 1.1 1 1 1 0 3 1 3.35
Totals 9.0 9 2 2 0 7 1 4.16
Pitches-strikes: Wainwright 104-67, Salas, F 22-15, Hawksworth 20-12, Lannan 93-67, Storen, D 30-19.
Groundouts-flyouts: Wainwright 3-4, Salas, F 1-3, Hawksworth 1-1, Lannan 13-4, Storen, D 1-0.
Batters faced: Wainwright 24, Salas, F 6, Hawksworth 4, Lannan 29, Storen, D 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Storen, D 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Rob Drake. 1B: Joe West. 2B: Angel Hernandez. 3B: Dan Bellino.
Weather: 86 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 4 mph, L to R.
T: 2:38.
Att: 24,782