Nationals vs. Cardinals - Wednesday, April 20, 2011 (Game 1)

Jake Westbrook's continued early season struggles created problems for the Cardinals again in the opener of a doubleheader. The Nationals pounced for a six-run third inning and held on from there, handing John Lannan his second victory of the season.

Washington	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Espinosa, 2B	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	.292
Ankiel, CF	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	.213
Werth, RF	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	.220
LaRoche, Ad, 1B	3	1	0	1	1	1	2	.231
Desmond, SS	4	1	1	2	0	1	1	.219
Nix, L, LF	4	2	2	2	0	1	0	.286
Rodriguez, I, C	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	.172
Cora, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.158
Storen, D, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Lannan, P	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000
Gaudin, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Slaten, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Clippard, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Burnett, S, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Hairston, J, 3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.148
Totals	35	8	10	7	3	6	10	.230

St. Louis	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Theriot, SS	5	0	4	1	0	0	0	.338
Rasmus, CF	5	1	2	3	0	0	4	.366
Pujols, 1B	4	1	2	2	1	0	2	.254
Holliday, LF	5	0	2	0	0	1	3	.436
Motte, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Berkman, RF	3	0	1	0	2	0	2	.309
Freese, 3B	4	0	0	0	1	1	5	.333
Laird, C	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	.250
b-Jay, PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.211
Molina, Y, C	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.239
Greene, T, 2B	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	.333
c-Descalso, PH-2B	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	.231
Westbrook, P	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222
Salas, F, P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
a-Punto, PH	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Franklin, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
d-Hamilton, PH-LF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
Totals	38	6	14	6	6	4	25	.294

a-Walked for Salas, F in the 6th. b-Struck out for Laird in the 7th. c-Struck out for Greene, T in the 7th. d-Singled for Franklin in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Rodriguez, I (2, Westbrook).
3B: Espinosa (2, Salas, F).
HR: Nix, L (2, 8th inning off Franklin, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Espinosa 5; Ankiel; Werth 2; Desmond; Nix, L 5; Rodriguez, I 2.
RBI: LaRoche, Ad (6), Werth (3), Desmond 2 (8), Nix, L 2 (6), Rodriguez, I (8).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Lannan; LaRoche, Ad.
GIDP: Cora 2.
Team RISP: 4-for-10.
Team LOB: 3.

BASERUNNING
SB: Nix, L (1, 2nd base off Westbrook/Laird), Desmond (7, home off Westbrook/Laird).
PO: Ankiel (1st base by Motte).

FIELDING
E: Desmond (4, fielding).
DP: 4 (Desmond-LaRoche, Ad, Espinosa-Desmond-LaRoche, Ad 2, Desmond-Espinosa-LaRoche, Ad).

BATTING
2B: Greene, T (1, Lannan), Laird (3, Gaudin).
HR: Pujols (5, 3rd inning off Lannan, 0 on, 2 out), Rasmus (3, 5th inning off Lannan, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Theriot 4; Rasmus 5; Pujols 5; Holliday 2; Berkman; Laird 2; Greene, T 2; Hamilton.
RBI: Pujols 2 (12), Rasmus 3 (8), Theriot (8).
2-out RBI: Pujols 2; Theriot; Rasmus 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Berkman; Westbrook; Freese; Greene, T; Pujols; Descalso.
GIDP: Rasmus 2; Greene, T; Freese.
Team RISP: 3-for-13.
Team LOB: 11.

BASERUNNING
SB: Greene, T (4, 2nd base off Gaudin/Rodriguez, I).

FIELDING
E: Greene, T (1, fielding).
DP: 2 (Pujols-Theriot, Pujols-Theriot-Pujols).
Pickoffs: Motte (Ankiel at 1st base).

Washington	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Lannan(W, 2-1)	5.0	7	2	2	3	2	2	3.43
Gaudin	0.2	2	3	0	1	0	0	7.04
Slaten	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Clippard(H, 5)	1.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1.46
Burnett, S(H, 1)	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	3.24
Storen, D(S, 2)	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.77
Totals	9.0	14	6	3	6	4	2	3.41

St. Louis	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Westbrook(L, 1-2)	3.0	7	7	7	2	1	0	9.82
Salas, F	3.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	2.25
Franklin	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	9.45
Motte	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.25
Totals	9.0	10	8	8	3	6	1	3.82

Lannan pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.
Slaten pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.

Pitches-strikes: Lannan 101-59, Gaudin 25-14, Slaten 4-3, Clippard 29-19, Burnett, S 13-9, Storen, D 17-8, Westbrook 68-40, Salas, F 37-24, Franklin 26-13, Motte 13-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Lannan 8-1, Gaudin 2-0, Slaten 0-0, Clippard 0-1, Burnett, S 1-0, Storen, D 1-0, Westbrook 6-1, Salas, F 2-3, Franklin 2-2, Motte 0-1.
Batters faced: Lannan 23, Gaudin 5, Slaten 1, Clippard 6, Burnett, S 4, Storen, D 5, Westbrook 18, Salas, F 10, Franklin 7, Motte 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Gaudin 1-0, Slaten 3-2, Clippard 2-0, Storen, D 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Jeff Nelson. 1B: Mark Ripperger. 2B: Bill Welke. 3B: Tim Tschida.
Weather: 48 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, Out to RF.
T: 3:20.
Att: 32,340.
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