St. Louis Cardinals (91-71, 0-3) at Washington Nationals (93-69, 3-0) National League Championship Series Game 4 • Nationals Park • Tuesday, October 15, 2019 RHP Dakota Hudson (16-7, 3.35 in 2019) vs. LHP Patrick Corbin (14-7, 3.25 in 2019) N.L. CENTRAL CHAMPIONS: The 2019 N.L. Central Champion St. Louis RECORD BREAKDOWN Cardinals concluded their 128th season of play by winning their 12th N.L. CARDINALS vs. NATIONALS All-Time Overall ..........10,137-9,628 Central title and their first since 2015...the Cardinals took over sole pos- All-Time (1969-2019):............................325-301 2019 Overall ............................91-71 session of first place following their win on August 23 and held it for the All-Time vs. Washington (2005-19): .............58-39 Under Mike Shildt .................132-99 remainder of the season, edging Milwaukee by 2.0 games. All-Time vs. Montreal (1969-2004): ...........267-262 in St. Louis (1969-2019): ................................ 183-127 Busch Stadium ...................... 50-31 AN ERA OF EXCELLENCE: Under the ownership of Bill DeWitt, Jr. and his at Busch Stadium II (1966-2005) ................. 152-115 On the Road ............................41-40 partners, the Cardinals have posted a 2,131-1,755 (.548) record since 1996, at Busch Stadium III (2006-19) ........................ 31-12 Day ..........................................36-20 advancing to the postseason 14 times. The Cardinals were N.L. Champions in Washington (2005-19): ..........................25-26 Night ........................................55-51 in 2004, 2006, 2011 and 2013 and captured their 10th World Championship Spring...................................12-15-4 at RFK Stadium (2005-07) ..........................3-6 in 2006 and their 11th World title in 2011. The Cardinals 74 postseason at Nationals Park (2008-19) .....................22-20 March ....................................... 1-3 wins since 1996 are 2nd in the majors, behind only the Yankees (110). The in Montreal (1969-2004): ................................ 117-148 April ........................................ 18-7 Cardinals have advanced to the postseason in seven (2009, ‘11, ‘12, ‘13, at Jarry Park Stadium (1969-76) ...................... 41-30 May ......................................... 9-18 ‘14, ‘15, ‘19) of their 12 seasons (2008-19) under President of Baseball at Olympic Stadium (1977-2004) ................... 76-118 June ...................................... 13-13 Operations John “Mo” Mozeliak. 2019.....................................................5-2 July ......................................... 16-9 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: The Cardinals are taking part in their at Busch Stadium ............................................... 2-1 August .................................... 18-9 14th National League Championship Series and their 10th since 2000...their at Nationals Park ...................................3-1 September ............................ 16-12 14 LCS appearances are 2nd all-time, trailing only the NY Yankees (17th 2018...................................................................... 5-2 Monday................................... 14-2 this season)...St. Louis has won seven of its 13 previous NLCS with five of 2017...................................................................... 3-3 Tuesday ................................ 11-12 them going to a seventh and final game...the Cardinals swept Atlanta 3-0 in Postseason (2012-19) .................................3-5 Wednesday ........................... 12-13 the old best-of five LCS format, but aside from that, each of their LCS have in St. Louis (2012-19) ...............................1-3 Thursday ................................ 13-5 gone at least five games...the Cardinals are 4-2 in NLCS when they hold in Washington (2012-19) ...........................2-2 Friday .................................... 12-12 home field advantage...overall, the Cardinals are 38-42 (.475 win pct.) in 2019 REGULAR SEASON RESULTS (5-2) Saturday ............................... 13-15 NLCS games, including a 25-14 (.641) mark at home & 13-28 (.317) in road 4/29 at WSH ......W, 6-3 .............. Wacha-Corbin-Hicks Sunday ................................. 16-12 games...St. Louis is 133-122 all-time in the postseason. 4/30 at WSH ......W, 3-2 ..... Wainwright-An.Sánchez-Miller Scoring First ......................... 56-26 5/1 at WSH ........W, 5-1 ................... Mikolas-Scherzer Opponent Scores First .......... 35-45 AGAINST THE EAST: The Cardinals are 5-2 in postseason series in which they were matched up against NL East Division representatives, including a 5/2 at WSH ........L, 2-1 ....Strasburg-Hudson-Doolittle One-Run Games .....................25-22 9/16 at STL .......W, 4-2 ......Hudson-Doolittle-C.Martínez 1-2 mark in the NLCS...the Cards defeated the New York Mets, 4-3, in the Two-Run Games .....................15-16 9/17 at STL .......L, 6-2 ..........Corbin-Mikolas-Hudson 2006 NLCS in route to their 10th World Series and lost the NLCS in 1996 to Scoring 2 or fewer Runs ...........8-41 9/18 at STL .......W, 5-1 ..Wainwright-Scherzer-C.Martinez Atlanta (3-4) and in 2000 to the Mets (1-4). Scoring 3 Runs ...........................8-8 2019 NLCS SCHEDULE AND RESULTS (0-3) GAME FOUR’S: In Cardinals’ playoff history, St. Louis has an overall record Scoring 4 or more Runs .........75-22 10/11 at STL .....L, 2-0 ........An.Sánchez-Mikolas-Doolittle of 20-20 in Game 4 action, including a 4-8 mark in League Championship Scoring in 3 or fewer innings . 59-66 10/12 at STL .....L, 3-1 ....Scherzer-Wainwright-Hudson Series Game 4’s (1-6 on road)...St. Louis had lost six-straight Game 4’s in Scoring in 4 or more innings ....32-5 10/14 at WSH ....L, 8-1 .................. Strasburg-Flaherty NLCS play before winning 8-3 in 2012 vs. San Francisco & 4-2 at Los An- vs. Right-Handed Starter ...... 73-55 10/15 at WSH .. Game 4 ......................7:05 p.m. geles in 2013...this is the first time the Cardinals have started the NLCS 0-3 vs. Left-Handed Starter .......... 18-16 10/16 at WSH ....Game 5 (if necessary) .......... 3:08 p.m. and they’ve never been swept in the NLCS...the last time the Cardinals were Series Openers .......................29-23 10/18 at STL .....Game 6 (if necessary) .......... 7:08 p.m. swept in a best-of-seven series was during the 2004 World Series against Series Finales ......................... 30-22 10/19 at STL .....Game 7 (if necessary) .......... 7:08 p.m. Homestand Openers ..................8-5 Boston...they’ve previously started the NLCS down 1-3 four times (2000 vs. NY, 2002 vs. SF, 2005 vs. HOU & 2014 vs. SF), losing each of those series... Homestand Finales ..................10-3 St. Louis is 6-6 in LCS elimination games (2-0 in 1987; 0-1 in 1996; 0-1 in 2000; 0-1 in 2002; 2-0 in 2004; 1-1 in 2005; 1-0 in 2006; Road Trip Openers ......................6-7 0-1 in 2012; 0-1 in 2014)...they are 2-0 in elimination games in this year’s postseason (vs. ATL in NLDS). Road Trip Finales ........................7-6 Following Off-Days ................... 7-16 CARDINALS & NATIONALS: The Cardinals went 5-2 (2-1 at Busch Stadium) against the Nationals in 2019, posting a 3-1 series win at Out-Hit Opponents ................. 61-12 Nationals Park and a 2-1 series win at Busch Stadium in September...St. Louis leads its all-time series against the Nationals, 58-39, Out-Hit by Opponents.............18-49 including a 22-20 mark at National Park. POSTSEASON vs. NATIONALS: St. Louis is 3-5 (2-2 at Nationals Park) in postseason games Final At-Bat Decisions ............ 17-10 against the Nationals...the Cardinals staged a memorable comeback in Game 5 of their 2012 NLDS against Washington, with an 9-7 Come-from-Behind W/L .......... 41/34 win at Nationals Park when they plated four 9th inning runs after having trailed 6-0 following three innings. Walk-off Wins/Losses ................ 4/4 In Errorless Games ............... 66-43 WASHINGTON CONNECTIONS Commit at Least One Error .....25-28 Mike Maddux served in the same role with Max Scherzer is a native of Chesterfield, Mo... Cardinals Sr. Special Asst. to the GM Bob Geb- Extra Innings ..............................8-4 the Nationals for two seasons (2016-17)...also graduated from Parkway Central (Mo.) High hard was a player/coach in the Expos orga- Shutouts ...................................14-9 pitched parts of two seasons (1998-99) for the School (same high school as Mark Saxon)… nization from 1974-75, and coached through Leading after 7 innings ............. 74-7 Expos. originally selected by St. Louis in the 43rd of 1986, including on the Montreal coaching staff the 2003 MLB Draft, but did not sign…pitched in 1982. Tied after 7 innings .....................6-5 Matt Wieters played the previous two seasons at the University of Missouri (2005-07). Trailing after 7 innings ............11-59 with Washington (2017-18) before signing Hall of Famer Lou Brock served as a baserun- Leading after 8 innings .............79-5 with St. Louis this offseason. Matt Adams played parts of last seven seasons ning consultant for Montreal in 1993. in a Cardinals uniform (2012-18), including 26 Tied after 8 innings .....................6-2 Andrew Knizner was born in Glen Allen, Va... Cardinals Hall of Famer and broadcaster Tim Postseason games (2013-14)...originally se- Trailing after 8 innings ............. 6-64 graduated from Hanover (Va) High School, McCarver played in 92 games for Montreal lected by St. Louis in the 23rd round of the where he was a quarterback