POSTGAME NOTES Washington Nationals (67-65) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (86-47) Wednesday, September 2, 2015
R H E Starting Pitcher (Pitch Count) Pitcher of Recordng Washington 4 8 0 Max Scherzer (108 pitches/82 strikes) WIN: Rafael Martin (1-0) St. Louis 3 16 0 Tyler Lyons (87 pitches/60 strikes) LOSS: Jonathan Broxton (1-4) SAVE: Jonathan Papelbon (23)
First Pitch: 7:15 p.m. Gametime Temperature: 88° – Partly Cloudy Time of Game: 3:34 Attendance: 41,489
Cardinals Notes Tyler Lyons made his seventh start (10th app.) of the season, first against the Nationals in 2015 and in his career…last MLB start was in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Chicago (7/7) in a loss…won his last start at Busch Stadium on June 13 vs. Kansas City…allowed a career-high three home runs tonight after entering the game allowing five home runs all season…becomes the 22nd instance a Cardinals pitcher has thrown 6.0 innings allowing three runs on three solo home runs for a quality start (last: Todd Wellemeyer, 9/17/2008 at CIN). Jhonny Peralta posted his 8th three-hit game of the season (last: 8/21 at SD), tying his 2015 season high for hits in a game. Brandon Moss hit the longest home run by a left-handed batter at Busch Stadium III at 454 feet, surpassing Lance Berkman’s 452-foot home run…the 454 feet also tied the 5th longest home run by a Cardinals batter in Busch Stadium III history…his 4th HR in his last 7 games…extended his season-high hitting streak to seven games (11-24, .458)…posted his 3rd straight multi-hit game, the 5th time in his career (last: 4/7-10/2013)..5th three-hit game of the season (6/2 at KC w/CLE), first with the Cardinals…was 0- for-6 in the 9th inning as a member of the Cardinals (6-32, .188, 3 HR w/CLE) before his 9th inning single…has an extra base hit in 5-of-last-7 games…becomes the 6th Cardinals player to hit a walk-off home run followed by a home run in his first at bat the following game (most recent: Albert Pujols 4/16-17/2006 vs. PIT…Jim Edmonds 2003; Mark McGwire 1998, Daryl Spencer 1960, Stan Musial 1959) courtesy SABR. Stephen Piscotty extended his hitting streak to his season-long 10 games (18-43, .419) with a single in the 1st inning...posted his 13th multi-hit game in 39 total games. Tony Cruz has hit safely in each of his last four starts (4-16, .250, HR, 2 RBI). Kolten Wong posted his 9th three-hit game of the season…connected on his team-leading 25th two-out RBI of the season in the 7th inning. The Cardinals matched their season-high with 16 hits (last: 6/20 at PHI)…lost for the first time when recording 16 hits in a game since 4/3/2013 at ARI (16 innings)…the last time the Cardinals tallied 16 hits in a nine-inning game and lost was 4/12/2011 at ARI…the last time the Cardinals scored 3 or less runs and tallied 16 hits was at Boston (6/22/2008) in a 13 inning 5-3 loss, and the first time in club history dating back to 1914 to get 3 or less runs and 16 or more hits in a 9-inning game.
Nationals Notes Max Scherzer, a St. Louis area native and University of Missouri baseball program alum, made his 27th start of the season, second against the Cardinals in 2015 (0-1) and third career start vs. the Cardinals (0-2)…first start in St. Louis since 2008…has allowed 8 home runs in his last 4 starts (28 innings)…allowed a season-high 11 hits, most since allowing 11 vs. Boston (6/7/14)…posted his 8th double-digit strikeout game of the season (33rd career)…only the second time in his career he has allowed double-digit hits and strikeouts in the same game (5/6/15 vs. MIA). Anthony Rendon extended his hitting streak to a season-high 11 games (16-43, .372), tying his career-best between 2013-14 seasons. Jayson Werth scored his 750th career run on a solo home run hit in the 3rd inning…has hit safely in each of his last 4 games…has 3 home runs in his last 7 games after hitting 3 home runs in his first 54 games. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE…
Ryan Zimmerman hit his 200th career home run on his 2nd home run of the game…tallied his 2nd multi-home run game of the season (14th career)…has homered in three straight games for the fifth time in his career (last: 9/11-13/2013), one shy of his longest streak of four (8/3-7/2009)…has homered in 6-of-last-9 games (7 HR)…has an RBI in 9-of-last-10 games (19 RBI)…has hit safely in his last seven games (12-29, .414)…has hit safely in all six games against the Cardinals this season (12-27, .444)…posted three two-strike extra base hits tonight, all for go-ahead RBI (had 11 go-ahead RBI on the season entering tonight)…tied his season-high with his 3rd three-hit game of the season and 5th game with three or more RBI…is 7-for-14 (.500) with 4 HR and 8 RBI this series. Bryce Harper left the game in the 4th inning with left glute tightness. Wilson Ramos extended his hitting streak to 10 games (14-37, .378). Drew Storen threw his 3rd perfect inning with three strikeouts of the season (5/13 at ARZ & 7/22 vs. NYM). Rafael Martin earned his first Major League win tonight. Jonathan Papelbon recorded his 23rd save in 23 opportunities…moved past Brad Ziegler (ARZ, 22) for active consecutive save streak lead in MLB. The Nationals have blown a save opportunity in all three games of this series, the second time they have blown a save opportunity in three straight games this season (4/11-13)…snapped a streak of nine consecutive regular season losses at Busch Stadium (previous win: 9/29/2012)…won for the second time this season when allowing 16 or more hits (17, 4/28 at ATL, 13-12 win).
Home Runs STL – Brandon Moss #19 (2nd inn., 0 on, 0 out, 3-2 count, off Max Scherzer) – 454 feet (110th career HR) WAS – Jayson Werth #6 (3rd inn., 0 on, 2 out, 2-2 count, off Tyler Lyons) – 422 feet (192nd career HR) WAS – Ryan Zimmerman #15 (4th inn., 0 on, 1 out, 2-2 count, off Tyler Lyons) – 441 feet (199th career HR) WAS – Ryan Zimmerman #16 (6th inn., 0 on, 0 out, 2-2 count, off Tyler Lyons) – 404 feet (200th career HR) *Multi-HR Game*