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Series Summary

2019 NL Championship Series

Game 1, October 11
WSN 2 Final
STL 0
Game 2, October 12
WSN 3 Final
STL 1
Game 3, October 14
STL 1 Final
WSN 8
Game 4, October 15
STL 4 Final
WSN 7

Series Summary

Game Summary

Saturday, October 12, 2019
Start Time: 3:10 p.m. Local
Attendance: 46,458
Venue: Busch Stadium III
Game Duration: 2:53
Day Game, on grass

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Washington Nationals 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 0
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0
WP: Max Scherzer (2-0) • LP: Adam Wainwright (0-1) • SV: Daniel Hudson (3)

Washington Nationals

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Trea Turner SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 4 0.294 0.333 0.471 0.804 0.167 0.500
Adam Eaton RF 4 0 1 2 0 1 4 0.179 0.303 0.286 0.589 0.500 1.000
Anthony Rendon 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 4 0.346 0.457 0.577 1.034 0.000 0.000
Juan Soto LF 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 0.226 0.314 0.419 0.734 0.000 0.000
Howie Kendrick 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.258 0.303 0.387 0.690 0.000 0.000
   Sean Doolittle P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Patrick Corbin P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Daniel Hudson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Ryan Zimmerman 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.304 0.333 0.522 0.855 0.000 0.000
Kurt Suzuki C 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 0.000 0.200 0.000 0.200 0.000 0.000
   Yan Gomes C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333 0.455 0.444 0.899 0.000 0.000
Michael A. Taylor CF 4 1 2 1 0 2 4 0.300 0.364 0.450 0.814 0.167 1.000
Max Scherzer P 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Matt Adams PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667 0.167 0.500
   Brian Dozier 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 34 3 7 3 1 14 35 0.206 0.229 0.324 0.552 1.000 3.000

St Louis Cardinals

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Dexter Fowler CF 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 0.069 0.156 0.103 0.260 0.000 0.000
Kolten Wong 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.192 0.300 0.308 0.608 0.000 0.000
Paul Goldschmidt 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 0.345 0.387 0.690 1.077 0.000 0.000
Marcell Ozuna LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.310 0.355 0.621 0.976 0.000 0.000
Yadier Molina C 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.115 0.172 0.115 0.288 0.000 0.000
Matt Carpenter 3B 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.091 0.267 0.091 0.358 0.000 0.000
Tommy Edman RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.240 0.296 0.440 0.736 0.000 0.000
Paul DeJong SS 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 0.208 0.269 0.250 0.519 0.000 0.500
Adam Wainwright P 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Andrew Miller P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Jose Martinez PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0.800 0.800 1.000 1.800 0.000 0.500
   Ryan Helsley P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 29 1 3 1 2 12 31 0.103 0.161 0.138 0.299 0.000 1.000

Washington Nationals

Washington Nationals Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Max Scherzer, W (2-0) 7 1 0 0 2 11 0 1.80 23 101 65 28 19 18 6 4 1 0 84 0.501 1.14 8.02% 29.33 3.6
Sean Doolittle, H (2) 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 3.18 5 21 16 11 2 3 0 4 3 0 0 0 0.012 0.94 0.19% 24.19 -0.5
Patrick Corbin, H (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.56 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.048 1.88 0.80% 48.37 0.2
Daniel Hudson, S (3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 5 4 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.047 0.91 0.76% 23.29 0.3
Team Totals 9 3 1 1 2 12 0 1.00 31 129 87 43 21 23 7 10 4 0 84 0 0 0.608 1.12 9.77% 28.75 3.7

St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Adam Wainwright, L (0-1) 7.1 7 3 3 1 11 1 1.80 30 99 73 27 19 27 9 9 3 0 62 0.063 0.83 0.79% 21.25 0.2
Andrew Miller 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 2 10 6 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0.026 0.54 0.43% 13.77 0.9
Ryan Helsley 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 3 16 11 5 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.019 0.24 0.30% 6.18 0.5
Team Totals 9 7 3 3 1 14 1 3.00 35 125 90 36 22 32 9 11 3 0 62 2 0 0.108 0.76 1.52% 19.53 1.7

Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: Adam Wainwright (1; Anthony Rendon).
Pickoffs: None.

Play by play

Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description SRC
Top of the 1st, Nationals Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 — 2,(0-1) CX O WSN Trea Turner Adam Wainwright -2% 48% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
t1 0-0 1 — 3,(1-1) BCX O WSN Adam Eaton Adam Wainwright -2% 46% Flyball: LF 0.0
t1 0-0 2 — 4,(2-1) CBBX WSN Anthony Rendon Adam Wainwright 1% 47% Single to LF (Line Drive) 0.0
t1 0-0 2 1– 8,(3-2) BCBCFBFS O WSN Juan Soto Adam Wainwright -2% 45% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Nationals 0, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Nationals’ Max Scherzer facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 — 7,(3-2) BBSCFBS O STL Dexter Fowler Max Scherzer 2% 47% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b1 0-0 1 — 4,(3-0) BBBB STL Kolten Wong Max Scherzer -2% 45% Walk 0.0
b1 0-0 1 1– 3,(1-1) SB1S STL Paul Goldschmidt Max Scherzer -2% 43% Wong Steals 2B 0.0
b1 0-0 1 -2- 5,(2-2) SB1S*BS O STL Paul Goldschmidt Max Scherzer 3% 47% Strikeout Swinging 0
b1 0-0 2 -2- 4,(1-2) S*BFS O STL Marcell Ozuna Max Scherzer 3% 50% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Nationals 0, Cardinals 0.
Top of the 2nd, Nationals Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright facing 5-6-7
t2 0-0 0 — 4,(2-1) BBCX O WSN Howie Kendrick Adam Wainwright -2% 48% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
t2 0-0 1 — 4,(1-2) CBCX O WSN Ryan Zimmerman Adam Wainwright -2% 46% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
t2 0-0 2 — 5,(0-2) CCFFS O WSN Kurt Suzuki Adam Wainwright -1% 45% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 0, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Nationals’ Max Scherzer facing 5-6-7
b2 0-0 0 — 7,(3-2) BCBFFBX O STL Yadier Molina Max Scherzer 2% 47% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
b2 0-0 1 — 6,(1-2) FCFFBX O STL Matt Carpenter Max Scherzer 2% 49% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
b2 0-0 2 — 6,(3-2) BCBSBS O STL Tommy Edman Max Scherzer 1% 50% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 0, Cardinals 0.
Top of the 3rd, Nationals Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright facing 8-9-1
t3 0-0 0 — 1,(0-0) X R WSN Michael A. Taylor Adam Wainwright 11% 61% Home Run (Fly Ball) 1.0
t3 1-0 0 — 5,(2-2) CBSBS O WSN Max Scherzer Adam Wainwright -2% 59% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t3 1-0 1 — 2,(0-1) CX O WSN Trea Turner Adam Wainwright -2% 57% Lineout: 1B 0.0
t3 1-0 2 — 1,(0-0) X O WSN Adam Eaton Adam Wainwright -1% 56% Groundout: SS-1B -0.0
  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 1, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Nationals’ Max Scherzer facing 8-9-1
b3 0-1 0 — 5,(2-2) CBFBS O STL Paul DeJong Max Scherzer 3% 59% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b3 0-1 1 — 2,(0-1) CX O STL Adam Wainwright Max Scherzer 2% 61% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
b3 0-1 2 — 5,(2-2) BCBSS O STL Dexter Fowler Max Scherzer 1% 62% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 1, Cardinals 0.
Top of the 4th, Nationals Batting, Ahead 1-0, Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright facing 3-4-5
t4 1-0 0 — 6,(2-2) CBCFBX O WSN Anthony Rendon Adam Wainwright -2% 60% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
t4 1-0 1 — 4,(1-2) CBCS O WSN Juan Soto Adam Wainwright -2% 58% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t4 1-0 2 — 5,(2-2) BBSSS O WSN Howie Kendrick Adam Wainwright -1% 57% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 1, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Nationals’ Max Scherzer facing 2-3-4
b4 0-1 0 — 6,(2-2) BBCFFX O STL Kolten Wong Max Scherzer 3% 60% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
b4 0-1 1 — 5,(2-2) CFBBS O STL Paul Goldschmidt Max Scherzer 2% 62% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b4 0-1 2 — 5,(3-1) CBBBX O STL Marcell Ozuna Max Scherzer 1% 64% Popfly: 3B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 1, Cardinals 0.
Top of the 5th, Nationals Batting, Ahead 1-0, Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright facing 6-7-8
t5 1-0 0 — 5,(2-2) CBSBS O WSN Ryan Zimmerman Adam Wainwright -2% 61% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t5 1-0 1 — 1,(0-0) X O WSN Kurt Suzuki Adam Wainwright -2% 60% Flyball: CF 0.0
t5 1-0 2 — 2,(1-0) BX WSN Michael A. Taylor Adam Wainwright 1% 61% Single to SS (Ground Ball) 0.0
t5 1-0 2 1– 2,(0-1) 1SX O WSN Max Scherzer Adam Wainwright -3% 58% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Nationals 1, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Nationals’ Max Scherzer facing 5-6-7
b5 0-1 0 — 2,(0-1) CX O STL Yadier Molina Max Scherzer 3% 62% Flyball: RF 0.0
b5 0-1 1 — 6,(3-2) BBBCCC O STL Matt Carpenter Max Scherzer 2% 64% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b5 0-1 2 — 3,(0-2) CFC O STL Tommy Edman Max Scherzer 2% 66% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 1, Cardinals 0.
Top of the 6th, Nationals Batting, Ahead 1-0, Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright facing 1-2-3
t6 1-0 0 — 3,(1-1) BCX WSN Trea Turner Adam Wainwright 4% 70% Single to RF (Line Drive) 0.0
t6 1-0 0 1– 4,(1-2) C1TBC O WSN Adam Eaton Adam Wainwright -4% 66% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t6 1-0 1 1– 3,(0-2) C11FC O WSN Anthony Rendon Adam Wainwright -3% 63% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t6 1-0 2 1– 3,(0-2) SSS O WSN Juan Soto Adam Wainwright -3% 60% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Nationals 1, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Nationals’ Max Scherzer facing 8-9-1
b6 0-1 0 — 1,(0-0) X O STL Paul DeJong Max Scherzer 4% 64% Popfly: SS 0.0
b6 0-1 1 — 4,(1-2) BSCS O STL Adam Wainwright Max Scherzer 3% 67% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b6 0-1 2 — 7,(3-2) SBFBBFB STL Dexter Fowler Max Scherzer -2% 65% Walk 0.0
b6 0-1 2 1– 2,(0-1) FX O STL Kolten Wong Max Scherzer 4% 69% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Nationals 1, Cardinals 0.
Top of the 7th, Nationals Batting, Ahead 1-0, Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright facing 5-6-7
t7 1-0 0 — 1,(0-0) X O WSN Howie Kendrick Adam Wainwright -3% 67% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
t7 1-0 1 — 1,(0-0) X O WSN Ryan Zimmerman Adam Wainwright -2% 65% Flyball: CF 0.0
t7 1-0 2 — 4,(1-2) CSBS O WSN Kurt Suzuki Adam Wainwright -1% 63% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 1, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Nationals’ Max Scherzer facing 3-4-5
b7 0-1 0 — 3,(0-2) CFX STL Paul Goldschmidt Max Scherzer -8% 56% Single to LF (Line Drive) 0.0
b7 0-1 0 1– 4,(0-2) SF1FS O STL Marcell Ozuna Max Scherzer 7% 63% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b7 0-1 1 1– 2,(0-1) SX OO STL Yadier Molina Max Scherzer 11% 74% Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 1, Cardinals 0.
Top of the 8th, Nationals Batting, Ahead 1-0, Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright facing 8-9-1
t8 1-0 0 — 4,(1-2) CSBC O WSN Michael A. Taylor Adam Wainwright -2% 72% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t8 1-0 1 — 1,(0-0) X WSN Matt Adams Adam Wainwright 2% 74% Single to RF (Fly Ball) 0.5
t8 1-0 1 1– 4,(0-2) SCFX WSN Trea Turner Adam Wainwright 3% 78% Single to CF (Fly Ball); Adams to 2B 0.5
t8 1-0 1 12- 7,(3-2) BSBCFBX RR WSN Adam Eaton Adam Wainwright 16% 93% Double to RF (Ground Ball); Adams Scores; Turner Scores 1.0
t8 3-0 1 -2- ,(3-0) VVVV WSN Anthony Rendon Adam Wainwright 0% 94% Intentional Walk 0.0
t8 3-0 1 12- 3,(1-1) BTX O WSN Juan Soto Andrew Miller -1% 93% Popfly: SS -0.0
t8 3-0 2 12- 7,(3-2) CFBBFBS O WSN Howie Kendrick Andrew Miller -1% 91% Strikeout Swinging -0.0
  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Nationals 3, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-3, Nationals’ Sean Doolittle facing 6-7-8
b8 0-3 0 — 5,(2-2) FCBBS O STL Matt Carpenter Sean Doolittle 3% 94% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b8 0-3 1 — 3,(1-1) BCX O STL Tommy Edman Sean Doolittle 2% 96% Lineout: RF 0.0
b8 0-3 2 — 2,(0-1) FX STL Paul DeJong Sean Doolittle -1% 94% Single to CF (Line Drive) 0.5
b8 0-3 2 1– 10,(2-2) CSFBBFFFFX R STL Jose Martinez Sean Doolittle -7% 87% Double to CF (Line Drive); DeJong Scores 0.5
b8 1-3 2 -2- 1,(0-0) X O STL Dexter Fowler Sean Doolittle 5% 92% Flyball: RF -0.0
  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Nationals 3, Cardinals 1.
Top of the 9th, Nationals Batting, Ahead 3-1, Cardinals’ Ryan Helsley facing 6-7-8
t9 3-1 0 — 4,(2-1) CBBX O WSN Ryan Zimmerman Ryan Helsley -1% 92% Flyball: CF 0.0
t9 3-1 1 — 6,(3-2) BBCSBC O WSN Kurt Suzuki Ryan Helsley -1% 91% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t9 3-1 2 — 6,(0-2) CFFFFS O WSN Michael A. Taylor Ryan Helsley 0% 91% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 3, Cardinals 1.
Bottom of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-3, Nationals’ Patrick Corbin facing 2-3-4
b9 1-3 0 — 2,(0-1) CX O STL Kolten Wong Patrick Corbin 5% 95% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
b9 1-3 1 — 4,(1-2) CFBX O STL Paul Goldschmidt Daniel Hudson 3% 98% Flyball: LF 0.0
b9 1-3 2 — 1,(0-0) X O STL Marcell Ozuna Daniel Hudson 2% 100% Foul Popfly: 1B (1B into Foul Terr.) 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Nationals 3, Cardinals 1.