NLDS Preview: Washington Nationals vs St. Louis Cardinals
By Jared Book
With their win earlier today, it will be the defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals who will be facing off against the Washington Nationals starting Sunday night. The two teams faced off in the second-to-last series of the season with the Cardinals winning two of three against Washington as the Nationals were trying to clinch the National League East division.
September 28, 2012; St. Louis, MO. USA; Washington Nationals second baseman Stephen Lombardozzi (1) turns a double play as St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Allen Craig (21) slides during the sixth inning at Busch Stadium. The Cardinals won 12-2. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-US PRESSWIRE
As I mentioned earlier, the Nationals will probably get to Game Three without facing Kyle Lohse but will have to likely face Adam Wainwright and Chris Carpenter in the first two games of the series.
Season Series vs St Louis: 4-3 (3-1 home, 1-2 away)
Series Schedule
Game One: @ St. Louis, Sunday 3:00pm [Gio Gonzalez-WSH vs TBD-STL]
Game Two: @ St. Louis, Monday 4:30pm [Jordan Zimmermann-WSH vs TBD-STL]
Game Three: vs St. Louis, Wednesday TBD
Game Four: vs St. Louis, Thursday TBD [if necessary]
Game Five: vs St. Louis, Friday TBD [if necessary]
Projected St. Louis Lineup
1 CF Jon Jay (L)
2 RF Carlos Beltran (B)
3 LF Matt Holliday
4 1B Allen Craig
5 C Yadier Molina
6 3B David Freese
7 2B Daniel Descalso (L)
8 SS Pete Kozma
Hitters vs ST. LOUIS
| Rk | G | GS | PA ▾ | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bryce Harper | 7 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .429 | .484 | .750 | 1.234 |
| 2 | Ryan Zimmerman | 7 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .300 | .323 | .500 | .823 |
| 3 | Danny Espinosa | 7 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .296 | .345 | .519 | .863 |
| 4 | Mike Morse | 7 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .286 | .310 | .393 | .703 |
| 5 | Jayson Werth | 6 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .320 | .393 | .560 | .953 |
| 6 | Adam LaRoche | 7 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .348 | .429 | .522 | .950 |
| 7 | Ian Desmond | 7 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .296 | .321 | .333 | .655 |
| 8 | Kurt Suzuki | 6 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .316 | .409 | .526 | .935 |
| 9 | Roger Bernadina | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .125 | .222 | .500 | .722 |
| 10 | Chad Tracy | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
| 11 | Jesus Flores | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
| 12 | Edwin Jackson | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 |
| 13 | Jordan Zimmermann | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 14 | Gio Gonzalez | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 15 | Steve Lombardozzi | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
| 16 | Stephen Strasburg | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| 17 | Tyler Moore | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 |
| 18 | Corey Brown | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 |
| 19 | Mark DeRosa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 20 | Ross Detwiler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 21 | Chien-Ming Wang | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 22 | Eury Perez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 23 | Craig Stammen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Team Total | 107 | 63 | 278 | 252 | 43 | 74 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 59 | .294 | .349 | .460 | .809 |
Pitchers vs ST. LOUIS
| W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP ▾ | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | HBP | WHIP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Zimmermann | 0 | 0 | 9.90 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1.800 |
| Edwin Jackson | 1 | 1 | 7.71 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1.714 |
| Gio Gonzalez | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.889 |
| Stephen Strasburg | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0.500 |
| Craig Stammen | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.545 |
| Christian Garcia | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0.333 |
| Zach Duke | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.667 |
| Tom Gorzelanny | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.125 |
| Ryan Mattheus | 1 | 0 | 3.38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.125 |
| Ross Detwiler | 0 | 1 | 11.57 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3.857 |
| Drew Storen | 1 | 1 | 7.71 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.714 |
| Chien-Ming Wang | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.714 |
| Tyler Clippard | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 |
| Mike Gonzalez | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.500 |
| Sean Burnett | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.200 |
| Team Total | 4 | 3 | 4.94 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 62.0 | 64 | 40 | 34 | 7 | 23 | 53 | 4 | 1.403 |
ST. LOUIS vs NATIONALS pitching
| Rk | G | GS | PA ▾ | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Jay | 7 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .393 | .455 | .464 | .919 |
| 2 | Matt Holliday | 7 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .231 | .355 | .385 | .739 |
| 3 | Allen Craig | 7 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .323 | .323 | .323 | .645 |
| 4 | Carlos Beltran | 7 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .286 | .423 | .571 | .995 |
| 5 | Yadier Molina | 6 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .190 | .320 | .381 | .701 |
| 6 | David Freese | 6 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .235 | .409 | .529 | .939 |
| 7 | Daniel Descalso | 7 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .278 | .300 | .444 | .744 |
| 8 | Pete Kozma | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .471 | .444 | .588 | 1.033 |
| 9 | Matt Carpenter | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .214 | .313 | .357 | .670 |
| 10 | Skip Schumaker | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 |
| 11 | Shane Robinson | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 |
| 12 | Kyle Lohse | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 13 | Tony Cruz | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 |
| 14 | Adam Wainwright | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 15 | Bryan Anderson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 |
| 16 | Lance Lynn | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 17 | Jake Westbrook | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 18 | Jaime Garcia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 19 | Rafael Furcal | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 20 | Adron Chambers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 21 | Ryan Jackson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Team Total | 113 | 63 | 271 | 239 | 40 | 64 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 53 | .268 | .338 | .410 | .748 |
ST. LOUIS vs NATIONALS hitting
| Rk | G | GS | PA ▾ | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Jay | 7 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .393 | .455 | .464 | .919 |
| 2 | Matt Holliday | 7 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .231 | .355 | .385 | .739 |
| 3 | Allen Craig | 7 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .323 | .323 | .323 | .645 |
| 4 | Carlos Beltran | 7 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .286 | .423 | .571 | .995 |
| 5 | Yadier Molina | 6 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .190 | .320 | .381 | .701 |
| 6 | David Freese | 6 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .235 | .409 | .529 | .939 |
| 7 | Daniel Descalso | 7 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .278 | .300 | .444 | .744 |
| 8 | Pete Kozma | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .471 | .444 | .588 | 1.033 |
| 9 | Matt Carpenter | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .214 | .313 | .357 | .670 |
| 10 | Skip Schumaker | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 |
| 11 | Shane Robinson | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 |
| 12 | Kyle Lohse | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 13 | Tony Cruz | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 |
| 14 | Adam Wainwright | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 15 | Bryan Anderson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 |
| 16 | Lance Lynn | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 17 | Jake Westbrook | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 18 | Jaime Garcia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 19 | Rafael Furcal | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 20 | Adron Chambers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 21 | Ryan Jackson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Team Total | 113 | 63 | 271 | 239 | 40 | 64 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 53 | .268 | .338 | .410 | .748 |