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Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals, October 7, 2012

On October 7, 2012, the Washington Nationals defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 at Busch Stadium III, a Division Series game. It was decided by a single run. Retrosheet records attendance of 47,078, a game time of 220 minutes, and a day start for this game. Conditions were recorded as 51 degrees, sunny skies, and a 10 mph wind. The line score has the Washington Nationals crossing the plate in the second and eighth; the eighth brought 2 runs. All of the St. Louis Cardinals scoring came in one inning, 2 runs in the second. The Washington Nationals had 8 hits and the St. Louis Cardinals 3, with 2 and 1 errors. Ryan Mattheus was the winning pitcher, allowing 0 earned runs on 0 hits in 1.0 innings. Mitchell Boggs took the loss after 0.2 innings and 2 runs. Drew Storen earned the save. Adam Wainwright led all pitchers with 10 strikeouts. The Washington Nationals' pitching table lists Tyler Clippard, Gio Gonzalez, Ryan Mattheus, Craig Stammen, and Drew Storen. The St. Louis Cardinals' pitching table lists Mitchell Boggs, Lance Lynn, Jason Motte, Edward Mujica, and Marc Rzepczynski. For the Washington Nationals, Ian Desmond went 3 for 4. Tyler Moore drove in 2 for the Washington Nationals. David Freese led the St. Louis Cardinals at the plate: 2 for 4. Behind the plate was umpire Paul Emmel.