St. Louis (36-25) at Washington (24-36)

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Parisi looks to ease bullpen load

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The pressure was already on Mike Parisi. Now it's going to double. The right-hander knows that he's going to have to improve on his first Major League outing to keep a taxed bullpen from getting even more tired in a doubleheader.
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Cardinals probable pitcher

Mike Parisi

  • RHP
  • (0-2) 6.38 ERA
Cardinals: Parisi gets one more chance to show his stuff. In his first Major League start, he was roughed up, but with Pineiro still out, he gets another shot. The right-hander, who throws a fastball, a curveball and a changeup, pitched very well in eight relief appearances before he was slotted into the rotation. He hopes to benefit from having a regular five-day routine, as opposed to last time, when he pitched four days after a relief appearance.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 0-2 6.38 18.1 8 12 .312
Season 0-2 6.38 18.1 8 12 .312

Series at a Glance

Standings - 06/05/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
St. Louis Cardinals (NL Central) 36 25 .590 3.0 21-13 15-12
Washington Nationals (NL East) 24 36 .400 11.0 13-17 11-19
Stats - 06/05/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
STL .276 280 53 268 27 356 3.89 548.2 540 184 349
WSH .230 219 40 207 23 401 4.42 533.2 551 225 403
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Nats keeping rotation for doubleheader

Zachary Osterman / MLB.com
Minutes after his team's Wednesday night game against St. Louis was postponed due to rain, Nationals manager Manny Acta announced that John Lannan would start Game 1 of Thursday's day-night doubleheader at 1:10 p.m. ET and Tim Redding would start the second game at 7:10 p.m.
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Nationals probable pitcher

Tim Redding

  • RHP
  • (6-3) 3.71 ERA
Nationals: Redding lasted 5 1/3 innings and gave up three runs on four hits against the Diamondbacks last Friday. He cruised through the first three innings and didn't allow a hit. But he struggled through the next 2 1/3 innings because of mechanical issues.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 30-43 4.77 588.1 250 400 .275
Season 6-3 3.71 68.0 28 44 .227

Cardinals hitters vs Tim Redding

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Anderson, Bryan - - - - - - - -
Craig, Allen - - - - - - - -
Freese, David - - - - - - - -
Greene, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Hamilton, Mark - - - - - - - -
Jay, Jon - - - - - - - -
Jones, Daryl - - - - - - - -
Ludwick, Ryan - - - - .091 11 0 0
Lugo, Julio - - - - .000 2 0 0
Mather, Joe - - - - .333 3 0 0
Molina, Yadier - - - - .333 6 0 0
Pagnozzi, Matt - - - - - - - -
Pujols, Albert - - - - .391 23 0 1
Rasmus, Colby - - - - - - - -
Robinson, Shane - - - - - - - -
Ryan, Brendan - - - - - - - -
Schumaker, Skip - - - - .333 3 0 0
Stavinoha, Nick - - - - - - - -

Nationals hitters vs Mike Parisi

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Bernadina, Roger - - - - - - - -
Desmond, Ian - - - - - - - -
Dukes, Elijah - - - - .400 5 0 2
Dunn, Adam - - - - - - - -
Flores, Jesus - - - - - - - -
Gonzalez, Alberto - - - - - - - -
Guzman, Cristian - - - - .667 3 0 1
Harris, Willie - - - - - - - -
Maxwell, Justin - - - - - - - -
Morgan, Nyjer - - - - - - - -
Morse, Mike - - - - .000 3 0 0
Nieves, Wil - - - - .333 3 0 0
Willingham, Josh - - - - - - - -
Zimmerman, Ryan - - - - - - - -

Washington walks off (35-26) (25-35)

Nationals 10, Cardinals 9 (10)

Almost enough magic

Matthew Leach / MLB.com
The Cardinals were down 7-0 early in the game, but there was no quit as the Redbirds chipped away, eventually forcing extra innings. But one run to take the lead in the 10th was countered by a two-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the frame.

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Series at a Glance

 

Offense wakes up

Zachary Osterman / MLB.com
Washington's bats had been quiet for days, until they broke out for eight runs in the first four innings. When it looked like shaky pitching would waste the outburst, the Nationals had one spark left -- Elijah Dukes' walk-off homer in the 10th.
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Nationals 10, Cardinals 9

St. LouisABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Schumaker, CF4121100.294
Miles, 3B5021002.317
Kennedy, 2B5010005.245
Ludwick, LF5000013.313
Glaus, 1B4111102.264
Mather, RF5321001.280
LaRue, C5220000.173
Parisi, P2012000.250
  Worrell, M, P11130001.000
  McClellan, P0000000.000
  Villone, P0000000.000
  a-Ryan, PH-SS1110000.286
Izturis, C, SS3000001.258
  b-Pujols, PH1000011.364
  Flores, Ra, P0000000.000
  Franklin, P0000000.000
Totals4191392215 

a-Doubled for Villone in the 9th. b-Struck out for Izturis, C in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Parisi (1, Redding), Ryan (3, Rauch).
3B: Schumaker (2, Rauch).
HR: Glaus (6, 4th inning off Redding, 0 on, 2 out), Worrell, M (1, 6th inning off Redding, 2 on, 2 out), Mather (1, 10th inning off Sanches, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Schumaker 4; Miles 2; Kennedy; Glaus 4; Mather 5; LaRue 2; Parisi 2; Worrell, M 4; Ryan 2.
RBI: Glaus (37), Parisi 2 (2), Worrell, M 3 (3), Schumaker (19), Miles (10), Mather (3).
2-out RBI: Glaus; Parisi 2; Worrell, M 3; Schumaker; Miles; Mather.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Glaus 2; Izturis, C.
GIDP: Kennedy 2.
Team LOB: 4.

FIELDING
E: Schumaker (2, fielding).
DP: 3 (Izturis, C-Kennedy-Glaus 3).
 
WashingtonABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Guzman, SS6341020.310
Dukes, RF6344011.203
Milledge, CF4100104.241
Boone, 1B4232000.273
Casto, 3B4032101.556
Lopez, F, 2B2000202.242
Langerhans, LF3011200.190
Nieves, C5110008.290
Redding, P2000002.150
  Rivera, S, P0000000.000
  a-Harris, PH1000003.155
  Manning, P0000000.000
  Ayala, P0000000.000
  Rauch, P0000000.000
  b-Young, D, PH1000000.214
  Sanches, P0000000.000
Totals381016106321 

a-Popped out for Rivera, S in the 6th. b-Flied out for Rauch in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Casto (1, Parisi), Guzman (20, Parisi), Boone 2 (6, Parisi, Worrell, M).
3B: Dukes (1, Parisi).
HR: Dukes (1, 10th inning off Franklin, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Guzman 5; Dukes 9; Boone 5; Casto 4; Langerhans; Nieves.
RBI: Dukes 4 (6), Boone 2 (16), Casto 2 (2), Guzman (21), Langerhans (3).
2-out RBI: Boone; Casto 2; Guzman; Dukes.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Nieves 2; Lopez, F; Milledge; Redding; Harris 2.
S: Redding; Lopez, F.
SF: Boone.
GIDP: Milledge 2; Lopez, F.
Team LOB: 10.

FIELDING
E: Guzman (5, fielding).
DP: 2 (Boone-Guzman-Redding, Guzman-Lopez, F-Boone).
 
St. LouisIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Parisi 4.010854107.25
Worrell, M 2.02002100.00
McClellan 1.01000102.01
Villone 1.01000003.70
Flores, Ra 1.00000003.78
Franklin (BS, 3)(L, 2-2)0.02220012.63
 
WashingtonIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Redding 5.29661124.15
Rivera, S (H, 7)0.10000004.33
Manning (H, 2)1.00001003.86
Ayala (H, 15)1.00000004.32
Rauch (BS, 3)1.03220102.73
Sanches (W, 2-0)1.01110013.60

Franklin pitched to 2 batters in the 10th.

WP: Parisi, Redding.
IBB: Langerhans (by Worrell, M).
Pitches-strikes: Parisi 89-54, Worrell, M 37-21, McClellan 12-9, Villone 11-5, Flores, Ra 11-7, Franklin 7-5, Redding 79-51, Rivera, S 3-2, Manning 13-7, Ayala 9-6, Rauch 17-12, Sanches 26-17.
Groundouts-flyouts: Parisi 4-7, Worrell, M 3-2, McClellan 2-0, Villone 2-1, Flores, Ra 2-1, Franklin 0-0, Redding 8-7, Rivera, S 1-0, Manning 2-1, Ayala 0-3, Rauch 2-0, Sanches 1-2.
Batters faced: Parisi 27, Worrell, M 9, McClellan 3, Villone 3, Flores, Ra 3, Franklin 2, Redding 26, Rivera, S 1, Manning 3, Ayala 3, Rauch 6, Sanches 4.
Umpires: HP: Doug Eddings. 1B: Ted Barrett. 2B: Dana DeMuth. 3B: Mike Estabrook.
Weather: 77 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, Out to LF.
T: 3:08.
Att: 32,357.
June 5, 2008

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