WSH 5, STL 4 | Aug 16, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, August 16, 2018•Busch Stadium•90°F, Partly Cloudy

WSH

Nationals

STL

Cardinals

Final

WIN

Tanner Roark

LOSS

Luke Weaver

SAVE

Koda Glover

The Nationals edged the Cardinals 5-4 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Bryce Harper3-for-5, 3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 3: Anthony Rendon singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Marcell Ozuna. Tanner Roark scores. Trea Turner to 3rd. Bryce Harper to 2nd.

Weather: 90°F, Partly CloudyWind: 6 mph, Out To LFFirst pitch: 11:15 PM UTCT: 3:28Att: 38,074Venue: Busch Stadium

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91.0%C

16 missed calls

+12.5% STL

+0.36 runs STL

Win Probability

STL WinWSH Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WSH	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	10	1
STL	0	0	1	0	0	3	0

Game 531233 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Washington Nationals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Michael A. TaylorCF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238/.301/.378	-	-	-
Trea TurnerSS	5	1	2	0	0	0	.269/.339/.411	103.4	.543	.598
Bryce HarperRF	5	0	3	3	0	1	.243/.382/.513	102.9	.530	.520
Anthony Rendon3B	5	0	2	1	0	0	.294/.353/.505	100.2	.439	.420
Juan SotoLF	4	0	0	0	1	1	.293/.416/.534	99	.020	.031
Ryan Zimmerman1B	4	0	0	0	1	1	.257/.328/.491	94.7	.021	.021
Koda GloverP	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Matt WietersC	4	0	0	0	1	0	.219/.310/.331	93.3	.043	.042
Wilmer Difo2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242/.301/.344	-	-	-
Bench
Adam EatonRF	4	1	0	0	1	1	.282/.368/.364	82.9	.021	.026
Daniel Murphy2B	5	1	1	0	0	1	.307/.351/.458
Totals	40	5	10	4	4	5	-	-	-	-

2B:Harper

TB:11

RBI:Harper 3; Rendon

Team LOB:12

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Matt Carpenter1B	3	0	0	0	2	0	.274/.390/.585	99.9	.105

Pitching

Washington Nationals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Tanner RoarkW	6.0	5	4	3	3	1	1	97-59	88.4	4.13
Justin MillerH	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	30-19	92.3	3.76
Koda GloverS	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	21-12	90.6	3.38
Totals	9.0	6	4	3	5	4	1	148-90	-	-

Pitches-strikes:Roark 97-59; Miller 30-19; Glover 21-12

Groundouts-flyouts:Roark 4-13; Miller 1-3; Glover 0-2

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Luke WeaverL	3.2	7	4	2	1	1	0	71-42	89.4	4.67

Scoring Plays

Top 1 • WSH

1-0

Bryce Harper doubles (22) on a ground ball to right fielder Tyler O'Neill. Trea Turner scores.

EV: 102.9 mph84 ftLA: 4°

Top 3 • WSH

2-0

Anthony Rendon singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Marcell Ozuna. Tanner Roark scores. Trea Turner to 3rd. Bryce Harper to 2nd.

EV: 100.2 mph208 ftLA: 11°

Bot 3 • STL

2-1

Harrison Bader homers (9) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 100.0 mph💣 399 ftLA: 36°

Top 4 • WSH

4-1

Cardinals challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Bryce Harper singles on a line drive to center fielder Harrison Bader. Tanner Roark scores. Adam Eaton scores. Trea Turner to 2nd.

EV: 92.5 mph272 ftLA: 19°

Top 5 • WSH

5-1

Adam Eaton reaches on a fielding error by pitcher Tyson Ross. Daniel Murphy scores. Matt Wieters to 3rd. Tanner Roark to 2nd.

Bot 6 • STL

5-2

Paul DeJong singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Bryce Harper. Tyler O'Neill scores.

EV: 106.7 mph210 ftLA: 10°

5-3

Kolten Wong doubles (14) on a line drive to center fielder Bryce Harper. Paul DeJong scores.

EV: 89.0 mph292 ftLA: 19°

5-4

Harrison Bader singles on a soft ground ball to third baseman Anthony Rendon. Kolten Wong scores. Harrison Bader to 2nd. Harrison Bader advances to 2nd, on a throwing error by third baseman Anthony Rendon.

EV: 52.6 mph5 ftLA: -36°

Bench
Luke WeaverP	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167/.189/.167	78.9	.063	.069
Tyson RossP	1	0	0	0	0	0	.154/.171/.154	80	-	-
José A. MartínezPH	1	0	1	0	0	0	.306/.369/.466	90.2	.973	.900

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Washington Nationals

St. Louis Cardinals

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