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V.Robles popped out to second baseman Wong.

Dozier grounded out, shortstop DeJong to first baseman Goldschmidt.

Grounded out, shortstop DeJong to first baseman Goldschmidt.

Eaton singled to center, V.Robles scored.

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Kendrick doubled to center, Rendon scored, Soto scored.

Doubled to center, Rendon scored, Soto scored.

Kendrick doubled to center, Rendon scored.

Zimmerman doubled to center, Kendrick scored.

V.Robles homered to center on a 2-1 count.

On left fielder Soto's throwing error, J.Martínez scored.

Zimmerman singled to left, Kendrick scored.

Nationals third.  V.Robles singled to center.  Strasburg sacrificed, first baseman Goldschmidt to second baseman Wong, V.Robles to second.  Turner struck out.  Eaton singled to center, V.Robles scored.  Rendon doubled to left, Eaton scored.  Soto walked on a full count.  On Flaherty's wild pitch, Rendon to third, Soto to second.  Kendrick doubled to center, Rendon scored, Soto scored.  Zimmerman grounded out, second baseman Wong to first baseman Goldschmidt.

Nationals fifth.  Webb pitching.  Eaton grounded out, shortstop DeJong to first baseman Goldschmidt.  Rendon singled to center.  Soto flied out to left fielder Ozuna.  Brebbia pitching.  Kendrick doubled to center, Rendon scored.  Zimmerman doubled to center, Kendrick scored.  Suzuki popped out to second baseman Wong.

Nationals sixth.  V.Robles homered to center on a 2-1 count.  Strasburg struck out.  G.Cabrera pitching.  Turner grounded out, pitcher G.Cabrera to first baseman Goldschmidt.  Eaton flied out to center fielder Fowler.

Cardinals seventh.  J.Martínez singled to left.  Molina singled to left, J.Martínez to second.  Edman struck out.  DeJong singled to left, J.Martínez to third, Molina to second.  On left fielder Soto's throwing error, J.Martínez scored.  Wieters pinch-hitting for G.Cabrera.  Wieters struck out.  Fowler struck out.

Nationals seventh.  Ponce de Leon pitching.  Rendon struck out.  Soto struck out.  Kendrick doubled to center.  Zimmerman singled to left, Kendrick scored.  Suzuki struck out.

Teams are 0-20 in League Championship Series all-time when losing the first two games at home. The 1996 Yankees are the last team to win a seven-game series after losing the first two at home. After falling down 0-2 in the Bronx to the Braves in the World Series they rallied to win the series 4-2.

Washington's pitching staff has held St. Louis to four hits through two games, the fewest through two games in a postseason series all-time. Its starters have thrown 18.2 consecutive scoreless innings dating back to Game 5 of the NLDS, the longest streak in postseason play since the 2013 Detroit Tigers threw 20.0 straight scoreless frames. Of those 20.0 innings by the Tigers, 11.0 were thrown by Anibal Sanchez and Max Scherzer, who have accounted for the last 14.2 scoreless by Nats starters.

Washington's bullpen has allowed one run in 9.1 innings (0.96 ERA) over its last four games after allowing 14 in 13 IP (9.69 ERA) in its first four games this postseason. The Nationals finished the regular season with a 5.66 bullpen ERA, highest in MLB -- the 1918 Red Sox are the only team to make the World Series after having the highest bullpen ERA during the regular season (won World Series).

St. Louis' starters have a 2.06 ERA this postseason, but have picked up just one win (Jack Flaherty in 13-1 win over Atl in NLDS Game 5). All 13 runs in that Game 5 win were in support of Flaherty -- in the other six games this postseason, St. Louis' offense has provided its starters just five total runs of support.

Jose Martinez has gone 2-for-2 as a pinch-hitter in this series, picking up an RBI double in Game 2. All of St. Louis' other hitters have combined to go 2-for-55 (.036 AVG), drawing only three walks while striking out 18 times.

Washington's eight-hole hitters (Y. Gomes in Game 1, M. Taylor in Game 2) are 4-for-7 with a double and a home run in the NLCS, knocking in two of the Nationals' five runs. Gomes posted an .800 OPS batting eighth during the regular season and was one of 11 players with at least 200 PA in that lineup spot.

Stephen Strasburg has made five starts in his postseason career (six overall appearances) -- his ERA as a starter is 1.45. He has struck out 41 batters across these five starts -- the only other pitcher with an ERA of 1.50 or lower and 40+ strikeouts through five career postseason starts is Sandy Koufax (1.13 ERA, 48 K from 10/6/1959-10/11/1965).

Jack Flaherty has posted a 1.13 ERA over his last 18 starts (since July 7). Opponents own a slash line of .151/.212/.237 against him in this span with just eight home runs in 119.1 innings, but two have come in the postseason. He has struck out 16 batters and walked just two in the playoffs.

HP - Miller, 1B - Cuzzi, 2B - Fairchild, 3B - Culbreth, LF - Guccione, RF - Conroy

After some dominating pitching to open the National League Championship Series, the Washington Nationals not only return home for Game 3 on Monday, they do so with another force on the mound.
Trailing 2-0 in the series, the St. Louis Cardinals will have to get their offense on track against Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg, who has appeared motivated for October success.

Cardinals face another ace in Nationals' Strasburg

WASHINGTON (AP)  More than 100 pitches in, Stephen Strasburg was adamant he wasn't quite ready to leave the latest superb start by a Nationals pitcher against the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Championship Series - a win that put Washington on the verge of the city's first World Series in 86 years.
It was the seventh inning, and manager Dave Martinez noticed Strasburg had flexed his right leg and reached for that hamstring. So the skipper and a trainer went to the mound to check on their guy.

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St. Louis Cardinals @ Washington Nationals on October 14, 2019

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