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Cards walk off
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Cardinals 3, Nationals 2
Albert Pujols watches the flight of his game-winning homer. (Scott Rovak/Cardinals)
After Khalil Greene hit a game-tying homer in the eighth, Albert Pujols blasted a walk-off homer to left field. John Smoltz allowed just one run on four hits over six innings, but the veteran right-hander had to settle for a no-decision.
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Series at a glance:
WSH
Washington (46-83)
Lost 1
St. Louis 3, Washington 2   STL
St. Louis (75-55)
Won 1
August 28, 2009
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E 
Washington
0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0   2 7 1
St. Louis
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1   3 5 1
Standings thru 8/28/09  |  Recap: WSH | STL  |  Gameday  |  Nationals stats  |  Cardinals stats
Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Harris, CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .230
Orr, 2B 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .333
Zimmerman, 3B 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 .302
Dunn, A, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .281
  Belliard, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .249
Willingham, LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .293
Dukes, RF 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .244
Bard, C 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 .236
Gonzalez, Ab, SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .256
Lannan, P 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .149
  Bergmann, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 2 7 2 2 6 12  

BATTING
2B: Dukes 2 (18, Hawksworth, Motte), Bard (14, Hawksworth).
TB: Harris; Orr; Dukes 5; Bard 2; Gonzalez, Ab.
RBI: Orr (1), Bard (24).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Dunn, A; Bard; Lannan; Gonzalez, Ab.
SF: Orr.
Team RISP: 1-for-8.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Orr (1, 2nd base off Smoltz/Molina, Y).
CS: Harris (3, 2nd base by Smoltz/Molina, Y).

FIELDING
E: Zimmerman (15, throw).
DP: 2 (Gonzalez, Ab-Dunn, A, Zimmerman-Dunn, A).

 
St. Louis AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Lugo, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .292
Ryan, SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .294
Pujols, 1B 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .316
Holliday, LF 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 .310
Ludwick, RF 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .265
DeRosa, 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .261
Molina, Y, C 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .285
Rasmus, CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .249
Smoltz, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143
  Hawksworth, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Reyes, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Greene, K, PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .215
  Motte, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 28 3 5 2 2 2 9  

a-Homered for Reyes in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Holliday (34, Lannan).
HR: Greene, K (6, 8th inning off Lannan, 0 on, 1 out), Pujols (41, 9th inning off Bergmann, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Lugo; Pujols 4; Holliday 2; DeRosa; Greene, K 4.
RBI: Greene, K (24), Pujols (108).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rasmus.
GIDP: Molina, Y; Holliday.
Team RISP: 1-for-5.
Team LOB: 3.

FIELDING
E: Molina, Y (4, throw).

 
Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lannan 8.0 4 2 2 2 2 1 3.95
Bergmann (L, 2-4) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 5.86
 
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Smoltz 6.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 6.71
Hawksworth 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.86
Reyes 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.77
Motte (W, 4-4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.76

Bergmann pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.

Pitches-strikes: Lannan 91-62, Bergmann 3-2, Smoltz 93-62, Hawksworth 13-7, Reyes 15-5, Motte 14-10.
Groundouts-flyouts: Lannan 16-4, Bergmann 0-0, Smoltz 7-3, Hawksworth 2-0, Reyes 2-0, Motte 1-2.
Batters faced: Lannan 29, Bergmann 1, Smoltz 22, Hawksworth 5, Reyes 4, Motte 4.
Umpires: HP: Ron Kulpa. 1B: Brian O'Nora. 2B: Scott Barry. 3B: Tom Hallion.
Weather: 71 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 6 mph, In from LF.
T: 2:13.
Att: 40,033.
August 28, 2009

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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