Redbirds Swamp Nats
Center Field Gate —
... The St. Louis Cardinals dominated the Washington Nationals in a rain-shortened contest at Nationals Park. The six inning 4-1 loss snapped the Nats’ two game winning streak in a game that was postponed on May 3. Collin Balester, pitching for the injured Jordan Zimmermann (placed on the 15 day disabled list for precautionary reasons), lasted just three innings before being relieved by a surprisingly ineffective ...
Cards Beat Nationals, Tie Mother Nature
C70 At The Bat —
... The Cardinals, playing a one game series in Washington to make up a rainout from early May, dodged the raindrops last night and sat through rain delays before giving up and taking the 4-1, six inning win. At least Mother Nature doesn't have a line in the NL Central standings. ...
A Soggy Mess
The Nationals Enquirer —
... Martinez Monsivais. It's raining, it's pouring, etc.)
"The whole infield was an inch under water and they put down an inch of dust trying to get it, to sop it up, and that only turned into mud...We lost the field, that's what happened." (Umpire Dana DeMuth, via Washington Post, 7/24/2009)
NatsTown 2009: The Lerners lost the fans; Manny lost the team; and the grounds crew lost the field.
Cards 4, Nats 1: May 3rd makeup becomes loss #67. Will they find the field by 7:05 tonight? ...
Cards Beat Nationals, Tie Mother Nature
Seamheads.com —
Sometimes the elements just won’t be denied.The Cardinals, playing a one game series in Washington to make up a rainout from early May, dodged the raindrops last night and sat through rain delays before giving up and taking the 4-1, six inning win. At least Mother Nature doesn’t have a line in the NL Central standings.
The Hero of the game has to be Adam Wainwright, getting credit for a complete game. It was really big that he was able to come back after the first rain delay, making sure that his ...
