April 5, 2008
Cardinals Game 4: Nationals 4, Cardinals 5
By
Zeldink
Posted at 12:54 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 9 | 2 |
The Cardinals’ (3-1) somewhat surprising start to the season continued against the Nationals (3-2).
Braden Looper (1-0) turned in an excellent 6 innings for the win, with Jason Isringhausen (S 2) getting his second save. Odalis Perez (0-1) got the lost.
The Cardinals bullpen has been hit pretty hard, though, so for the Cardinals to continue to win, the starters will have to start taking up more innings. Russ Springer, after allowing 3 runs in no innings in this game, was sent to the DL, so the war of attrition is beginning early.
The two teams play the second game of their series today at 1:05pm EDT. Adam Wainwright (0-0) goes against Matt Chico (0-0).