The St. Louis Cardinals and the Washington Nationals played through a rain delays but the rain couldn’t even slow the Cardinals down as they came away with a 6-1 victory over the Nationals. Four runs in the first inning and then single runs in the fourth and fifth innings ended up being enough for the Cardinals.
Bengie Monlina hit a three run home run in the first inning for the big hit of the game. The Cardinals also got a run in the first inning off of a Ryan Ludwick single. In the fourth inning of the game, Cesar Izturis stole home to score and then the fifth inning Kyle Lohse had a rbi single.
Lohse ended up getting the win in the game as he tossed five innings and allowed four hits and one run. Good outing by Lohse who improved to 6-2 on the season. Kyle McClellan, Russ Springer, Ron Villone, and Mark Worrell all pitched a scoreless inning in relief.
It was a good win for the Cardinals as they were 3.5 games behind the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs are up three right now against the Padres so it looks like the Cards will remain 3.5 games back if the score stands.
