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For Nats' bullpen, loss to Cards twice as tough

The throw from Storen wasn't offline, and it appeared Escobar may have had a chance to catch the ball.

"It's a judgement call," Storen said. "You see how it comes off the bat. Lobby [catcher Jose Lobaton] said three. So you just turn and go. I just turned and put it over the bag. I didn't try to gun it over there too much. I don't know. I'm on the other side of that."

Two batters later, the bases were loaded with no outs when Stephen Piscotty hit into a double play, scoring Brandon Moss to tie the score at 5.