After dominant outings by Aníbal Sánchez and Max Scherzer in the first two games of the NLCS with the St. Louis Cardinals on the road in Busch Stadium, the Washington Nationals got another solid start in third game of the series, with Stephen Strasburg tossing seven strong at home in the nation’s capital, striking out 12 of the 28 batters he faced in a 117-pitch effort in what ended up an 8-1 win which gave the Nats a 3-0 lead.
Strasburg vs the Cardinals: Stephen Strasburg held the Cardinals to a run on six hits in 6 2⁄3 IP in Nationals Park in early May, walking two batters and striking out nine, then he allowed three hits, four walks, and two earned runs in five innings of work on the mound in Busch Stadium when he faced St.