The Nats and Cards game was "rained out" last night. A huge storm rolled through Saint Louis bringing bouts of thunderous rain, giant hail and tornado warnings around their schedule game time yesterday. Fortunately, the stadium is still in tact and today looks like a great day for baseball!
They'll play a double header today, the first game starting just after 2 pm EST, and the second around 8:15 pm EST. The Nationals haven't played since Sunday, when they swept another double header against Milwaukee. Expect John Lannan to come out refreshed and ready to pitch in the first battle. He has a history of putting some hurt on the Cardinals. He doesn't strike out many, but he doesn't let them get on base too often either. He faces Jake Westbrook, who hasn't been terribly great so far this season, so this should be a good matchup for the Nationals, who are hoping to earn their first 4-game winning streak on the season. Their last 4-game streak came at the very end of last year.
Game 2 places Jordan Zimmermann against Jaime Garcia, who has faced the Nationals just once in his career. This will be an interesting fight as both pitchers have had Tommy John Surgery in the last 2 years, and are still working to find their groove with their respective teams.
I'll post a quick review of the first game later this afternoon, but will likely miss the second game to watch the Capitals play game 4 in New York tonight. I'll catch what I can though.
Oh! One last interesting note. If the Nationals win both games today, and the Phillies and the Marlins both lose their games, the Nationals will be tied for first place in the NL East. The probability of this happening? Pretty low. Cliff Lee is on the mound for the Phillies, and he's just as dominant this season as he has been in the past.
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