Washington DC without a World Series team in 86 yearsNationals starters continue to dominate struggling St LouisStephen Strasburg took his turn silencing the Cardinals’ struggling bats, Nationals postseason star Howie Kendrick doubled three times and drove in three more runs, and
Washington moved one win from the city’s first World Series appearance in 86 years by beating St Louis 8-1 on Monday night to take a 3-0 lead in the NL Championship Series.
After Nationals starters Anibal Sanchez and Max Scherzer flirted with no-hitters in the first two games of the best-of-seven series, Strasburg wasn’t quite that untouchable: he allowed a double in the second inning, six later singles and one unearned run. Still, he was rather dominant for much of his seven innings, striking out 12 batters and finishing off each one with an off-speed pitch.