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Ross (1-0) allowed four hits and struck out
five with one walk, and a quartet of Washington relievers
completed the four-hit shutout.
Trea Turner, Juan Soto and Josh Harrison had two hits each for
the Nationals, who finished 2-4 on their road trip.
Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright (0-2) allowed four runs (three
earned) on seven hits over five innings. He struck out seven and
walked two.
Yadier Molina caught his 2,000th game for the Cardinals.
In the third, Soto reached on an infield single and Zimmerman
capped a nine-pitch at-bat with a shot to left center for his
first home run of the season.
Turner led off the fifth inning with a double. He scored when
Lane Thomas misplayed Soto's single to center, with Soto ending
up on third. With two out, Harrison singled to center, scoring
Soto to make it 4-0.
The Nationals added a run in the sixth. Ross, batting eighth in
the lineup, singled to right field with one out and the
Nationals loaded the bases after walks to Victor Robles and
Turner. St. Louis reliever Jordan Hicks got Soto to ground into
a force at second, but Ross scored as Soto beat the relay to
first.
The Cardinals loaded the bases in the seventh on two walks
sandwiched around a hit batter, but Tanner Rainey got Tommy
Edman to pop out, ending the threat.
Washington added a run in the eighth when pinch-hitter Andrew
Stevenson walked, went to second on a wild pitch, and scored on
a bloop double by Turner.
--Field Level Media
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