Cardinals hammer Strasburg, rout Nats 14-3, end 3-game skid

By: David Solomon, The Associated Press Posted: 10:33 PM CDT Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2021 Last Modified: 10:38 PM CDT Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2021

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ST. LOUIS - Nolan Arenado, Paul Goldschmidt and Matt Carpenter all homered off Stephen Strasburg and the St. Louis Cardinals hammered the Washington Nationals 14-3 on Tuesday night.

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ST. LOUIS - Nolan Arenado, Paul Goldschmidt and Matt Carpenter all homered off Stephen Strasburg and the St. Louis Cardinals hammered the Washington Nationals 14-3 on Tuesday night.

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ST. LOUIS – Nolan Arenado, Paul Goldschmidt and Matt Carpenter all homered off Stephen Strasburg and the St. Louis Cardinals hammered the Washington Nationals 14-3 on Tuesday night.

Jack Flaherty (2-0) allowed one run on three hits with six strikeouts in five innings as St. Louis snapped a three-game losing streak.

Strasburg (0-1) was racked for eight runs — seven earned — on eight hits and five walks, two of them intentional. The 2019 World Series MVP was pulled after allowing all three batters he faced in the fifth to reach base, leading to a nine-run inning by the Cardinals.

St. Louis Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt, right, is congratulated by teammate Carlos Martinez after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Goldschmidt hit his first home run of the season, connecting in the first for his 250th career home run. The longtime Arizona star became the ninth player to hit his 250th career home run as a member of the Cardinals.

Arenado hit his third career homer off Strasburg, a two-run drive in third.

Carpenter also had a two-run drive during the inning, a shot off the right-field foul pole. It was his first hit out of the infield this season after starting 1 for 15 with an infield single.

The Cardinals sent 14 batters to the plate and added nine runs in the fifth off Strasburg and Luis Avilán without an extra-base hit.

Washington infielder Hernán Pérez pitched a perfect bottom of the eighth inning, striking out two. This was his seventh career pitching appearance.

STARGAZING

Recording artist Nelly was shown in the crowd on the Busch Stadium video board. Nelly played baseball at University City High School in the St. Louis area before embarking on his rap career.

BENCH BOSS

Cardinals manager Mike Shildt managed his 300th career Major League game since replacing Mike Matheny on July 15, 2018.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Nationals: LHP Jon Lester (COVID-19 list) will throw 45-50 pitches in a simulated game at the team’s alternate training site on Thursday.

Cardinals: LHP Kwang Hyun Kim (back) is scheduled to be activated from the Injured List to start on Saturday at Philadelphia. St. Louis shuffled its roster by optioning RHP Johan Oviedo to the club’s alternate training site after he tossed 4 2/3 innings in relief of Daniel Ponce de Leon on Sunday.

UP NEXT

Washington will send RHP Joe Ross (0-0, 0.00 ERA) to the mound to face St. Louis veteran RHP Adam Wainwright (0-1, 8.22) in the final game of the teams’ three-game series Wednesday.

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