Wednesday, April 12th, 2017 3:05PM CST
On April 12, 2017, the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Washington Nationals 6-1 to prevent being swept in their three-game series. In the pitching battle, Mike Leake delivered a stronger performance than Max Scherzer. Contributing significantly to the Cardinals' offense was Stephen Piscotty, who hit a home run and drove in five runs.
Date: Wednesday, April 12th, 2017
Time: 3:05PM CST
Stadium: Nationals Park
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Attendance: 31,647
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WSH |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
STL |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

Doubles: Eaton (4, Leake); Zimmerman (3, Oh)
Runs Batted In: Eaton (5)
Team Left On Base: 6
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 2-9 (Rendon 1-2, Werth 0-2, Eaton 1-1, Wieters 0-1, Harper 0-2, Murphy 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Werth 1; Wieters 1; Harper 1; Murphy 1

Wild Pitches: Scherzer 3
Hit By Pitch: Fowler (By Scherzer); Garcia (By Romero)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Scherzer 18/26; Romero 1/4; Kelley 4/5; Glover 1/2; Solís 0/2; Blanton 1/2
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Scherzer 15-20-21-13; Romero 2-1-0-2; Kelley 3-5-2-4; Glover 2-0-3-1; Solís 3-0-1-0; Blanton 0-2-0-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Scherzer 2-6; Romero 1-0; Kelley 0-2; Glover 0-0; Solís 0-0; Blanton 0-1
Game Scores: M Scherzer 64

Errors: Difo (2, ground ball); Rendon (2, throw)
Assists: Eaton (Fowler at 1st base)

Picked Off: Rendon (1st base by Leake)

Doubles: Piscotty (1, Scherzer)
Home Runs: Piscotty (1, 9th inning off Blanton 2 on, 2 Out)
Runs Batted In: Piscotty 5 (7), Carpenter (2)
2-out Runs Batted In: Piscotty 5
Sacrifice Flies: Carpenter
Team Left On Base: 8
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 3-9 (Carpenter 0-1, Wong 0-1, Adams 0-2, Piscotty 3-4, Fryer 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Carpenter 1; Adams 2; Piscotty 1; Fryer 2

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Leake 17/24; Rosenthal 2/4; Bowman 0/1; Cecil 0/1; Oh 2/4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Leake 19-6-23-17; Rosenthal 2-1-4-3; Bowman 1-0-0-1; Cecil 1-1-1-1; Oh 2-0-3-4
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Leake 9-4; Rosenthal 0-0; Bowman 1-0; Cecil 0-1; Oh 0-3
Game Scores: M Leake 76

Stolen Bases: Garcia (1, 2nd base off Romero/Wieters); Gyorko (1, 2nd base off Kelley/Wieters)
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