Jackson, Harper combine to lead Nats by Cards

Bryce Harper hit his third home run in two games and Edwin Jackson struck out 10 Thursday night as the Washington Nationals padded their NL East lead with an 8-1 win over the punchless St. Louis Cardinals.
Aug 31, 2012, 09:07 am - Associated Press
STL
WSH
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20101220-8131
E. Jackson
win

E. Jackson8-9

8.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 10 K, 2 BB
J. Garcia
loss

J. Garcia3-6

5.1 IP, 9 H, 6 ER, 2 K, 2 BB

Scoring Summary

Inning

STLWSH
1stB Harper homered to right (379 feet), J Werth scored.02
3rdA LaRoche hit sacrifice fly to right, J Werth scored, R Zimmerman to third.03
5thJ Werth homered to left center (417 feet).04
6thJ Werth grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, D Espinosa scored, E Jackson out at second, J Flores to third.05
6thB Harper singled to center, J Flores scored, J Werth to second.06
7thJ Flores singled to left, M Morse and A LaRoche scored, D Espinosa to second.08
8thJ Jay safe at second on throwing error by third baseman R Zimmerman, B Anderson scored.18
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