Off another soul-crushing, walk and wild pitch filled loss last night, the Nats are back at it again with the Cardinals. Rookie Jordan Zimmermann gets the start in the misty rain tonight.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (16-7, 1st in NL Central, two-game win streak):

Schumaker – 2B
Thurston – 3B
Pujols – 1B
Duncan – LF
Ludwick – RF
Ankiel – CF
LaRue – C
T. Greene – SS
Wellemeyer – P

WASHINGTON NATIONALS (5-16, 5th in NL East, one-game loss streak):

Guzman – SS
Johnson – 1B
Zimmerman – 3B
Dunn – LF
Dukes – RF
Flores – C
Harris – CF
Hernandez – 2B
Zimmermann – P

STARTING PITCHERS

STL: Todd Wellemeyer (22.0 IP, 1-2, 6.14, 13 Ks, 6 BBs)
WAS: Jordan Zimmermann (11.1 IP, 2-0, 2.38, 8 Ks, 3 BBs)

WEATHER

Mild and humid, 40% chance of showers. First pitch 68F, final out 66F.

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