Dakota Hudson is going to take an awful lot of heat for this game for some time. However, the Cardinals’ defense was the big goat in allowing a seven-run bottom of the first inning. That frame accounted for the entirety of Washington’s scoring in a game where the final margin of victory was determined by the unearned runs allowed by the Cardinals.
The Washington Nationals completed a dominant sweep of the Cardinals on Tuesday, punching their ticket to the World Series. The Nationals can now rest up and set their rotation for when they meet up with the eventual winner of the ALCS.