One night after Aníbal Sánchez flirted with a no-hitter, finally giving up a hit with two out in the eighth in Game 1 of the NLCS, Max Scherzer held the St. Louis Cardinals hitless through six innings on the mound in Busch Stadium before giving up a leadoff single in the seventh.
Scherzer got an inning-ending double play one out later, to get through seven scoreless on the hill with a 1-0 advantage, and the Washington Nationals added to their lead in the top of eighth on Adam Eaton’s two-run double, which made it a 3-0 game.