Cards ride grand slam over Scherzer, Nats

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WASHINGTON — Max Scherzer’s one bad inning proved costly on Friday night as the Cardinals defeated the Nationals, 6-2, at Nationals Park.

Despite a pair of walks, Scherzer was able to get out of the first two innings unscathed, but the next inning proved to be a disaster, as the Cardinals scored five runs. With one out, Scherzer’s counterpart, Jaime Garcia, singled to right field. After Greg Garcia walked and Aledmys Diaz singled, the bases were loaded when Matt Holliday walked to score Garcia. Stephen Piscotty followed with a grand slam over the left field wall.

Garcia ended up pitching seven solid innings, allowed two runs on seven hits and …

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