Reuters) - The visiting Washington Nationals enjoyed a 3-2 win over the
defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday in in their Major
League Baseball playoff debut for a 1-0 lead in their National League Division
Series.
Rookie Tyler Moore delivered a pinch-hit, two-run single in the eighth inning
to turn a 2-1 deficit into the game-winning margin of victory for the Nationals,
whose 98 wins this season led the major leagues and made them top seed in the
playoffs.
"He threw me some pretty tough pitches and I managed to foul them off," Moore
said about his at-bat against lefty reliever Rzepczynski. "So I just thought
I'll stick (the bat) out there, put the barrel on one and it flared into right
field."
The Cardinals, who beat the Atlanta
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