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NL Division Series Game 3: Nationals vs. Cardinals

Hosted by: James Wagner, Barry Svrluga, Dan Steinberg and Matt Brooks

KEY MOMENTS

4:41 PMNationals lose to Cardinals, 8-0, fall to 2-1 in NLDS
1:47 PMCardinals take 4-0 lead on Pete Kozma's three-run homer
12:55 PMIt's a beautiful day for playoff baseball

5:38 PMSee you tomorrow for Game 4
5:34 PMChris Carpenter on Nats Park
5:31 PMMore Strasburg talk
5:20 PMIs a lineup shake-up in order?
5:12 PMTime for a team meeting?
5:06 PMDavey Johnson: "I've had my back to worse walls than this."
4:53 PMChris Carpenter says he wouldn't let LaRoche beat him
4:41 PMNationals lose to Cardinals, 8-0, fall to 2-1 in NLDS
4:35 PMHolding out hope
4:33 PMBob Costas on Strasburg
4:27 PMNationals are three outs away from facing elimination game
4:15 PMCardinals making it a blowout with 8-0 lead
4:13 PMThe Nats, the Caps and postseason flops
4:10 PMNats fans leaving early
4:08 PMAre the Nats pressing?
4:04 PMLargest crowd in Nationals Park history at Game 3
4:01 PMTrevor Rosenthal mows down the Nationals
3:55 PMSt. Louis radio team says Nats fans are leaving
3:51 PMNationals pitching is struggling
3:40 PMTime to play dirty?
3:28 PMChris Carpenter out after two outs in the sixth
3:22 PMSeeing red
3:18 PMCraig Stammen gives up a run, Cardinals lead 5-0
3:12 PMFifth inning conference call
3:04 PMNationals have struggled to score runs
3:02 PMMichael Morse flies out with the bases loaded
2:53 PMBeware the bottom of the Cards' order
2:46 PMEdwin Jackson escapes jam in the fifth, day over
2:35 PMTeddy wins again
2:32 PMIan Desmond is 6 for 10 in the NLDS
2:29 PMNats fans not feeling the love for Bob Costas
2:29 PMEdwin Jackson's 1-2-3 fourth
2:17 PMNationals still haven't solved Chris Carpenter
2:09 PMEdwin Jackson with best inning yet
2:03 PMJim Joyce blows a call at first, and so does Bob Costas
2:02 PMDanny Espinosa out on close call at first, Nats fail to score
1:57 PMKurt Suzuki is a hockey goalie behind the plate
1:54 PMLet's look at the bullpens
1:50 PMHere come the cries for Strasburg
1:47 PMCardinals take 4-0 lead on Pete Kozma's three-run homer
1:46 PMBryce Harper's red contacts
1:36 PMNationals squander chance against Chris Carpenter
1:33 PMFrank Robinson's first pitch
1:29 PM"There are no bad seats here"
1:28 PMJayson Werth's historic first hit
1:19 PMEdwin Jackson, Kurt Suzuki and the first inning
1:17 PMEdwin Jackson down early, Cardinals lead 1-0
1:12 PMFirst pitch for a major league playoff game in Washington since 1933
1:09 PMThe crowd after introductions
1:04 PMRoss Detwiler vows to be more aggressive in Game 4
1:01 PMEarly scene at Nationals Park
12:57 PMJimmy Rollins says Nats Park is a great atmosphere
12:55 PMIt's a beautiful day for playoff baseball
12:47 PM"Now, it's for real."
12:38 PM'This is the Main Event'
12:36 PMThis is personal for Edwin Jackson
12:36 PMCueto out for NLCS
12:30 PMVery superstitious?
12:27 PMNow that's Natitude
12:20 PMYour Game 3 lineups
12:18 PMThe crowd at the Navy Yard station
12:16 PMCrash on M and Half streets SE
12:05 PMNew t-shirts in team store
11:53 AMThe line to meet Teddy
11:48 AMThe line at Shake Shack
11:43 AMThe LaRoche and Burnett kids
11:36 AMGiant JFK head at Nats Park
11:36 AMMichael Morse and A-ha
11:02 AMWelcome to the Game 3 discussion

See you tomorrow for Game 4

(Alex Brandon / AP)

Well, that wasn’t exactly the way Nationals wanted to welcome playoff baseball back to D.C. Edwin Jackson got shelled, the bullpen didn’t perform much better and once again the lineup failed to generate hits with runners on base.

Now the team with the best record in the regular season must regroup before a do-or-die Game 4 back at Nationals Park on Thursday at 4:07 p.m. And as poorly as the played today, a win would even the series and put the ball back in the hands of Gio Gonzalez for a one-game playoff at home.

The Nats will send Ross Detwiler (10-8, 3.40 ERA) to the mound to face Game 1 loser Kyle Lohse (16-3, 2.86), and there’s a good chance Washington will makes a change or two to its anemic lineup.

“The momentum is only as good as the last game,” MASN analyst F.P. Santangelo said after Wednesday’s game. “If you win tomorrow, if you win Game 4, then you have your ace going. So tomorrow is everything.”

Yes. Yes it is.

By Matt Brooks