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Cardinals fall to Nats, lose ground in NL Central

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08/29/2010 - Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - John Lannan spun 7 2/3 solid innings and Mike Morse belted a two-run home run as Washington continued to put a crimp in St. Louis' playoff push with a 4-2 win Sunday to close a four-game series.

Lannan (6-6) yielded a lone run on eight hits while fanning four and not issuing a walk and chipped in with a key two-run double for the Nationals, who claimed three of four in the set. Drew Storen gave up a home run in the ninth but recorded the last four outs to earn his third save of the year.

Morse and Adam Dunn each finished with a pair of hits and two runs scored as the hosts evened the season series at three games apiece.

Adam Wainwright (17-9) absorbed the loss after giving up four runs on six hits with three walks and seven strikeouts over five frames for the Cardinals, who fell a season-high five games behind Cincinnati in the National League Central.

Dunn and Morse opened the second with singles but stayed put when the next two hitters struck out. However, Lannan helped his own cause with a double to left to score both runners to put the Nats on top.

Dunn drew a two-out walk in the third and scored when Morse followed with his long ball to left.

St. Louis got on the board in the seventh when Matt Holliday led off with a double and scored after ground outs by Pedro Feliz and Jon Jay.

Lannan was removed after a two-out single by Aaron Miles in the eighth and Storen came on to strike out Albert Pujols to end the inning.

The rookie right-hander got the first out in the ninth before Feliz homered just out of the reach of a leaping Willie Harris in front of the wall in left field. Storen, though, retired two of the next three hitters to end the game.

Game Notes

St. Louis' Colby Rasmus was in the original starting lineup but was scratched shortly before first pitch. He has not started the last 12 games due to a strained calf and has only two at-bats since August 17...Wainwright dropped to 9-2 in day games this season and 3-2 in eight career meetings, six starts, against the Nats...St. Louis is 52-29 in games started by Wainwright, Chris Carpenter and Jaime Garcia...Holliday extended his hitting streak to 11 games...Washington is 11-5-2 in series play at home since April 23...Saturday and Sunday marked the first time during the month of August the Nats have won consecutive games.

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