Nationals win on Jayson Werth walkoff home run

Jayson Werth, in Photoshop form:

Jayson Werth vs. Lance Lynn, a miniseries in 13 parts:

Pitch #1

Type: Fastball (95 m.p.h.)

The Cardinals have now blown out the Nationals twice in the series and lost two low-scoring one-run games, continuing the Jekyll and Hyde-like run distribution that plagued them during the regular season.. St. Louis has out-scored the Washington, D.C. squad 23-9 through Games 1-4, but none of those runs carry over to the all-important Game 5.

Game time is set for 8:30 p.m. Eastern at Nationals Park. The game will be broadcast on TBS.

The Washington Nationals were facing elimination in Game 4 of their NLDS match-up with the St. Louis Cardinals, but Jayson Werth’s walk-off home run to lead off the bottom of the ninth sent the series to a decisive Game 5 and Nats fans into a frenzy. Here is a sample from SBNation’s Nationals affiliate, Federal Baseball:

Two things.

Two, a good major-league hitter can hit a bullet if it’s straight.

Werth took two called strikes before working the count full, and he ended up getting 13 pitches out of Lynn, seeing a steady diet of fastballs and curveballs. Lynn, who usually works in the low-to-mid 90s as a starter, was throwing 96 and 97 in relief, but Werth fouled off seven pitches before getting a hold of the game-winner.

Well, we finally got our National League pitchers’ duel.