WASHINGTON -- Set aside the high-pressure task of postseason pitching that Chris Carpenter routinely masters for the St. Louis Cardinals and think about this: Even the take-it-for-granted act of breathing feels odd on occasion now that he's missing aWhen the Washington Nationals and St. Louis Cardinals take the field at Nationals Park for Game 3 Wednesday, it'll be the first time a D.C. major league baseball team has hosted a playoff game in 79 years. Who are the topThe Washington Nationals turn to Edwin Jackson in Game Three of the NLDS with the St. Louis Cardinals this afternoon in the first postseason game in the nation's capital in 79 years.This NLDS Game 3 pits the Nationals--the team with the best record in the majors at 98 wins--against the defending World Series champion Cardinals, who made the playoffs as a wild card with 88 victories. But the real story isWashington Nationals pushed to the brink of elimination as Chris Carpenter and St. Louis Cardinals romp 8-0 in Game 3 of NLDS. Carpenter gives up seven hits over five-plus innings and Pete Kozma hits a three-run homer in the second inning as Cardinals
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