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“Ryan Zimmerman has been the lone diamond in the rough for the lowly Washington Nationals and will try to get his club back on track tonight in the second installment of a four-game series versus the St. Louis Cardinals at Nationals Park.”

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“St. Louis will try to bang around Washington’s rookie pitcher and has won two straight and eight of its last 10 games, including last night’s victory in the nation’s capital. Rick Ankiel finished 2-for-3 and knocked in the eventual game-winning run during a five-run ninth inning that lifted the Cards to a 3-1 mark on their seven-game road trip.”