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*October 14 – [[Stephen Strasburg]] became the third consecutive Washington Nationals starter to completely overpower the St. Louis Cardinals  holding them to one run over seven innings while striking out 12 for a 8–1 victory in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series at Nationals Park. In  the first two games of the Series, Nationals starters [[Anibal Sánchez]] and [[Max Scherzer]] flirted with no-hitters entering the eight inning. In between, [[Howie Kendrick]] continued to play unlikely heroe, as he keyed a four-run uprising in the third inning with a two-out, two-run double and then added an RBI-double in the fifth to give the Nationals the early lead. Before that, Kendrick  hit the walk-off grand slam to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in decisive Game 5 of the NLDS. The Nationals roughed up St. Louis starter [[Jack Flaherty (baseball)|Jack Flaherty]], who had not allowed that many runs in a game since July 2, a span of 18 appearances. The Nationals are now one win away from the first World Series appearance in franchise history.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WAS/WAS201910140.shtml  NLCS Game 3  Box score - Cardinals at Nationals]. ''Baseball Reference''. Retrieved on October 15, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.mlb.com/news/stephen-strasburg-nlcs-game-3-performance Unstoppable Stras puts Nats up 3-0 in NLCS]. ''MLB.com''.Retrieved on October 15, 2019.</ref>

 

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