 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - The Nationals vakapinda muGame 1 vasina closer Daniel Hudson, uyo akaiswa pazororo rababa; Wander Suero akaiswa panzvimbo pake. Washington yakawana run imwe muchikamu chechipiri sezvo Yan Gomes akaendesa Howie Kendrick aine kaviri kaviri. Cardinals anotanga pitcher Miles Mikolas akaenda innings nhanhatu, achibvumira imwe run pane zvinomwe zvinorova achirova zvinomwe. VaNational vakawedzera run muchikamu chechinomwe, zvakare vaine zvibodzwa zviviri, sezvo Kendrick akaendesa Adam Eaton, uyo akanga awedzera katatu. Aníbal Sánchez haana kubvumidza kurova kusvika paviri-kunze kwega naJosé Martínez muchikamu chechisere; Sánchez akarova mashanu, akafamba mumwe, uye akarova vatambi vaviri muchikamu. Sean Doolittle akabvisa Sánchez uye akarekodha mana ekupedzisira, achipa Washington kukunda 2-0 uye kutungamira 1-0 mumutambo. Sánchez akanga avewo ari mutambi anotanga mumutambo wekupedzisira wekutanga-hitter munhoroondo ye playoff, Game 1 ye 2013 ALCS, achiuya kuzorwisa Boston Red Sox apo aitamba nokuda kweDetroit Tigers. Yakanga iri kuponesa kwokutanga kwaDoolittle mumwaka uno. 