Nats Nightly

Daniel Murphy hit an RBI single and Jayson Werth hit a three-run blast in the first as the Washington Nationals jumped out to an early 4-0 lead over Jaime Garcia and the St. Louis Cardinals. Nats' starter Joe Ross gave up just one run in six innings of work in the 6-1 win as Washington won the first series in St. Louis since all the way back in 2007. One more with the Cards tomorrow with Max Scherzer on the mound in Busch Stadium.