 Both starting pitchers would work a scoreless first inning. Hers had a 1-2-3 inning. Gibson allowed a one-out single lane Thomas, and Thomas attempted a steal of second base when Gibson used a slide step, and so he was thrown out stealing fairly comfortably, and the Nationals didn't score in the first. And it looked like the Cardinals would not score in the second, but the Nationals did not play a clean game today, and their first big miscue came in the top of the second after Brendan Donovan had a two-out walk. Nolan Gorman seemed to hit a harmless pop-up to the left side to end the inning.