Escobar's blast in 10th lifts Washington Nationals over St. Louis Cardinals

Yunel Escobar smacked a walk-off solo homer in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift the Washington Nationals to a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of a three-game set.

The Cardinals sent the game into extras following Matt Holliday's RBI single in the ninth, but Escobar crushed a Carlos Villanueva (0-1) first-pitch fastball into the bullpen in left center to end it.

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