The Washington Nationals have absolutely dominated the Cards through the first three games of this series, and I think they'll finish off the Cards home at Nationals Park Tuesday night.

St. Louis' righty Dakota Hudson (16-7, 3.35 ERA) allowed four runs (one earned) on five hits and a pair of walks against Atlanta in his NLDS start. The 25-year-old has struggled with walks all season long and the Nats have shown good patience at the plate in this series.

The same can not be said about the Cardinals, and desperation is not always a good think when it comes to baseball. The team has been swinging at just about everything and struck out 16 times in Monday's 8-1 loss. Note that Nats' lefty Patrick Corbin (14-7, 3.25 ERA) has 14 Ks in 8 1/3 innings of work this postseason.

Nationals are 13-3 in Corbin's last 16 home starts and 10-1 in their last 11 home games vs. a team with a winning record. Stick a fork in the Cardinals, they're done.

8* play on Washington Nationals.