taken deep by rookie shortstop pete kosma. a three-run home run, and the nats quickly in a 4-0 hold. jackson five innings, allowed four earned runs. michael morse at the plate with the bases juiced. he pops up to right field. tomorrow, a must-win. most of the guys saying it's business as usual. >> it is just another game. we've played all year. we've played 162 games of the season. we won the a.l. east. we have the best record in baseball. we're in a situation tomorrow where we've got one game to play and one game to win. we get past tomorrow, we've got our ace going. >> are you sensing pressure? is there a sense of urgency now? >> i don't think so. we've been playing great baseball all year long. we've had the best record in the major leagues for a reason. we believe in ourselves. just about coming out and getting it done. >> reporter: so, russ detwiler on the mound for the nationals tomorrow against kyle lohse, one of the best cardinals on the staff. more reaction coming up in sports. and we're going to be talking redskins,

jackson taken deep by pete kosma. quickly a 4-0 hole. jackson allowed four earned runs.tom five. it's a wasted opportunity to get back in it. michael morris with the bases full. but he pops out to right field. the nationals left ten men on base today. they lose 8-0 to the st. louis cardinals.

two on for pete kosma, and he's getting ahold of one. a 3-1 jack. the nationals in a 4-0 hold. jackson pitched five innings and allowed four earned runs. bottom five, a wasted opportunity for the nationals. michael morse at the plate with the bases loaded. but he pops up to right field. morse, the five men on by himself. the nationals as a team had 11 left on base. afterwards, the manager, davy johnson, addressing the problems that the starting pitcher had. >> just made bad pitches. you know, he wasn't hitting his spots. a lot of pitches over the middle half of the plate. good hitters will jump all over it, and that's what happened early. >> is there that sense of urgency that you guys have to win tomorrow to keep the season alive? >> we've got to win. that's it. we've got to win. >> how do you go about not putting that pressure on yourself, and approaching tomorrow like another game when it's not just another game? >> well, that's how we look at it. we look at it as -- it's a big game. tomorrow's a big game. and our whole season, we played up to this point, you know, great bas