The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 9-6 on Jul 15, 2023 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- CJ Abrams went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Nationals.
- Paolo Espino pitched 3.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 2 earned runs with 0 strikeouts.
- Nolan Arenado went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Steven Matz pitched 4.1 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 4 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
Washington Nationals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ildemaro Vargas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Dominic Smith | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| CJ Abrams | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Meneses | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Call | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 23 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paolo Espino | 3.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Irvin | 3.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Jose Ferrer | 0.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 6.1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
St. Louis Cardinals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Goldschmidt | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lars Nootbaar | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Donovan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan Walker | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nolan Gorman | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Arenado | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ivan Herrera | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Matz | 4.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Dakota Hudson | 3.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Genesis Cabrera | 1.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
Before and after
- Nationals · 2023 season · Previous Jul 14, 2023: WSH 7, STL 5 · Next Jul 16, 2023: WSH 4, STL 8
- Cardinals · 2023 season · Previous Jul 14, 2023: WSH 7, STL 5 · Next Jul 16, 2023: WSH 4, STL 8