The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 4-2 on Jul 8, 2025 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Luis Garcia Jr. went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Nationals.
- Jake Irvin pitched 6.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 4 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Brendan Donovan went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Sonny Gray pitched 5.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 2 earned runs with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathaniel Lowe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| CJ Abrams | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Wood | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Brady House | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daylen Lile | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacob Young | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Josh Bell | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Amed Rosario | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Irvin | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Andrew Chafin | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan Gorman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Masyn Winn | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Saggese | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willson Contreras | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brendan Donovan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Alec Burleson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Pedro Pages | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Scott II | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lars Nootbaar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Gray | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Steven Matz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Maton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Helsley | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JoJo Romero | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
Before and after
- Nationals · 2025 season · Previous Jul 6, 2025: BOS 6, WSH 4 · Next Jul 9, 2025: WSH 8, STL 2
- Cardinals · 2025 season · Previous Jul 6, 2025: STL 0, CHC 11 · Next Jul 9, 2025: WSH 8, STL 2