The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 7-6 on Apr 7, 2026 at Nationals Park.
Final · Nationals Park
Top performers
- Jordan Walker went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Matthew Liberatore pitched 5.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 4 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Curtis Mead went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Nationals.
- Cade Cavalli pitched 4.2 innings for the Nationals, allowing 1 earned run with 3 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Walker | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Thomas Saggese | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ivan Herrera | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nolan Gorman | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Masyn Winn | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Victor Scott II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yohel Pozo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pedro Pages | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan Church | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ramon Urias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Liberatore | 5.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| George Soriano | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Gordon Graceffo | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Riley O'Brien | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 10.0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady House | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CJ Abrams | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| James Wood | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Young | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Curtis Mead | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Nasim Nunez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Daylen Lile | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Tena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jorbit Vivas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cade Cavalli | 4.2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| PJ Poulin | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Clayton Beeter | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Varland | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Paxton Schultz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
Before and after
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 6, 2026: STL 6, WSH 9 · Next Apr 8, 2026: STL 6, WSH 1
- Nationals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 6, 2026: STL 6, WSH 9 · Next Apr 8, 2026: STL 6, WSH 1