The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 6-1 on Apr 8, 2026 at Nationals Park.
Final · Nationals Park
Top performers
- Jordan Walker went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Michael McGreevy pitched 6.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 1 earned run with 1 strikeouts.
- Luis Garcia Jr. went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Nationals.
- Brad Lord pitched 3.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 1 earned run with 2 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masyn Winn | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jordan Walker | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Alec Burleson | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Ramon Urias | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Thomas Saggese | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nathan Church | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ivan Herrera | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yohel Pozo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Gorman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael McGreevy | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Svanson | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Riley O'Brien | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Bruihl | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| James Wood | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Young | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CJ Abrams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Tena | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Drew Millas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nasim Nunez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Daylen Lile | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brady House | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jorbit Vivas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Lord | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Miles Mikolas | 3.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Cionel Perez | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| PJ Poulin | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
Before and after
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 7, 2026: STL 7, WSH 6 · Next Apr 10, 2026: BOS 2, STL 3
- Nationals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 7, 2026: STL 7, WSH 6 · Next Apr 10, 2026: WSH 7, MIL 3