The Washington Nationals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-1 on Sep 18, 2026 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Dylan Crews went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Nationals.
- Cade Cavalli pitched 5.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 0 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Ivan Herrera went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Cooper Hjerpe pitched 4.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Crews | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| CJ Abrams | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yohandy Morales | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Brady House | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| James Wood | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Harry Ford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jacob Young | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Daylen Lile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jorbit Vivas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jose Tena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nasim Nunez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
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 | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Brad Lord | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jack Sinclair | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Herrera | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Leo Bernal | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan Torres | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jordan Walker | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Thomas Saggese | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nathan Church | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masyn Winn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Scott II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Gorman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Hjerpe | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Kyle Leahy | 3.0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Cade Winquest | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
Before and after
- Nationals · 2026 season · Previous Sep 16, 2026: PHI 3, WSH 0 · Next Sep 19, 2026: WSH 8, STL 5
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous Sep 16, 2026: SF 6, STL 5 · Next Sep 19, 2026: WSH 8, STL 5