The Washington Nationals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-5 on Sep 19, 2026 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Daylen Lile went 1-for-6 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Nationals.
- Andrew Alvarez pitched 6.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 0 earned runs with 8 strikeouts.
- Jose Fermin went 3-for-5 with 1 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Michael McGreevy pitched 4.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 2 earned runs with 1 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylen Lile | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Jorbit Vivas | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| CJ Abrams | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| James Wood | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Crews | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nasim Nunez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Andres Chaparro | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Abimelec Ortiz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Tena | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yohandy Morales | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brady House | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 45 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Alvarez | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Riley Cornelio | 1.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Sinclair | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Lovelady | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Erik Tolman | 0.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Will Dion | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 10.1 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Walker | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Leo Bernal | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jose Fermin | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ivan Herrera | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Masyn Winn | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nathan Church | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pedro Pages | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Thomas Saggese | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Victor Scott II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 46 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
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 | 4.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Brycen Mautz | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Justin Bruihl | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gordon Graceffo | 1.0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Riley O'Brien | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| George Soriano | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryne Stanek | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Gastelum | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 11.0 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Nationals · 2026 season · Previous Sep 18, 2026: WSH 9, STL 1 · Next Sep 20, 2026: WSH 3, STL 5
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous Sep 18, 2026: WSH 9, STL 1 · Next Sep 20, 2026: WSH 3, STL 5