The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 5-3 on Sep 20, 2026 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- CJ Abrams went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Nationals.
- Jake Irvin pitched 5.1 innings for the Nationals, allowing 2 earned runs with 8 strikeouts.
- Ivan Herrera went 2-for-4 with 2 home runs and 2 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Quinn Mathews pitched 7.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 3 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJ Abrams | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| James Wood | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dylan Crews | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daylen Lile | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Ford | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nasim Nunez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Young | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andres Chaparro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brady House | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jorbit Vivas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Abimelec Ortiz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
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 | 5.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Will Dion | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Tolman | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 7.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Burleson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ivan Herrera | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Thomas Saggese | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Walker | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jose Fermin | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Church | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Leo Bernal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Bryan Torres | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinn Mathews | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Riley O'Brien | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Gastelum | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Before and after
- Nationals · 2026 season · Previous Sep 19, 2026: WSH 8, STL 5 · Next Sep 21, 2026: WSH 2, DET 9
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous Sep 19, 2026: WSH 8, STL 5 · Next Sep 22, 2026: STL at PIT