Washington Nationals

4thin NL East · 73-83

Ugh, no.

Washington Nationals lost to the St. Louis Cardinals

73-83 3 – 5

76-80

Final · Sun, Sep 20

Game Details

Busch Stadium (St. Louis) · 27,814 fans · MLB.TV, Cardinals.TV, Nationals.TV

Recap

Bernal, Herrera homer in eighth inning to help Cardinals beat Nationals 5-3

Iván Herrera hit a pair of home runs, and Leo Bernal also homered as the St. Louis Cardinals scored three runs in the eighth inning to come from behind and beat the Washington Nationals 5-3 on Sunday.

Recap via ESPN

Busch Stadium · St. Louis

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WSH	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	7	1
STL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3		5	6	0

Win Probability · Washington Nationals

first pitchnow: 0%

Game Leaders

Washington Nationals

CJ Abrams · 1-4, HR, 2 RBI, 1 RBatting
Yovanny Cruz · 0.1 IP, 2 ER, 0 K (L, 0-2)Pitching

St. Louis Cardinals

Ivan Herrera · 2-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 RBatting
Luis Gastelum · 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 K (W, 5-3)Pitching

2026 National League East Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Atlanta	94	68	.580	-	L1
Philadelphia	88	74	.543	6	W1
Miami	80	82	.494	14	W1
Washington	77	85	.475	17	W1
New York	74	88	.457	20	L1

2026 National League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Milwaukee	103	59	.636	-	W5
Chicago	89	73	.549	14	W1
Pittsburgh	82	80	.506	21	W1
St. Louis	77	85	.475	26	L4
Cincinnati	75	87	.463	28	L1

Scoring

Bot 8th

HR Bernal homered to center (424 feet), Walker scored.3–5

Bot 8th

HR Herrera homered to left center (439 feet).3–3

Top 6th

HR Abrams homered to right (397 feet), House scored.3–2

Bot 3rd

1B Wetherholt singled to right, Fermín scored.1–2

Top 2nd

SF Young hit sacrifice fly to center, Lile scored, Ford to second.1–1

Bot 1st

HR Herrera homered to left (375 feet).0–1

Team Stats

Washington NationalsSt. Louis Cardinals

Batting

7 Hits 6

1 Home Runs 3

2 Walks 2

5 Strikeouts 8

1 Stolen Bases 0

6 Left on Base 9

Pitching & Fielding

155 Pitches Thrown 114

1 Errors 0

0 Double Plays 0

Box Score

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
J. WoodDH	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.265	12	.390	.513
A. Chaparro1B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.257	11	.362	.508
A. Ortiz1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	4	.242	.364
B. House3B	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	.244	9	.310	.399
J. Vivas3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.247	3	.340	.334
C. Abrams2B	4	1	1	2	1	0	1	.261	21	.336	.492
D. CrewsRF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	10	.286	.371
D. LileLF	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.251	10	.303	.440
H. FordC	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.189	16	.306	.347
K. RuizPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	1	.323	.455
J. YoungCF	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	.249	7	.317	.389
N. NunezSS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	10	.291	.243
Team	31	3	7	3	1	2	5		114

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J. Irvin	5.1	3	2	2	0	8	1	97-67	5.40
W. Dion(H, 1)	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	29-15	3.74
E. Tolman(B, 3)	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	13-9	3.65
Y. Cruz(L, 0-2)	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	1	16-10	5.27
Team	8.0	6	5	5	2	8	3	155-101

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
J. Wetherholt2B	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.242	23	.341	.368
I. HerreraDH	4	2	2	2	2	0	1	.247	16	.358	.388
A. Burleson1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.282	17	.347	.466
J. WalkerRF	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	.274	17	.332	.474
L. BernalC	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	.311	23	.354	.514
T. Saggese3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.247	19	.302	.377
B. TorresLF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.239	11	.313	.346
M. WinnSS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	0	.309	.320
J. Fermin3B	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	.251	15	.314	.362
V. Scott IILF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	0	.269	.252
N. ChurchCF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.252	14	.297	.373
Team	31	5	6	5	3	2	8		155