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Washington Nationals @ St. Louis Cardinals

2026-02-21 · Spring Training · Day game · Att: 4267 · 83°F, Sunny · Wind 2 mph, Calm · 2:48

Washington Nationals defeated St. Louis Cardinals 6–2. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 2nd — Nathan Church homers (1) on a line drive to right field. Washington Nationals took the lead in the 4th — Harry Ford singles on a ground ball to right fielder Joshua Báez. Jack Rogers scores. Sam Petersen to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Maxwell Romero Jr. homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Phillip Glasser scores. Sergio Alcántara scores — worth 24% in win probability.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WAS	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	6	7
SLN	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tres Barrera C	2	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Ford C	2	0	1	1	1	1
Joey Wiemer CF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Elijah Green CF	2	0	0	0	0	1
Matt Mervis 1B	2	1	1	0	1	1
Yohandy Morales 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Trey Lipscomb 3B	2	0	2	1	1	0
Randal Diaz 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Made 2B	1	0	0	0	0	1
Phillip Glasser 2B	3	1	0	0	0	0
Sergio Alcantara SS	3	1	1	1	0	1
Luke Dickerson SS	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ronny Cruz DH	1	0	0	0	0	1
Maxwell Romero Jr. DH	3	1	1	3	0	2
Jack Rogers RF	2	1	0	0	1	1
Jack Moroknek RF	1	0	0	0	0	1
T.J. White LF	2	0	0	0	0	1
Sam Petersen LF	1	1	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Graysen Tarlow C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leo Bernal C	1	0	0	0	1	1
Masyn Winn SS	2	0	0	0	0	1
Alec Burleson 1B	1	0	0	0	1	0
Ramon Mendoza 3B	2	0	0	0	0	1
Brody Moore 2B	2	0	0	0	0	1
Nolan Gorman 3B	2	0	1	0	0	0
Pedro Pages C	1	0	0	0	1	0
Jeremy Rivas SS	2	0	0	0	0	0
JJ Wetherholt 2B	1	1	0	0	1	0
Dakota Harris 1B	2	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Koperniak LF	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Fermin LF	2	0	1	0	0	0
Nathan Church CF	2	1	1	1	0	0
Zach Levenson CF	2	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Antico RF	1	0	0	0	1	1
Joshua Báez RF	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bligh Madris DH	1	0	0	0	0	1
Blaze Jordan DH	2	0	0	0	0	1

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Andry Lara	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
Shinnosuke Ogasawara	1.1	1	1	1	2	1
Erik Tolman	1.0	0	0	0	2	3
Eddy Yean	1.0	1	1	1	1	1
Jared Simpson	0.2	0	0	0	0	1
Marquis Grissom Jr.	2.0	0	0	0	0	2
Isaac Lyon	2.0	0	0	0	0	3

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching