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St. Louis Cardinals @ Washington Nationals

2026-04-08 · Day game · Nationals Park · Att: 12686 · 52°F, Sunny · Wind 6 mph, Out To LF · 2:47

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Washington Nationals 6–1. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 2nd — Alec Burleson singles on a line drive to center fielder Jacob Young. Thomas Saggese scores. Nathan Church scores. Iván Herrera to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 2nd: Alec Burleson singles on a line drive to center fielder Jacob Young. Thomas Saggese scores. Nathan Church scores. Iván Herrera to 2nd — worth 17% in win probability.

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Line score

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
JJ Wetherholt 2B	4	1	0	0	1	1
Ivan Herrera C	2	1	1	0	2	0
Alec Burleson 1B	4	1	3	3	1	0
Jordan Walker RF	4	1	1	1	1	2
Nolan Gorman DH	1	0	0	0	2	0
Yohel Pozo DH	2	0	1	2	0	0
Masyn Winn SS	5	0	0	0	0	2
Ramon Urias 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Victor Scott CF	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Saggese LF	4	1	1	0	0	1
Nathan Church LF	4	1	1	0	0	2

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
James Wood RF	4	0	2	0	0	0
Luis Garcia 1B	4	0	1	1	0	0
Brady House 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jorbit Vivas PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Daylen Lile LF	3	0	0	0	1	0
CJ Abrams SS	3	0	0	0	0	0
Nasim Nuñez 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Tena DH	3	0	0	0	0	1
Drew Millas C	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Young CF	3	1	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Michael McGreevy	6.0	4	1	1	0	1
Matt Svanson	1.2	0	0	0	1	1
Justin Bruihl	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Riley O'Brien	1.0	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Nationals — pitching