Washington Nationals vs St. Louis Cardinals Final Score

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Washington NationalsWSH

3–5

Final

St. Louis CardinalsSTL

Busch Stadium

Team Season Average

WSHSTL

Batting

5.13

R/G

4.51

0.247

AVG

0.243

0.323

OBP

0.316

0.425

SLG

0.381

0.748

OPS

0.697

1.30

HR/G

1.02

8.44

H/G

8.20

202

158

170

Pitching

4.66

ERA

4.30

1.39

WHIP

1.36

7.97

K/9

8.00

3.76

BB/9

3.52

4.59

RA/G

4.27

0.253

OPP AVG

0.254

1219

1230

Odds

Sportsbook	Spread (STL)	Total	WSH ML	STL ML
DDraftKings	-1.5	8.5	+108	-131
FFanDuel	-1.5	8.5	+110	-130
BBetMGM	-1.5	8.5	+105	-130
CCaesars	-1.5	8.5	+112	-130
BBetOnline	-1.5	8.5	+110	-121
BBetRivers	-1.5	9	+104	-124
BBetus	-1.5	8.5	+114	-125
BBovada	-1.5	9	+104	-124
FFanatics	-1.5	8.5	+105	-125
LLowVig	-1.5	8.5	+110	-121
MMyBookie	-1.5	8.5	+109	-128

Game Information

Busch Stadium

Stadium

Sep 20, 2026

6:15 PM UTC

Gametime weather

Clear sky

Wind 1 mph

89°

Lineups

WSH

Starters

STL

Starters

Rankings

Team	Offense	Defense
WSH	3rd	27th
STL	13th	22nd

Matchup

WSHSTL

73-82Record75-80
47.1%Win %48.4%
37-41Home record37-43
36-41Road record38-37
6-4Last 103-7
2Streak-4
+14Run diff-25
16-33Division23-23
1 (B2B)Rest days1 (B2B)

Scores

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T
WSH	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3
STL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	—	5

Team Stats

WSHStatSTL

3Runs5
7Hits6
1Errors0
1Home runs3
3RBI5
1Stolen bases0
5K (bat)8
8K (pit)5
2BB (pit)2

Player Stats

WSH — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB
CJ AbramsSS	4	1	1	1	2	0
James WoodRF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Daylen LileLF	4	1	2	0	0	0
Dylan CrewsRF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Harry FordC	3	0	1	0	0	0
Nasim Nunez2B	3	0	0	0	0	0
Brady House3B	2	1	2	0	0	1
Jacob YoungCF	2	0	1	0	1	0
Andres Chaparro1B	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jorbit Vivas3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Keibert RuizC	1	0	0	0	0	0
Abimelec Ortiz1B	1	0	0	0	0	0

WSH — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Jake IrvinSP	5.1	3	2	2	0	8
Will DionRP	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
Erik TolmanRP	0.2	1	1	1	0	0
Yovanny CruzRP	0.1	1	2	2	1	0

STL — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB
Ivan HerreraDH	4	2	2	2	2	0
Alec Burleson1B	4	0	0	0	0	0
JJ Wetherholt2B	4	0	1	0	1	0
Thomas SaggeseLF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Leo BernalC	3	1	1	1	2	1
Jose FerminLF	3	1	2	0	0	0
Bryan TorresLF	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan WalkerRF	3	1	0	0	0	1
Nathan ChurchCF	3	0	0	0	0	0
Masyn WinnSS	0	0	0	0	0	0
Victor Scott IICF	0	0	0	0	0	0

STL — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Quinn MathewsSP	7.0	7	3	3	2	3
Riley O'BrienRP	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Luis GastelumRP	1.0	0	0	0	0	2

Scoring Summary

84 events · 6 scoring

Inning 1 Top

Top
Wood struck out swinging.
0-0
Top
Chaparro grounded out to shortstop.
0-0
Top
House singled to left.
0-0
Top
Abrams fouled out to second.
0-0

Inning 1 Bottom

Bottom
Wetherholt grounded out to first.
0-0
Bottom
Herrera homered to left (375 feet).
0-1
Bottom
Burleson struck out swinging.
0-1
Bottom
Walker struck out looking.
0-1

Inning 2 Top

Top
Crews flied out to right.
0-1
Top
Lile singled to left.
0-1
Top
Ford singled to left, Lile to third.
0-1
Top
Young hit sacrifice fly to center, Lile scored, Ford to second.
1-1
Top
Nuñez fouled out to first.
1-1

Inning 2 Bottom

Bottom
Bernal struck out swinging.
1-1
Bottom
Saggese struck out looking.
1-1
Bottom
Torres struck out swinging.
1-1

Inning 3 Top

Top
Wood grounded out to second.
1-1
Top
Chaparro walked.
1-1
Top
House walked, Chaparro to second.
1-1
Top
Abrams grounded into fielder's choice to first, House out at second, Chaparro to third.
1-1
Top
Abrams stole second.
1-1
Top
Crews flied out to right.
1-1

Inning 3 Bottom

Bottom
Fermín doubled to right.
1-1
Bottom
Church popped out to second.
1-1
Bottom
Wetherholt singled to right, Fermín scored.
1-2
Bottom
Fermín to third on wild pitch by Irvin.
1-1
Bottom
Herrera struck out swinging.
1-2
Bottom
Wetherholt to second on wild pitch by Irvin.
1-2
Bottom
Burleson flied out to left.
1-2

Inning 4 Top

Top
Lile lined out to right.
1-2
Top
Ford grounded out to second.
1-2
Top
Young singled to left.
1-2
Top
Young caught stealing second, catcher to second.
1-2

Inning 4 Bottom

Bottom
Walker grounded out to second.
1-2
Bottom
Bernal safe at first on throwing error by shortstop Nuñez.
1-2
Bottom
Saggese struck out looking.
1-2
Bottom
Torres flied out to right.
1-2

Inning 5 Top

Top
Nuñez grounded out to shortstop.
1-2
Top
Wood struck out swinging.
1-2
Top
Chaparro flied out to right.
1-2

Inning 5 Bottom

Bottom
Fermín grounded out to second.
1-2
Bottom
Church struck out swinging.
1-2
Bottom
Wetherholt grounded out to second.
1-2

Inning 6 Top

Top
House singled to left.
1-2
Top
Abrams homered to right (397 feet), House scored.
3-2
Top
Crews grounded out to third.
3-2
Top
Lile doubled to right, Lile out stretching at third. Washington Nationals challenged: call on the field was upheld.
3-2
Top
Ford struck out swinging.
3-2

Inning 6 Bottom

Bottom
Herrera popped out to shortstop.
3-2
Bottom
Dion relieved Irvin
3-2
Bottom
Burleson grounded out to second.
3-2
Bottom
Walker grounded out to second.
3-2

Inning 7 Top

Top
Young popped out to shortstop.
3-2
Top
Nuñez flied out to center.
3-2
Top
Wood lined out to center.
3-2

Inning 7 Bottom

Bottom
Bernal walked.
3-2
Bottom
Saggese lined out to left.
3-2
Bottom
Torres flied out to right.
3-2
Bottom
Fermín singled to center, Bernal to second.
3-2
Bottom
Church flied out to left.
3-2

Inning 8 Top

Top
Gastelum relieved Mathews
3-2
Top
Ortiz hit for Chaparro
3-2
Top
Ortiz flied out to center.
3-2
Top
Vivas hit for House
3-2
Top
Vivas struck out swinging.
3-2
Top
Abrams struck out swinging.
3-2

Inning 8 Bottom

Bottom
Ortiz at first base.
3-2
Bottom
Vivas at third base.
3-2
Bottom
Tolman relieved Dion
3-2
Bottom
Wetherholt grounded out to third.
3-2
Bottom
Herrera homered to left center (439 feet).
3-3
Bottom
Burleson grounded out to third.
3-3
Bottom
Cruz relieved Tolman
3-3
Bottom
Walker walked.
3-3
Bottom
Bernal homered to center (424 feet), Walker scored.
3-5
Bottom
Saggese grounded out to shortstop.
3-5

Inning 9 Top

Top
Saggese at third base.
3-5
Top
Winn at shortstop.
3-5
Top
Winn at shortstop.
3-5
Top
O'Brien relieved Gastelum
3-5
Top
Crews lined out to left.
3-5
Top
Lile popped out to shortstop.
3-5
Top
Ruiz hit for Ford
3-5
Top
Ruiz grounded out to first.
3-5

Washington Nationals vs St. Louis Cardinals: Final Score & Recap

The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 5-3 in this MLB game at Busch Stadium on Sunday, September 20, 2026. The line score, team and player box scores, and scoring summary are in the Game Stats tab.

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