WSH 7, STL 5 | Jul 14, 2023 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, July 15, 2023•Busch Stadium•91°F, Partly Cloudy

WSH

Nationals

STL

Cardinals

Final

WIN

Kyle Finnegan

LOSS

Jordan Hicks

SAVE

Hunter Harvey

The Nationals defeated the Cardinals 7-5.

★Brendan Donovan3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 8: Willson Contreras homers (11) on a fly ball to right center field.

Weather: 91°F, Partly CloudyWind: 8 mph, In From RFFirst pitch: 6:15 PM UTCT: 2:43Att: 42,042Venue: Busch Stadium

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88.8%D

16 missed calls

+13.5% WSH

+0.73 runs WSH

Win Probability

STL WinWSH Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
WSH	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	2	7	8	0
STL	1	0	0	0	3

Game 717407 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Washington Nationals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
CJ AbramsSS	5	3	2	0	0	1	.247/.294/.397	100.3	.478	.451
Lane ThomasRF	5	0	1	1	0	1	.301/.345/.493	102.8	.263	.251
Ildemaro Vargas3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	.283/.313/.424	105.2	.249	.230
Joey MenesesDH	5	0	2	2	0	0	.286/.329/.407	103.2	.125	.125
Keibert RuizC	4	0	1	0	0	1	.226/.278/.359	98.7	.112	.106
Dominic Smith1B	3	1	0	0	1	1	.258/.327/.336	99.1	.184	.356
Stone GarrettLF	2	0	1	0	0	1	.263/.328/.429	83.4	.974	.913
Luis García Jr.2B	3	1	0	0	1	1	.269/.306/.378	102.7	.234	.222
Alex CallCF	4	1	0	1	0	1	.217/.307/.317	94.4	.228	.238
Bench
Jeimer Candelario3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.260/.336/.477	95.6	-	-
Corey DickersonLF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.243/.274/.351
Totals	38	7	8	4	2	8	-	-	-	-

2B:Meneses

TB:9

RBI:Meneses 2; Call; Thomas

SB:Abrams 2; Jr.

CS:Call

GIDP:Vargas

Team LOB:4

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Brendan DonovanDH	3	1	1	3	0	0	.284/.371/.417	99.9	.225

Pitching

Washington Nationals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Trevor Williams	2.2	1	1	1	1	5	1	52-34	84.8	4.42
Cory Abbott	2.1	2	3	3	0	2	1	38-25	88	5.12
Jordan Weems	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	16-12	90.8	2.05
Mason Thompson	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-1	90.4	3.80
Kyle FinneganWBS	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	18-15	94.9	3.43
Hunter HarveyS	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-6	92.2	3.12
Totals	10.0	6	5	5	1	10	3	135-93	-	-

HBP:Donovan (by Williams); Carlson (by Abbott)

Inherited runners-scored:Abbott 2-0; Thompson 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Williams 52-34; Abbott 38-25; Weems 16-12; Thompson 2-1; Finnegan 18-15; Harvey 9-6

Groundouts-flyouts:Williams 2-1; Abbott 3-2; Weems 1-4; Thompson 0-1; Finnegan 2-2; Harvey 1-1

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Miles Mikolas	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	34-23	89.8	4.12

Bot 1 • STL

0-1

Lars Nootbaar homers (6) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 102.4 mph💣 404 ftLA: 32°

Top 4 • WSH

1-1

Joey Meneses singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jordan Walker. CJ Abrams scores.

EV: 84.8 mph41 ftLA: -2°

Top 5 • WSH

4-1

Lane Thomas reaches on a throwing error by third baseman Nolan Arenado. CJ Abrams scores.

EV: 88.8 mph89 ftLA: 5°

2-1

Cardinals challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Alex Call reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by pitcher Chris Stratton. Dominic Smith scores. Luis Garcia to 2nd.

EV: 50.1 mph3 ftLA: -55°

Bot 5 • STL

4-4

Brendan Donovan homers (10) on a fly ball to right field. Paul DeJong scores. Dylan Carlson scores.

EV: 99.9 mph💣 391 ftLA: 36°

Top 8 • WSH

5-4

Joey Meneses doubles (21) on a fly ball to left fielder Lars Nootbaar. Ildemaro Vargas scores.

EV: 90.3 mph339 ftLA: 29°

Bot 8 • STL

5-5

Willson Contreras homers (11) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 106.1 mph💣 415 ftLA: 29°

Top 10 • WSH

7-5

Ildemaro Vargas grounds into a double play, shortstop Paul DeJong to first baseman Paul Goldschmidt. CJ Abrams scores. Lane Thomas out at 2nd. Ildemaro Vargas out at 1st.

EV: 92.9 mph3 ftLA: -46°

6-5

Lane Thomas singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Jordan Walker. Alex Call scores. CJ Abrams to 3rd.

EV: 102.8 mph45 ftLA: -1°

Bench
Miles MikolasP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Andre PallanteP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Chris StrattonP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
JoJo RomeroP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Giovanny GallegosP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jordan HicksP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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Batting

Washington Nationals

St. Louis Cardinals

Pitching

Washington Nationals

St. Louis Cardinals

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