WSH 3, STL 5 | Sep 20, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, September 20, 2026•Busch Stadium•81°F, Partly Cloudy

WSH

Nationals

STL

Cardinals

Final

WIN

Luis Gastelum

LOSS

Yovanny Cruz

SAVE

Riley O'Brien

The Cardinals defeated the Nationals 5-3.

★Iván Herrera2 HR, 2 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 8: Iván Herrera homers (18) on a fly ball to left center field.

Weather: 81°F, Partly CloudyWind: 1 mph, Out To LFFirst pitch: 6:15 PM UTCT: 2:30Att: 27,814Venue: Busch Stadium

Ump Audit

Mark Ripperger

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94.1%B

8 missed calls

+14.4% WSH

+0.63 runs WSH

Win Probability

STL WinWSH Win

Team	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

Game 823001 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Washington Nationals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
James WoodDH	4	0	0	0	0	2	.265/.390/.513	105.9	.444	.466
Abimelec Ortiz1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.198/.242/.364	91.9	.074	.116
Jorbit Vivas3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.247/.340/.334	-	-	-
CJ Abrams2B	4	1	1	2	0	1	.261/.336/.492	101.2	.293	.464
Dylan CrewsRF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.222/.286/.371	102.5	.273	.388
Daylen LileLF	4	1	2	0	0	0	.251/.303/.440	103.7	.646	.665
Keibert RuizPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.285/.323/.455	100.5	.483	.453
Jacob YoungCF	2	0	1	1	0	0	.249/.317/.389	100.1	.239	.172
Nasim NuñezSS	3	0	0	0	0	0	.210/.291/.243	91.7	.177	.176
Bench
Andrés Chaparro1B	2	0	0	0	1	0	.251/.357/.503	98.6	.102	.130
Brady House3B	2	1	2	0	1	0	.244/.310/.399
Totals	31	3	7	3	2	5	-	-	-	-

HR:Abrams (6th off Mathews, 1 on, 0 out)

2B:Lile

TB:11

RBI:Abrams 2; Young

SB:Abrams

CS:Young

SF:Young

Team LOB:4

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
JJ Wetherholt2B	4	0	1	1	0	0	.242/.341/.368	94.6	.281

Pitching

Washington Nationals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jake Irvin	5.1	3	2	2	0	8	1	97-67	89.2	5.40
Will DionH	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	29-15	86.1	3.74
Erik TolmanBS	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	13-9	91.4	3.65
Yovanny CruzL	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	1	16-10	96.4	5.27
Totals	8.0	6	5	5	2	8	3	155-101	-	-

WP:Irvin 2

Pitches-strikes:Irvin 97-67; Dion 29-15; Tolman 13-9; Cruz 16-10

Groundouts-flyouts:Irvin 5-4; Dion 2-3; Tolman 2-0; Cruz 1-0

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Quinn Mathews	7.0	7	3	3	2	3	1	96-59	86.1	3.65

Game Notes

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T6Replay review: Nationals challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Daylen Lile doubles (28) on a line drive to right fielder Jordan Walker. Daylen Lile out at 3rd on the throw, right fielder Jordan Walker to third baseman José Fermín.

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B3Wild pitch by Jake Irvin

Bench
Bryan TorresLF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.239/.313/.346	97.5	.076	.133
José Fermín3B	3	1	2	0	0	0	.251/.314/.362	95.7	.462	.429
Quinn MathewsP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Luis GastelumP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Riley O'BrienP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-