Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals

WSH 3 — 5 STL

Final — 2026-09-20

MVP: Ivan Herrera 2-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Washington Nationals 5-3. Ivan Herrera led the way with 2-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI. Luis Gastelum earned the win and Yovanny Cruz took the loss. Riley O'Brien recorded the save.

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

WP Luis Gastelum

LP Yovanny Cruz

SV Riley O'Brien

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Iván Herrera homers (17) on a fly ball to left field. (0-1)

Top 2: Jacob Young out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Nathan Church. Daylen Lile scores. Harry Ford to 2nd. (1-1)

Bot 3: JJ Wetherholt singles on a line drive to right fielder Dylan Crews. José Fermín scores. (1-2)

Top 6: CJ Abrams homers (31) on a fly ball to right field. Brady House scores. (3-2)

Bot 8: Iván Herrera homers (18) on a fly ball to left center field. (3-3)

Bot 8: Leo Bernal homers (4) on a fly ball to center field. Jordan Walker scores. (3-5)

WSH — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
House	3B	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.244	.310	.399	.709
Ortiz	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.242	.364	.606
Abrams	2B	4	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	.261	.336	.492	.828
Nunez	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.291	.243	.534
Chaparro	1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.257	.362	.508	.870
Vivas	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.247	.340	.334	.674
Crews	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.286	.371	.657
Lile	LF	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.303	.440	.743
Wood	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.265	.390	.513	.903
Ford	C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.189	.306	.347	.653
Young	CF	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.249	.317	.389	.706
Ruiz	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.323	.455	.778

STL — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Walker	RF	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.274	.332	.474	.806
Torres	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.239	.313	.346	.659
Scott	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.269	.252	.521
Church	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.252	.297	.373	.670
Fermin	3B	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	.251	.314	.362	.676
Wetherholt	2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.242	.341	.368	.709
Burleson	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.282	.347	.466	.813
Saggese	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.247	.302	.377	.679
(gpid=sa:699024)	C	3	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	.311	.354	.514	.868
Winn	SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.309	.320	.629
Herrera	DH	4	2	2	0	2	2	0	1	.247	.358	.388	.746

WSH — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Dion	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	29-15	3.74	1.16	H
(gpid=sa:680899)	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	13-9	3.65	1.38	BS
Irvin	5.1	3	2	2	0	8	1	97-67	5.40	1.36
Cruz	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	1	16-10	5.27	1.61	L

STL — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
O'Brien	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-6	4.08	1.28	S
Mathews	7.0	7	3	3	2	3	1	96-59	3.65	1.38
Gastelum	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12-9	4.46	1.28	W

Venue: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals

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