The Scorecard · September 20, 2026

Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals

Iván Herrera homered twice, and Leo Bernal's two-run shot in the 8th gave St. Louis the lead for good.

Final · St. Louis Cardinals 5, Washington Nationals 3 · W Luis Gastelum · L Yovanny Cruz · S Riley O'Brien · Plate Mark Ripperger (graded)

Box score

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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	3	x	5	6	0

Washington Nationals	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
WoodJames Wood DH	4	0	0	0	0	2
ChaparroAndrés Chaparro 1B	2	0	0	0	1	0
OrtizAbimelec Ortiz PH-1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
HouseBrady House 3B	2	1	2	0	1	0
VivasJorbit Vivas PH-3B	1	0	0	0	0	1
AbramsCJ Abrams 2B	4	1	1	2	0	1
CrewsDylan Crews RF	4	0	0	0	0	0
LileDaylen Lile LF	4	1	2	0	0	0
FordHarry Ford C	3	0	1	0	0	1
RuizKeibert Ruiz PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
YoungJacob Young CF	2	0	1	1	0	0
NuñezNasim Nuñez SS	3	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	31	3	7	3	2	5

2B: Lile. HR: Abrams. SB: Abrams. CS: Young.

St. Louis Cardinals	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
WetherholtJJ Wetherholt 2B	4	0	1	1	0	0
HerreraIván Herrera DH	4	2	2	2	0	1
BurlesonAlec Burleson 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1
WalkerJordan Walker RF	3	1	0	0	1	1
BernalLeo Bernal C	3	1	1	2	1	1
SaggeseThomas Saggese SS-3B	4	0	0	0	0	2
TorresBryan Torres LF	3	0	0	0	0	1
WinnMasyn Winn SS	0	0	0	0	0	0
FermínJosé Fermín 3B	3	1	2	0	0	0
ScottVictor Scott II LF	0	0	0	0	0	0
ChurchNathan Church CF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	31	5	6	5	2	8

2B: Fermín. HR: Herrera 2, Bernal.

Washington Nationals	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	P-S
IrvinJake Irvin	5.1	3	2	2	0	8	1	97-67
DionWill Dion	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	29-15
TolmanErik Tolman	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	13-9
CruzYovanny CruzL	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	1	16-10

St. Louis Cardinals	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	P-S
MathewsQuinn Mathews	7.0	7	3	3	2	3	1	96-59
GastelumLuis GastelumW	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12-9
O'BrienRiley O'BrienS	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-6

Herrera's first home run left the bat at 111.1 mph and traveled 439 feet, the hardest contact of the night. His second, a solo shot to left-center in the 8th, tied the game, and Leo Bernal followed with a two-run homer that put St. Louis ahead for good. Washington had taken the lead two innings earlier on CJ Abrams's 31st of the year, a two-run shot that was all Quinn Mathews would allow across seven innings. Jake Irvin struck out eight in five and a third and handed a 3-2 lead to a bullpen that gave it back before the inning ended.

Fever Baseball · Scored on the record

Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals

Busch Stadium · September 20, 2026 · Final: WSH 3, STL 5 · W: Luis Gastelum

First pitch 1:15 PM · Final out 3:46 PM · Time of game 2:31

Umpires — HP Mark Ripperger · 1B Shane Livensparger · 2B Dan Merzel · 3B Dan Bellino

ABSWSH STL ● won · ✕ lost · ○ in hand

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Washington Nationals

3R7H1E4LOB

Batter

James WoodDH WSH

Andrés Chaparro1B WSH

PHAbimelec OrtizPH/1B WSH

Brady House3B WSH

PHJorbit VivasPH/3B WSH

PHKeibert RuizPH WSH

Runs

PitchersIPHRERBBSOPS

Jake Irvin5.1322089767

Will Dion1.2100102915

Erik Tolman0.211100139

Yovanny CruzL0.1122101610

SBCJ Abrams (2B)

CSJacob Young

St. Louis Cardinals

5R6H0E4LOB

Batter

Thomas SaggeseSS/3B STL

Bryan TorresLF STL

→Masyn WinnSS STL

entered on defense, did not bat

José Fermín3B STL

→Victor Scott IILF STL

entered on defense, did not bat

Nathan ChurchCF STL

Runs

PitchersIPHRERBBSOPS

Quinn Mathews7.0733239659

Luis GastelumW1.000002129

Riley O'BrienSV1.00000066

Excitement 3.25 of win probability moved, per nine inningsComeback 4.7 — the winner's floor was 21%Biggest swing +0.392 in the 8th, at leverage 1.8

The hit chart

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WSH — visitors

STL — home

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out

All 13 hits located, and 50 balls in play with them. Coordinates are the game’s own, from the same feed the engine reads.

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6‑3 ground out, shortstop to first

3U put out unassisted

K strikeout · K called (backward)

F8 fly · P6 pop · L7 line (to that fielder)

1B8 hit, with where it went

BB walk · HBP hit by pitch

FC 6 fielder’s choice, fielded by 6

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