Washington Nationals vs St. Louis Cardinals Final Score, Odds & Picks
MLB · Saturday, September 19, 2026, 7:15 PM ET · Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri · TV: MLB.TV
Final: Washington Nationals 8, St. Louis Cardinals 5.
Series: WSH wins series 2-1.
Records: Washington Nationals 73-82, St. Louis Cardinals 75-80.
Nationals vs Cardinals scoring plays
Final: Nationals 8, Cardinals 5 · 11:16 PM ET · Washington Nationals beat St. Louis Cardinals 8-5.
Cardinals score: Nationals 8, Cardinals 5 (Bottom 11th) · 11:03 PM ET · Wetherholt singled to center, Church scored.
Nationals score: Nationals 8, Cardinals 4 (Top 11th) · 10:56 PM ET · Crews hit sacrifice fly to right, Young scored.
Nationals score: Nationals 7, Cardinals 4 (Top 11th) · 10:53 PM ET · Tena doubled to left, Ford scored and Nuñez scored, Young to third.
Nationals score: Nationals 5, Cardinals 4 (Top 11th) · 10:50 PM ET · Young reached first base on catcher's interference, Morales scored on error, Nuñez safe at second on error, Ford safe at third on error. Washington Nationals challenged: call on the field was overturn
Cardinals score: Nationals 4, Cardinals 4 (Bottom 10th) · 10:39 PM ET · Winn singled to right, Bernal scored, Winn out stretching at second.
Nationals score: Nationals 4, Cardinals 3 (Top 10th) · 10:32 PM ET · Vivas singled to left, Tena scored, Vivas to second.
Cardinals score: Nationals 3, Cardinals 3 (Bottom 9th) · 10:14 PM ET · Pagés singled to left, Church scored.
Cardinals score: Nationals 3, Cardinals 2 (Bottom 7th) · 9:42 PM ET · Fermín singled to center, Pagés scored.
Cardinals score: Nationals 3, Cardinals 1 (Bottom 7th) · 9:37 PM ET · Pagés reached on infield single to pitcher, Winn scored on throwing error by pitcher Lovelady, Pagés to second.
Nationals score: Nationals 3, Cardinals 0 (Top 6th) · 9:06 PM ET · Nuñez reached on infield single to shortstop, Vivas scored, Ruiz to second.
Nationals score: Nationals 2, Cardinals 0 (Top 1st) · 7:20 PM ET · Lile homered to center (404 feet), Wood scored.
Washington Nationals vs St. Louis Cardinals picks
2 picks on Picksy, most on Andrew Alvarez 4+ Strikeouts (1 of 2); 2 won, 0 lost.