Washington Nationals vs. St. Louis Cardinals Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - September 20, 2026 Gametracker

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C. EarlyL	7-5 W-L	91.2 IP	3.44 ERA	2.74 SO/BB	1.25 WHIP
Q. MathewsL	1-2 W-L	24.2 IP	4.38 ERA	2.00 SO/BB	1.58 WHIP

.C. Early

7-5, 91.2 IP, 3.44 ERA

.Q. Mathews

1-2, 24.2 IP, 4.38 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Richard Lovelady	Triceps	09-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 8
Josiah Gray	Elbow	09-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 25
PJ Poulin	Forearm	09-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 14
Drew Millas	Finger	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11
Davidjohn Herz	Elbow	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11
Ken Waldichuk	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Mitchell Parker	Elbow	08-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Connelly Early	Elbow	09-18-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 19

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Everson Pereira	Hand	09-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 14
Masyn Winn	Thumb	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11
Blaze Jordan	Ankle	09-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 21
Peter Strzelecki	Forearm	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11
Max Rajcic	Elbow	08-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Hunter Dobbins	Elbow	08-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
JJ Wetherholt	Wrist	09-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 9

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Nationals WAS-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cardinals STL-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Busch StadiumSt. Louis, MO

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STLCardinals

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
C. Abrams SS	136	518	84	137	95	30	52	144	.264	.342	.500	.842	26	3	28	5	481
J. Wood RF	118	452	101	121	74	30	94	157	.268	.395	.533	.928	28	1	18	3	468
D. Lile LF	143	543	75	139	82	20	38	114	.256	.309	.442	.751	27	7	14	7	405
J. Young CF	126	382	52	96	45	10	32	71	.251	.321	.395	.716	19	3	17	3	283
N. Nunez 2B	133	408	51	86	35	1	45	96	.211	.289	.245	.534	5	3	45	9	265
K. Ruiz C	92	297	42	85	46	9	16	36	.286	.324	.455	.779	23	0	2	1	226
D. Crews RF	92	341	46	74	36	10	26	94	.217	.288	.361	.649	17	1	9	0	210
B. House 3B	79	276	38	68	41	10	22	81	.246	.306	.406	.712	14	0	3	0	181
J. Vivas 3B	109	270	29	64	26	3	37	42	.237	.333	.322	.655	12	1	2	1	165
A. Chaparro 1B	70	161	30	41	34	9	21	43	.255	.358	.497	.855	12	0	0	0	148
J. Tena DH	108	246	34	56	23	7	26	84	.228	.308	.378	.686	12	2	4	2	143
H. Ford C	28	80	13	16	10	3	13	23	.200	.319	.388	.707	6	0	2	0	60
D. Millas C	50	130	18	24	11	2	14	37	.185	.277	.262	.539	4	0	0	1	60
A. Ortiz 1B	32	100	13	20	11	5	5	26	.200	.238	.380	.618	3	0	0	0	54
A. Pinckney LF	13	22	6	6	2	1	1	8	.273	.320	.500	.820	0	1	1	1	18
Y. Morales 1B	4	11	2	5	1	1	0	5	.455	.455	.909	1.364	2	0	0	0	10
Total	145	4948	748	1231	709	194	509	1213	.249	.325	.429	.754	252	29	156	36	3177

HITTING	G
C. Abrams SS	136
J. Wood RF	118
D. Lile LF	143
J. Young CF	126
N. Nunez 2B	133
K. Ruiz C	92
D. Crews RF	92
B. House 3B	79
J. Vivas 3B	109
A. Chaparro 1B	70
J. Tena DH	108
H. Ford C	28
D. Millas C	50
A. Ortiz 1B	32
A. Pinckney LF	13
Y. Morales 1B	4
Total	145

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
C. Cavalli SP	30	30	12-5	0	0	158.2	3.12	141	66	55	17	46	185	.236	1.18	422
J. Vivas 3B	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	11	7	6	1	1	0	.478	3.00	165
B. Lord RP	35	5	5-2	1	3	74.2	3.62	61	31	30	8	30	70	.218	1.22	163
C. Beeter RP	48	0	5-5	12	19	46.0	4.50	34	24	23	8	31	45	.209	1.41	163
A. Alvarez SP	22	14	2-6	1	1	95.0	3.60	82	38	38	5	43	91	.233	1.32	161
J. Tena DH	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	2	1	1	0	1	0	.500	3.00	143
P. Poulin RP	35	11	3-0	3	5	36.2	2.70	27	12	11	4	21	25	.206	1.31	104
J. Irvin SP	18	18	2-8	0	0	85.2	5.57	80	57	53	15	40	87	.245	1.40	92
O. Ribalta RP	45	0	1-2	2	5	43.0	3.77	34	21	18	5	18	42	.217	1.21	91
W. Dion RP	7	1	1-1	0	0	17.2	2.04	8	4	4	2	7	17	.143	0.85	73
G. Varland RP	33	0	1-2	6	8	31.2	6.82	43	26	24	7	15	30	.326	1.83	67
M. Parker RP	22	0	3-3	1	6	39.2	6.58	46	31	29	9	13	34	.289	1.49	59
J. Bird RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	8.1	3.24	6	3	3	2	2	10	.194	0.96	55
R. Lovelady RP	27	5	1-3	4	7	23.0	3.91	26	10	10	3	17	21	.286	1.87	55
M. Waldron RP	3	1	1-0	0	0	5.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	1	2	.292	1.41	47
P. Schultz RP	27	1	1-2	1	2	32.1	6.40	43	26	23	5	12	32	.314	1.70	38
R. Cornelio RP	12	0	2-2	0	1	22.2	5.96	20	20	15	2	21	23	.247	1.81	27
E. Tolman RP	6	0	0-0	1	1	7.1	1.23	4	1	1	0	3	9	.167	0.95	25
J. Kent SP	5	5	1-3	0	0	24.1	5.55	22	16	15	1	19	21	.237	1.68	22
T. Cosgrove RP	18	0	1-2	1	4	16.1	7.71	18	16	14	3	6	14	.290	1.47	20
E. Yean RP	7	1	0-1	0	0	10.0	1.80	5	2	2	1	2	6	.139	0.70	18
J. Simpson RP	1	0	1-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0.00	17
J. Lawrence RP	7	0	0-0	1	1	6.1	4.26	7	3	3	1	7	6	.292	2.21	15
Z. Kent RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	10.2	6.75	14	8	8	1	2	9	.304	1.50	13
K. Waldichuk SP	5	0	0-0	0	1	9.1	6.75	8	7	7	4	6	8	.235	1.50	10
J. Sinclair RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	0.60	4
Y. Cruz RP	6	0	0-1	0	2	4.0	11.25	9	5	5	1	5	4	.474	3.50	3
C. Palmquist SP	11	6	0-2	0	0	16.1	7.71	21	14	14	1	8	15	.323	1.78	0
C. Henry RP	11	0	0-2	0	2	13.2	7.90	17	14	12	4	7	15	.288	1.76	0
L. Perales RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	14.40	9	8	8	2	4	5	.375	2.60	-3
Total	145	145	67-78	34	71	1286.0	4.72	1259	739	675	197	529	1133	.255	1.39	2069

PITCHING	GP
C. Cavalli SP	30
J. Vivas 3B	4
B. Lord RP	35
C. Beeter RP	48
A. Alvarez SP	22
J. Tena DH	1
P. Poulin RP	35
J. Irvin SP	18
O. Ribalta RP	45
W. Dion RP	7
G. Varland RP	33
M. Parker RP	22
J. Bird RP	8
R. Lovelady RP	27
M. Waldron RP	3
P. Schultz RP	27
R. Cornelio RP	12
E. Tolman RP	6
J. Kent SP	5
T. Cosgrove RP	18
E. Yean RP	7
J. Simpson RP	1
J. Lawrence RP	7
Z. Kent RP	8
K. Waldichuk SP	5
J. Sinclair RP	2
Y. Cruz RP	6
C. Palmquist SP	11
C. Henry RP	11
L. Perales RP	3
Total	145

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
J. Walker RF	140	549	90	156	100	28	44	152	.284	.339	.495	.834	32	0	19	5	467
A. Burleson 1B	143	547	79	155	103	21	48	103	.283	.345	.464	.809	34	1	4	0	446
I. Herrera DH	143	542	89	136	64	16	69	117	.251	.361	.389	.750	25	1	8	0	417
J. Wetherholt 2B	130	505	88	122	48	17	63	95	.242	.343	.370	.713	14	0	14	1	381
M. Winn SS	122	432	49	103	51	5	44	105	.238	.314	.326	.640	19	2	10	2	257
N. Church CF	124	374	48	91	48	10	21	73	.243	.285	.364	.649	11	2	10	5	234
J. Fermin LF	105	293	30	71	36	6	27	42	.242	.306	.355	.661	15	0	8	0	193
N. Gorman 3B	73	236	22	44	31	9	26	86	.186	.264	.326	.590	6	0	0	1	112
B. Jordan 3B	58	186	16	46	28	3	7	30	.247	.276	.382	.658	8	4	0	0	109
B. Torres LF	63	135	16	35	18	4	13	31	.259	.325	.385	.710	1	2	2	0	88
V. Scott II CF	66	157	19	31	9	2	16	44	.197	.278	.261	.539	4	0	9	5	78
T. Saggese SS	40	100	20	27	12	4	10	31	.270	.330	.460	.790	5	1	3	2	76
P. Pages C	77	179	13	38	11	4	11	52	.212	.263	.313	.576	6	0	2	0	71
J. Baez LF	22	73	14	18	16	7	4	27	.247	.309	.589	.898	4	0	2	1	69
E. Pereira LF	11	18	2	5	1	1	1	7	.278	.409	.444	.853	0	0	0	0	59
J. Crooks C	52	134	10	24	14	5	9	48	.179	.255	.336	.591	6	0	0	0	59
R. Urias 3B	37	82	14	13	9	4	9	17	.159	.271	.341	.612	3	0	0	1	54
L. Bernal C	6	24	5	8	6	1	3	5	.333	.407	.500	.907	1	0	0	1	22
C. Prieto 3B	13	32	1	2	0	0	0	4	.063	.063	.063	.126	0	0	0	0	1
Total	144	4863	657	1186	638	154	456	1137	.244	.317	.387	.704	207	14	92	25	3193

HITTING	G
J. Walker RF	140
A. Burleson 1B	143
I. Herrera DH	143
J. Wetherholt 2B	130
M. Winn SS	122
N. Church CF	124
J. Fermin LF	105
N. Gorman 3B	73
B. Jordan 3B	58
B. Torres LF	63
V. Scott II CF	66
T. Saggese SS	40
P. Pages C	77
J. Baez LF	22
E. Pereira LF	11
J. Crooks C	52
R. Urias 3B	37
L. Bernal C	6
C. Prieto 3B	13
Total	144

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
R. O'Brien RP	59	0	3-7	36	42	57.0	4.11	47	29	26	3	24	57	.225	1.25	330
A. Pallante SP	25	25	12-6	0	0	141.0	3.51	130	57	55	10	45	98	.246	1.24	317
K. Leahy SP	27	27	10-4	0	0	132.0	3.41	137	50	50	14	38	124	.268	1.33	296
M. McGreevy SP	27	27	6-9	0	0	147.1	3.97	145	69	65	20	40	102	.258	1.26	281
G. Graceffo RP	55	1	7-1	1	3	71.1	2.78	45	24	22	5	31	51	.184	1.07	190
M. Liberatore SP	28	28	5-14	0	0	139.0	5.57	155	92	86	25	49	144	.283	1.47	177
G. Soriano RP	64	0	6-3	3	10	61.1	4.26	52	30	29	10	30	62	.227	1.34	149
H. Dobbins SP	11	8	3-3	1	1	54.0	3.67	49	24	22	7	24	52	.240	1.35	110
R. Stanek RP	63	0	2-2	2	6	56.0	4.50	49	30	28	9	28	59	.234	1.38	108
J. Bruihl RP	63	0	1-1	0	2	68.2	3.67	70	34	28	4	26	46	.266	1.40	98
B. Torres LF	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	.143	1.00	88
P. Pages C	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	4.50	2	1	1	1	0	0	.286	1.00	71
L. Gastelum RP	26	0	4-3	0	1	28.2	5.02	26	20	16	6	10	36	.243	1.26	64
R. Fernandez RP	17	0	1-2	0	0	23.0	3.52	19	14	9	2	11	28	.216	1.30	41
M. Svanson RP	41	1	2-3	0	2	43.1	7.27	55	39	35	5	21	41	.306	1.75	36
Q. Mathews SP	5	5	1-2	0	0	24.2	4.38	27	12	12	1	12	24	.278	1.58	31
C. Hjerpe RP	1	0	1-0	0	0	4.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	0.00	22
C. Winquest RP	5	0	1-0	0	0	6.0	1.50	3	3	1	0	2	5	.150	0.83	21
P. Strzelecki RP	8	0	1-1	0	0	14.0	5.79	13	9	9	1	6	8	.250	1.36	18
M. Rajcic RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	9.0	5.00	6	5	5	1	6	8	.182	1.33	14
B. Zimmermann RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	5.40	6	3	3	0	1	2	.300	1.40	6
J. Shuster RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	9.0	9.00	11	10	9	1	6	4	.289	1.89	3
B. Mautz RP	4	1	0-1	0	0	9.0	9.00	14	9	9	2	7	11	.368	2.33	-4
H. Rincon RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	47.25	5	7	7	1	1	1	.556	4.50	-9
Total	144	144	72-72	43	69	1283.1	4.32	1243	666	616	144	492	1139	.254	1.35	2458

PITCHING	GP
R. O'Brien RP	59
A. Pallante SP	25
K. Leahy SP	27
M. McGreevy SP	27
G. Graceffo RP	55
M. Liberatore SP	28
G. Soriano RP	64
H. Dobbins SP	11
R. Stanek RP	63
J. Bruihl RP	63
B. Torres LF	1
P. Pages C	2
L. Gastelum RP	26
R. Fernandez RP	17
M. Svanson RP	41
Q. Mathews SP	5
C. Hjerpe RP	1
C. Winquest RP	5
P. Strzelecki RP	8
M. Rajcic RP	6
B. Zimmermann RP	1
J. Shuster RP	5
B. Mautz RP	4
H. Rincon RP	2
Total	144

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