Washington Nationals vs. St. Louis Cardinals Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - September 18, 2026 Gametracker

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A. AlvarezL	2-6 W-L	102.0 IP	3.35 ERA	2.11 SO/BB	1.27 WHIP
K. LeahyR	10-4 W-L	135.0 IP	3.33 ERA	3.37 SO/BB	1.31 WHIP

.A. Alvarez

2-6, 102.0 IP, 3.35 ERA

.K. Leahy

10-4, 135.0 IP, 3.33 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
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	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Davidjohn Herz	Elbow	09-12-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 13
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
Harry Ford	Hand	09-12-2026Probable for Sep 13
Matt Waldron	Chest	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Orlando Ribalta	Forearm	09-18-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 19
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
Jordan Walker	Ankle	09-12-2026Probable for Sep 13
Blaze Jordan	Ankle	09-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 21
Peter Strzelecki	Forearm	09-12-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 13
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	09-12-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 13

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

Busch StadiumSt. Louis, MO

WASNationals

STLCardinals

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
C. Abrams SS	141	538	87	141	96	30	53	150	.262	.338	.493	.831	28	3	29	6	490
J. Wood RF	123	470	102	125	75	30	97	164	.266	.393	.523	.916	29	1	21	3	481
D. Lile LF	148	560	75	138	81	20	39	120	.246	.300	.427	.727	27	7	15	7	403
J. Young CF	131	394	53	98	46	10	32	75	.249	.317	.388	.705	19	3	17	3	285
N. Nunez 2B	135	409	52	86	35	1	46	96	.210	.290	.244	.534	5	3	46	9	269
K. Ruiz C	96	308	44	89	47	10	16	36	.289	.325	.464	.789	24	0	2	1	237
D. Crews RF	97	361	48	80	39	11	27	97	.222	.290	.371	.661	19	1	9	0	225
B. House 3B	84	292	38	70	43	10	24	83	.240	.301	.394	.695	15	0	3	0	187
J. Vivas 3B	113	282	29	68	28	3	38	47	.241	.335	.333	.668	15	1	2	1	172
A. Chaparro 1B	74	171	31	43	36	10	21	47	.251	.350	.497	.847	12	0	0	0	154
J. Tena DH	110	247	35	56	23	7	27	85	.227	.309	.377	.686	12	2	5	2	146
A. Ortiz 1B	36	110	16	24	13	5	6	30	.218	.259	.400	.659	5	0	0	0	64
H. Ford C	31	86	14	16	10	3	14	23	.186	.307	.360	.667	6	0	3	0	64
D. Millas C	50	130	18	24	11	2	14	37	.185	.277	.262	.539	4	0	0	1	60
A. Pinckney LF	15	22	6	6	3	1	1	8	.273	.308	.500	.808	0	1	1	1	19
Y. Morales 1B	8	23	4	6	2	2	0	8	.261	.261	.609	.870	2	0	1	0	18
Total	150	5114	766	1263	725	198	522	1258	.247	.323	.426	.749	264	29	165	37	3274

HITTING	G
C. Abrams SS	141
J. Wood RF	123
D. Lile LF	148
J. Young CF	131
N. Nunez 2B	135
K. Ruiz C	96
D. Crews RF	97
B. House 3B	84
J. Vivas 3B	113
A. Chaparro 1B	74
J. Tena DH	110
A. Ortiz 1B	36
H. Ford C	31
D. Millas C	50
A. Pinckney LF	15
Y. Morales 1B	8
Total	150

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
C. Cavalli SP	31	31	12-5	0	0	164.2	3.12	144	68	57	18	48	194	.233	1.17	439
A. Alvarez SP	23	15	2-6	1	1	102.0	3.35	83	38	38	5	47	99	.222	1.27	184
C. Beeter RP	50	0	6-5	12	19	48.0	4.50	36	25	24	8	31	47	.212	1.40	174
J. Vivas 3B	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	11	7	6	1	1	0	.478	3.00	172
B. Lord RP	37	5	5-2	1	3	77.2	4.06	67	36	35	10	31	71	.228	1.26	160
J. Tena DH	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	2	1	1	0	1	0	.500	3.00	146
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	19	19	2-9	0	0	91.1	5.52	88	60	56	15	42	90	.251	1.42	93
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	10	1	1-2	0	2	21.1	3.80	11	9	9	3	10	21	.162	0.98	75
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
R. Cornelio RP	13	1	2-2	0	1	25.2	5.26	20	20	15	2	21	27	.222	1.60	38
P. Schultz RP	27	1	1-2	1	2	32.1	6.40	43	26	23	5	12	32	.314	1.70	38
E. Tolman RP	8	0	0-1	2	3	9.1	2.89	8	3	3	0	4	9	.242	1.29	26
T. Cosgrove RP	18	0	1-2	1	4	16.1	7.71	18	16	14	3	6	14	.290	1.47	20
Z. Kent RP	9	0	0-0	0	0	12.2	5.68	15	8	8	1	3	10	.283	1.42	18
E. Yean RP	8	1	0-1	0	0	11.0	2.45	8	3	3	1	2	7	.190	0.91	17
J. Sinclair RP	4	0	1-0	0	0	4.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	3	4	.077	0.92	16
J. Lawrence RP	7	0	0-0	1	1	6.1	4.26	7	3	3	1	7	6	.292	2.21	15
J. Simpson RP	3	0	1-0	0	0	4.0	6.75	0	3	3	0	3	4	.000	0.75	15
J. Kent SP	6	6	1-4	0	0	27.1	6.59	30	21	20	1	20	23	.275	1.83	13
K. Waldichuk SP	5	0	0-0	0	1	9.1	6.75	8	7	7	4	6	8	.235	1.50	10
Y. Cruz RP	7	0	0-1	0	2	5.0	9.00	9	5	5	1	6	5	.429	3.00	5
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	4	0	0-0	0	0	7.0	11.57	10	9	9	3	6	9	.323	2.29	0
Total	150	150	69-81	35	74	1329.0	4.74	1298	764	700	201	550	1172	.255	1.39	2152

PITCHING	GP
C. Cavalli SP	31
A. Alvarez SP	23
C. Beeter RP	50
J. Vivas 3B	4
B. Lord RP	37
J. Tena DH	1
P. Poulin RP	35
J. Irvin SP	19
O. Ribalta RP	45
W. Dion RP	10
G. Varland RP	33
M. Parker RP	22
J. Bird RP	8
R. Lovelady RP	27
M. Waldron RP	3
R. Cornelio RP	13
P. Schultz RP	27
E. Tolman RP	8
T. Cosgrove RP	18
Z. Kent RP	9
E. Yean RP	8
J. Sinclair RP	4
J. Lawrence RP	7
J. Simpson RP	3
J. Kent SP	6
K. Waldichuk SP	5
Y. Cruz RP	7
C. Palmquist SP	11
C. Henry RP	11
L. Perales RP	4
Total	150

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
J. Walker RF	145	563	92	159	100	28	45	155	.282	.338	.490	.828	33	0	19	5	472
A. Burleson 1B	148	563	83	159	106	22	54	107	.282	.349	.465	.814	35	1	4	0	465
I. Herrera DH	148	561	91	138	64	16	72	122	.246	.359	.380	.739	25	1	8	0	424
J. Wetherholt 2B	130	505	88	122	48	17	63	95	.242	.343	.370	.713	14	0	14	1	381
M. Winn SS	125	444	50	105	54	5	44	108	.236	.311	.324	.635	20	2	10	2	263
N. Church CF	129	391	49	98	50	10	24	74	.251	.296	.371	.667	13	2	10	5	250
J. Fermin LF	109	304	30	73	39	6	29	46	.240	.303	.349	.652	15	0	8	0	198
N. Gorman 3B	77	249	25	47	32	9	28	91	.189	.268	.321	.589	6	0	0	1	118
B. Jordan 3B	58	186	16	46	28	3	7	30	.247	.276	.382	.658	8	4	0	0	109
B. Torres LF	66	146	17	38	19	4	15	31	.260	.329	.377	.706	1	2	2	0	95
T. Saggese SS	45	120	22	32	12	4	11	35	.267	.323	.425	.748	5	1	3	2	82
V. Scott II CF	71	157	19	31	9	2	16	44	.197	.278	.261	.539	4	0	11	5	82
J. Baez LF	27	92	18	23	18	7	4	32	.250	.300	.554	.854	7	0	2	1	81
P. Pages C	78	179	13	38	11	4	11	52	.212	.263	.313	.576	6	0	2	0	71
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	40	83	14	13	9	4	9	17	.157	.268	.337	.605	3	0	0	1	54
L. Bernal C	11	45	8	14	13	3	4	8	.311	.367	.556	.923	2	0	0	1	45
C. Prieto 3B	14	32	1	2	0	0	1	4	.063	.091	.063	.154	0	0	1	0	4
Total	149	5037	680	1228	660	157	478	1174	.244	.317	.386	.703	216	14	95	25	3312

HITTING	G
J. Walker RF	145
A. Burleson 1B	148
I. Herrera DH	148
J. Wetherholt 2B	130
M. Winn SS	125
N. Church CF	129
J. Fermin LF	109
N. Gorman 3B	77
B. Jordan 3B	58
B. Torres LF	66
T. Saggese SS	45
V. Scott II CF	71
J. Baez LF	27
P. Pages C	78
E. Pereira LF	11
J. Crooks C	52
R. Urias 3B	40
L. Bernal C	11
C. Prieto 3B	14
Total	149

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
R. O'Brien RP	62	0	3-8	36	44	60.0	4.20	49	32	28	4	27	60	.225	1.27	329
A. Pallante SP	26	26	12-6	0	0	146.0	3.45	135	58	56	10	45	102	.247	1.23	328
K. Leahy SP	28	28	10-4	0	0	135.0	3.33	139	50	50	14	38	128	.266	1.31	305
M. McGreevy SP	28	28	6-9	0	0	154.0	3.92	151	72	67	20	42	106	.257	1.25	296
G. Graceffo RP	57	1	8-1	1	3	74.0	2.68	46	24	22	5	33	54	.182	1.07	203
M. Liberatore SP	29	29	5-14	0	0	143.1	5.53	161	94	88	27	52	146	.285	1.49	180
G. Soriano RP	67	0	6-5	3	11	63.0	4.43	56	33	31	10	32	63	.236	1.40	136
R. Stanek RP	66	0	2-2	2	6	59.0	4.27	51	30	28	9	29	62	.232	1.36	116
H. Dobbins SP	11	8	3-3	1	1	54.0	3.67	49	24	22	7	24	52	.240	1.35	110
J. Bruihl RP	67	0	1-1	0	2	72.2	3.59	71	35	29	4	27	52	.256	1.35	108
B. Torres LF	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	.143	1.00	95
L. Gastelum RP	29	0	4-3	0	1	32.0	4.50	29	20	16	6	11	38	.246	1.25	71
P. Pages C	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	4.50	2	1	1	1	0	0	.286	1.00	71
R. Fernandez RP	17	0	1-2	0	0	23.0	3.52	19	14	9	2	11	28	.216	1.30	41
Q. Mathews SP	6	6	1-3	0	0	30.2	4.11	32	14	14	3	14	28	.267	1.50	40
M. Svanson RP	41	1	2-3	0	2	43.1	7.27	55	39	35	5	21	41	.306	1.75	36
P. Strzelecki RP	8	0	1-1	0	0	14.0	5.79	13	9	9	1	6	8	.250	1.36	18
C. Winquest RP	6	0	1-0	0	0	6.2	6.75	5	7	5	0	3	6	.208	1.20	16
M. Rajcic RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	9.0	5.00	6	5	5	1	6	8	.182	1.33	14
C. Hjerpe RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	5.0	7.20	2	4	4	0	4	9	.118	1.20	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	149	149	73-76	43	72	1327.2	4.31	1284	689	636	149	514	1179	.254	1.35	2523

PITCHING	GP
R. O'Brien RP	62
A. Pallante SP	26
K. Leahy SP	28
M. McGreevy SP	28
G. Graceffo RP	57
M. Liberatore SP	29
G. Soriano RP	67
R. Stanek RP	66
H. Dobbins SP	11
J. Bruihl RP	67
B. Torres LF	1
L. Gastelum RP	29
P. Pages C	2
R. Fernandez RP	17
Q. Mathews SP	6
M. Svanson RP	41
P. Strzelecki RP	8
C. Winquest RP	6
M. Rajcic RP	6
C. Hjerpe RP	2
B. Zimmermann RP	1
J. Shuster RP	5
B. Mautz RP	4
H. Rincon RP	2
Total	149

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