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	95.0 IP	3.60 ERA	2.12 SO/BB	1.32 WHIP
K. LeahyR	10-4 W-L	132.0 IP	3.41 ERA	3.26 SO/BB	1.33 WHIP

.A. Alvarez

2-6, 95.0 IP, 3.60 ERA

.K. Leahy

10-4, 132.0 IP, 3.41 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Richard Lovelady	Triceps	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11
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	09-10-2026Expected 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
Matt Waldron	Chest	09-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 20
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
Masyn Winn	Thumb	09-10-2026Probable for 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	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11

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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	139	529	85	137	95	30	53	149	.259	.337	.490	.827	26	3	28	5	480
J. Wood RF	121	463	101	123	74	30	95	160	.266	.392	.527	.919	29	1	18	3	471
D. Lile LF	146	554	75	138	81	20	38	118	.249	.302	.431	.733	27	7	14	7	401
J. Young CF	129	389	52	97	45	10	32	72	.249	.318	.391	.709	19	3	17	3	284
N. Nunez 2B	135	409	52	86	35	1	46	96	.210	.290	.244	.534	5	3	46	9	269
K. Ruiz C	94	304	43	86	47	10	16	36	.283	.320	.457	.777	23	0	2	1	232
D. Crews RF	95	352	47	79	39	11	27	96	.224	.295	.378	.673	19	1	9	0	224
B. House 3B	82	285	38	69	43	10	22	83	.242	.300	.400	.700	15	0	3	0	184
J. Vivas 3B	111	275	29	66	26	3	37	43	.240	.334	.327	.661	13	1	2	1	167
A. Chaparro 1B	72	166	31	42	35	10	21	45	.253	.354	.506	.860	12	0	0	0	153
J. Tena DH	109	247	34	56	23	7	26	85	.227	.307	.377	.684	12	2	4	2	142
H. Ford C	29	83	13	16	10	3	13	23	.193	.309	.373	.682	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	34	107	15	22	11	5	5	29	.206	.241	.383	.624	4	0	0	0	57
A. Pinckney LF	13	22	6	6	2	1	1	8	.273	.320	.500	.820	0	1	1	1	18
Y. Morales 1B	7	19	3	6	2	2	0	8	.316	.316	.737	1.053	2	0	0	0	15
Total	148	5045	756	1246	716	198	513	1240	.247	.323	.427	.750	258	29	157	36	3217

HITTING	G
C. Abrams SS	139
J. Wood RF	121
D. Lile LF	146
J. Young CF	129
N. Nunez 2B	135
K. Ruiz C	94
D. Crews RF	95
B. House 3B	82
J. Vivas 3B	111
A. Chaparro 1B	72
J. Tena DH	109
H. Ford C	29
D. Millas C	50
A. Ortiz 1B	34
A. Pinckney LF	13
Y. Morales 1B	7
Total	148

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	167
C. Beeter RP	49	0	5-5	12	19	47.0	4.60	36	25	24	8	31	46	.216	1.43	164
B. Lord RP	36	5	5-2	1	3	76.2	3.76	65	33	32	9	30	70	.225	1.24	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	142
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	8	1	1-2	0	1	19.2	3.20	10	7	7	3	9	20	.156	0.97	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
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
T. Cosgrove RP	18	0	1-2	1	4	16.1	7.71	18	16	14	3	6	14	.290	1.47	20
E. Tolman RP	7	0	0-1	1	2	8.1	2.16	7	2	2	0	3	9	.241	1.20	19
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. 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
J. Sinclair RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	2	3	.111	1.00	5
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	148	148	67-81	34	72	1310.0	4.75	1290	756	692	199	540	1151	.256	1.40	2076

PITCHING	GP
C. Cavalli SP	30
J. Vivas 3B	4
C. Beeter RP	49
B. Lord RP	36
A. Alvarez SP	22
J. Tena DH	1
P. Poulin RP	35
J. Irvin SP	19
O. Ribalta RP	45
W. Dion RP	8
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
T. Cosgrove RP	18
E. Tolman RP	7
Z. Kent RP	9
E. Yean RP	8
J. Lawrence RP	7
J. Simpson RP	3
J. Kent SP	6
K. Waldichuk SP	5
J. Sinclair RP	3
Y. Cruz RP	7
C. Palmquist SP	11
C. Henry RP	11
L. Perales RP	4
Total	148

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
J. Walker RF	143	558	90	157	100	28	45	154	.281	.337	.489	.826	32	0	19	5	468
A. Burleson 1B	146	555	82	157	104	22	53	105	.283	.350	.467	.817	34	1	4	0	459
I. Herrera DH	146	554	90	139	64	16	70	119	.251	.361	.386	.747	25	1	8	0	421
J. Wetherholt 2B	130	505	88	122	48	17	63	95	.242	.343	.370	.713	14	0	14	1	381
M. Winn SS	123	436	49	103	51	5	44	105	.236	.312	.323	.635	19	2	10	2	257
N. Church CF	127	385	49	94	49	10	22	74	.244	.288	.364	.652	12	2	10	5	242
J. Fermin LF	107	297	30	72	38	6	27	43	.242	.303	.354	.657	15	0	8	0	195
N. Gorman 3B	76	246	23	46	32	9	27	89	.187	.264	.321	.585	6	0	0	1	115
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
V. Scott II CF	69	157	19	31	9	2	16	44	.197	.278	.261	.539	4	0	11	5	82
T. Saggese SS	43	112	21	30	12	4	11	34	.268	.328	.438	.766	5	1	3	2	80
J. Baez LF	25	84	16	20	16	7	4	30	.238	.293	.548	.841	5	0	2	1	73
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	38	83	14	13	9	4	9	17	.157	.268	.337	.605	3	0	0	1	54
L. Bernal C	9	36	6	10	10	2	4	7	.278	.350	.472	.822	1	0	0	1	32
C. Prieto 3B	14	32	1	2	0	0	1	4	.063	.091	.063	.154	0	0	1	0	4
Total	147	4968	668	1208	648	156	470	1156	.243	.317	.385	.702	209	14	95	25	3256

HITTING	G
J. Walker RF	143
A. Burleson 1B	146
I. Herrera DH	146
J. Wetherholt 2B	130
M. Winn SS	123
N. Church CF	127
J. Fermin LF	107
N. Gorman 3B	76
B. Jordan 3B	58
B. Torres LF	66
V. Scott II CF	69
T. Saggese SS	43
J. Baez LF	25
P. Pages C	78
E. Pereira LF	11
J. Crooks C	52
R. Urias 3B	38
L. Bernal C	9
C. Prieto 3B	14
Total	147

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
R. O'Brien RP	60	0	3-7	36	43	58.0	4.03	48	30	26	3	26	57	.227	1.28	330
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	27	27	10-4	0	0	132.0	3.41	137	50	50	14	38	124	.268	1.33	296
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	56	1	7-1	1	3	73.1	2.70	46	24	22	5	32	53	.183	1.06	195
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	66	0	6-5	3	11	62.0	4.50	56	33	31	10	30	62	.239	1.39	135
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	64	0	2-2	2	6	57.0	4.42	51	30	28	9	29	60	.238	1.40	109
J. Bruihl RP	65	0	1-1	0	2	71.0	3.55	70	34	28	4	26	50	.259	1.35	107
B. Torres LF	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	.143	1.00	95
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	27	0	4-3	0	1	29.2	4.85	26	20	16	6	10	37	.236	1.21	67
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
C. Hjerpe RP	1	0	1-0	0	0	4.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	0.00	22
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
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	147	147	72-75	43	71	1309.2	4.31	1269	680	627	146	501	1160	.255	1.35	2499

PITCHING	GP
R. O'Brien RP	60
A. Pallante SP	26
K. Leahy SP	27
M. McGreevy SP	28
G. Graceffo RP	56
M. Liberatore SP	28
G. Soriano RP	66
H. Dobbins SP	11
R. Stanek RP	64
J. Bruihl RP	65
B. Torres LF	1
P. Pages C	2
L. Gastelum RP	27
R. Fernandez RP	17
Q. Mathews SP	6
M. Svanson RP	41
C. Hjerpe RP	1
P. Strzelecki RP	8
C. Winquest RP	6
M. Rajcic RP	6
B. Zimmermann RP	1
J. Shuster RP	5
B. Mautz RP	4
H. Rincon RP	2
Total	147

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