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	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
Drew Millas	Finger	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Davidjohn Herz	Elbow	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
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	09-14-2026Probable for Sep 15
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
Jose Fermin	Undisclosed	09-14-2026Probable for Sep 15
Everson Pereira	Hand	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
Blaze Jordan	Ankle	09-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 21
Peter Strzelecki	Forearm	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
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	09-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 18

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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	142	542	88	143	96	30	53	150	.264	.339	.494	.833	29	3	29	6	494
J. Wood RF	124	474	102	127	75	30	98	165	.268	.395	.523	.918	29	1	21	3	483
D. Lile LF	149	564	76	140	82	20	39	121	.248	.301	.431	.732	27	8	15	7	408
J. Young CF	132	398	54	99	47	10	32	75	.249	.316	.389	.705	20	3	18	3	291
N. Nunez 2B	136	409	52	86	35	1	46	96	.210	.290	.244	.534	5	3	46	9	269
K. Ruiz C	97	311	44	90	47	10	16	36	.289	.327	.463	.790	24	0	2	1	239
D. Crews RF	98	363	48	81	40	11	27	98	.223	.291	.372	.663	19	1	9	0	227
B. House 3B	85	293	38	70	44	10	24	83	.239	.300	.392	.692	15	0	3	0	188
J. Vivas 2B	114	283	30	69	29	3	38	47	.244	.337	.336	.673	15	1	2	1	175
A. Chaparro 1B	75	175	31	44	36	10	22	48	.251	.351	.491	.842	12	0	0	0	156
J. Tena DH	111	249	35	56	23	7	27	86	.225	.307	.373	.680	12	2	5	2	146
H. Ford C	31	86	14	16	10	3	14	23	.186	.307	.360	.667	6	0	3	0	64
A. Ortiz 1B	37	113	16	24	13	5	6	32	.212	.252	.389	.641	5	0	0	0	63
D. Millas C	50	130	18	24	11	2	14	37	.185	.277	.262	.539	4	0	0	1	60
Y. Morales 1B	9	27	6	8	3	2	0	8	.296	.296	.593	.889	2	0	1	0	23
A. Pinckney LF	16	22	6	6	3	1	1	8	.273	.308	.500	.808	0	1	1	1	19
Total	151	5150	772	1276	731	198	524	1265	.248	.323	.426	.749	266	30	166	37	3305

HITTING	G
C. Abrams SS	142
J. Wood RF	124
D. Lile LF	149
J. Young CF	132
N. Nunez 2B	136
K. Ruiz C	97
D. Crews RF	98
B. House 3B	85
J. Vivas 2B	114
A. Chaparro 1B	75
J. Tena DH	111
H. Ford C	31
A. Ortiz 1B	37
D. Millas C	50
Y. Morales 1B	9
A. Pinckney LF	16
Total	151

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
J. Vivas 2B	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	11	7	6	1	1	0	.478	3.00	175
C. Beeter RP	50	0	6-5	12	19	48.0	4.50	36	25	24	8	31	47	.212	1.40	174
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	20	19	2-9	0	0	96.1	5.51	90	63	59	17	46	96	.245	1.41	102
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	14	2	2-2	0	1	27.2	4.88	21	20	15	2	22	31	.216	1.55	44
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	9	0	1-1	2	3	10.1	2.61	8	4	3	0	5	11	.222	1.26	36
J. Sinclair RP	5	0	1-0	1	1	5.1	1.69	2	1	1	0	3	5	.118	0.94	24
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. 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	151	151	70-81	36	75	1338.0	4.74	1302	769	704	203	556	1185	.254	1.39	2188

PITCHING	GP
C. Cavalli SP	31
A. Alvarez SP	23
J. Vivas 2B	4
C. Beeter RP	50
B. Lord RP	37
J. Tena DH	1
P. Poulin RP	35
J. Irvin SP	20
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	14
P. Schultz RP	27
E. Tolman RP	9
J. Sinclair RP	5
T. Cosgrove RP	18
Z. Kent RP	9
E. Yean RP	8
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	151

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
J. Walker RF	146	566	92	159	100	28	45	157	.281	.336	.488	.824	33	0	19	5	471
A. Burleson 1B	149	566	83	160	109	22	54	107	.283	.349	.466	.815	36	1	4	0	470
I. Herrera DH	149	565	92	138	64	16	72	123	.244	.357	.377	.734	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	126	447	51	106	54	5	44	108	.237	.311	.324	.635	20	2	10	2	265
N. Church CF	130	394	50	100	50	10	24	74	.254	.299	.376	.675	14	2	10	5	254
J. Fermin LF	109	304	30	73	39	6	29	46	.240	.303	.349	.652	15	0	8	0	198
N. Gorman 3B	78	251	25	47	32	9	28	91	.187	.266	.319	.585	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	67	149	17	38	19	4	15	33	.255	.323	.369	.692	1	2	2	0	94
T. Saggese SS	46	123	22	32	12	4	11	36	.260	.316	.415	.731	5	1	3	2	82
V. Scott II CF	72	158	19	31	9	2	16	44	.196	.277	.259	.536	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	79	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	41	84	14	13	9	4	9	18	.155	.265	.333	.598	3	0	0	1	54
L. Bernal C	12	48	8	14	13	3	4	10	.292	.346	.521	.867	2	0	0	1	44
C. Prieto 3B	14	32	1	2	0	0	1	4	.063	.091	.063	.154	0	0	1	0	4
Total	150	5066	683	1232	663	157	478	1183	.243	.317	.385	.702	218	14	95	25	3320

HITTING	G
J. Walker RF	146
A. Burleson 1B	149
I. Herrera DH	149
J. Wetherholt 2B	130
M. Winn SS	126
N. Church CF	130
J. Fermin LF	109
N. Gorman 3B	78
B. Jordan 3B	58
B. Torres LF	67
T. Saggese SS	46
V. Scott II CF	72
J. Baez LF	27
P. Pages C	79
E. Pereira LF	11
J. Crooks C	52
R. Urias 3B	41
L. Bernal C	12
C. Prieto 3B	14
Total	150

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
M. McGreevy SP	29	29	7-9	0	0	160.0	3.83	154	73	68	20	45	112	.254	1.24	320
K. Leahy SP	28	28	10-4	0	0	135.0	3.33	139	50	50	14	38	128	.266	1.31	305
G. Graceffo RP	58	1	8-1	1	3	76.0	2.61	46	24	22	5	33	57	.178	1.04	210
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	68	0	6-5	4	12	64.0	4.36	57	33	31	10	34	63	.237	1.42	143
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	94
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	150	150	74-76	44	73	1336.2	4.29	1288	690	637	149	519	1188	.254	1.35	2560

PITCHING	GP
R. O'Brien RP	62
A. Pallante SP	26
M. McGreevy SP	29
K. Leahy SP	28
G. Graceffo RP	58
M. Liberatore SP	29
G. Soriano RP	68
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	150

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