Apr 8, 2026; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Alec Burleson (41) hits a 2 RBI single in opposition to the Washington Nationals in the course of the second inning at Nationals Park. Obligatory Credit score: Rafael Suanes-Imagn Photos Jordan Walker homered once more, Alec Burleson drove in three runs and notched three hits and beginning pitcher Michael McGreevy retired the ultimate 10 batters he confronted because the St. Louis Cardinals beat the host Washington Nationals 6-1 on Wednesday.
Walker hit his fifth residence run of the season and three St. Louis relievers accomplished what grew to become a mixed four-hitter. McGreevy (1-1) labored six innings, yielding one run on 4 hits with no stroll. He struck out one.
Walker moved right into a share of the big-league lead for homers after smashing a protracted ball for the fourth time in a five-game stretch.
The Nationals, who’ve misplaced seven of their previous eight video games, by no means led. They accomplished a 1-5 homestand.
Beginning pitcher Miles Mikolas (0-3) allowed two runs on 5 hits with three walks in three innings. He fanned three.
Washington’s James Wooden went 2-for-4 to hitch Burleson as the one gamers within the recreation with a couple of hit.
Matt Svanson, Justin Bruihl and Riley O’Brien pitched in reduction for St. Louis.
The Cardinals, who stranded 9 runners, struck first on Burleson’s two-run, two-out single within the second inning.
Washington scored its run within the third on Luis Garcia Jr.’s fielder’s selection grounder for the second out. He was the final batter earlier than McGreevy started his stretch of notching outs on the Nationals’ subsequent 10 batters.
Walker’s solo homer got here with one out within the fifth off Brad Lord.
The Cardinals started the seventh with back-to-back walks, and Burleson adopted with an RBI single. Nonetheless, a strikeout and a double-play grounder allowed the Nationals to flee with out further injury.
St. Louis tacked on two runs within the ninth. After Walker walked to load the bases with two outs, Yohel Pozo delivered a two-run single.
The groups break up the earlier two video games of the three-game collection, with the Nationals prevailing 9-6 on Monday and the Cardinals claiming a 7-6 choice in 10 innings on Tuesday.
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