Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals

· Major League Baseball

Washington Nationals

73-83, 36-42 Away

Final
3 - 5

St. Louis Cardinals

76-80, 38-43 Home

Bernal, Herrera homer in eighth inning to help Cardinals beat Nationals 5-3

Bernal hit his fifth homer of the season off Yovanny Cruz (0-2) after Erik Tolman walked Jordan Walker with two outs in the eighth inning.

Herrera hit his second homer of the game and 18th of the season to tie the game at 3-all after hitting a solo shot in the first inning.

It was Herrera's third career multi-homer game and second this season after going deep twice on June 13 at Minnesota.

Luis Gastelum (5-3) pitched a scoreless eighth inning for St. Louis, and Riley O’Brien pitched a perfect ninth to earn his National League-leading 38th save.

Cardinals starter Quinn Mathews allowed three runs on seven hits and two walks in a career-high seven innings.

Jake Irvin allowed two runs on three hits and had eight strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings for the Nationals.

Brady House singled to right field to leadoff the sixth inning, and Abrams hit his 37th homer of the season to right field to put Washington ahead 3-2. He has 99 RBI on the season.

The Nationals had a chance to add on when Daylen Lile hit a double down the right field line, but Jordan Walker delivered a perfect throw to third base to retire Lile on a call that was confirmed after Washington manager Blake Butera challenged.

Up next Nationals: Have not named a starting pitcher when they face Tigers RHP River Ryan who will be making his season debut in Detroit Monday night.

Cardinals: Open a three-game series in Pittsburgh Monday night where RHP Andre Pallante (12-7, 3.70) will face Pirates RHP Jared Jones (4-6, 4.17)

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Ruiz grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Ruiz hit for Ford
	9th Inning	Lile popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Crews lined out to left.
	9th Inning	O'Brien relieved Gastelum
	9th Inning	Scott II in left field.

Statistics

WSH		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	10
5	Strikeouts	8
3	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
6	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
18	Fly Balls	13
1	Caught Stealing	0
114	Pitches	155
0	Games Started	0
3	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	16
34	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
2	Extra Base Hits	4
2.9	Runs Created	4.1
.226	Batting Average	.194
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.355	Slugging Percentage	.516
.194	Secondary Average	.387
.265	On Base Percentage	.242
.620	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.759
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
3.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.5
25.0	Batter Rating	37.0
31.0	At Bats Per Home Run	10.3
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.35	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.70
.129	Isolated Power	.323
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.059	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.061
-.032	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.194
6.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
76.5	MLB Rating	83.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0