St. Louis Cardinals at Washington Nationals

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St. Louis Cardinals

21-19, 6-13 Away

Final
4 - 2

Washington Nationals

17-23, 10-11 Home

Pallante takes shutout into the 8th, and Cardinals beat Nationals 4-2 for 7th straight win

Lars Nootbaar's double scores two Cardinals

Ryan Helsley allowed the Nationals to load the bases in the ninth but retired CJ Abrams on a first-pitch flyball for his seventh save in nine chances.

The Cardinals couldn't quite close out a third straight shutout. Dylan Crews hit a two-run homer in the eighth for the first runs against St. Louis since the sixth inning Tuesday night against Pittsburgh. The Cardinals followed that up with a 5-0 win over the Pirates and then opened the series in Washington with a 10-0 victory.

All four runs for St. Louis came in the second inning Saturday.

Pallante (3-2) pitched more than seven innings for only the second time. The other was also against the Nationals, when he threw eight scoreless frames July 31, 2022. Washington finally chased the right-hander Saturday when Crews went deep with one out in the eighth.

JoJo Romero made it through the rest of the eighth despite allowing a couple baserunners.

Trevor Williams (2-4) allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings.

St. Louis had men on first and third with two outs in the second, and Williams couldn't escape the inning unscathed. Pedro Pagés and Victor Scott hit consecutive RBI singles, and Lars Nootbaar drove home two more runs with a double.

Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado was hit on the left hand by a pitch in the eighth. He stayed in the game.

Key moment After retiring the first two batters in the bottom of the ninth, Helsley allowed a single and two walks before finally getting Abrams for the final out.

Key stat The Cardinals have won seven in a row for the first time since an eight-game run from Aug. 14-22, 2022. That streak included the last time an individual St. Louis pitcher threw a shutout — before Erick Fedde repeated the feat by going the distance against the Nationals on Friday.

Up next Miles Mikolas (1-2) was set to start for St. Louis on Sunday against Mackenzie Gore (2-3).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Abrams flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Crews walked.
	9th Inning	Nuñez stole second, Tena stole third.
	9th Inning	Nuñez ran for Bell
	9th Inning	Bell walked.
	9th Inning	Tena to second on wild pitch by Helsley.

Statistics

STL		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
5	Strikeouts	8
4	Runs Batted In	2
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	2
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
140	Pitches	130
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	11
38	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
3.6	Runs Created	3.4
.219	Batting Average	.206
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.281	Slugging Percentage	.324
.188	Secondary Average	.265
.324	On Base Percentage	.270
.606	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.594
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
3.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.4
28.0	Batter Rating	22.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.68	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.51
.063	Isolated Power	.118
0.60	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.079	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.081
-.031	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.059
8.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
77.3	MLB Rating	73.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0