Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals

· Major League Baseball

Washington Nationals

38-54, 20-26 Away

Final
8 - 2

St. Louis Cardinals

49-44, 27-18 Home

Wood, Lowe HRs power Washington past Cardinals 8-2 as Cairo earns 1st win as Nats' interim manager

Nationals top Cardinals to end 4-game losing streak

Cairo took over when Washington fired manager Dave Martinez and president of baseball operations Mike Rizzo hour after a 6-4 loss to Boston on Sunday.

Wood hit a solo homer in the seventh inning with an exit velocity of 115.9 mph that traveled 433 feet to center field. Wood has been named an All-Star and will take part in the Home Run Derby.

Lowe staked Washington to a lead in the first inning with his 14th homer of the season. The Nationals added three more runs in the sixth on an RBI double by Alex Call and a bloop single with the bases loaded by Jacob Young that scored two runs.

Amed Rosario hit a solo homer, his fifth, in the fifth inning, for a 7-1 lead. MacKenzie Gore (4-8) pitched six innings, giving up one run on five hits and a walk while striking out seven as the Nationals snapped a four-game skid.

Andre Pallante (5-5) worked six innings, giving up seven runs on eight hits with a walk and a strikeout. Masyn Winn had three hits for the Cardinals.

Key moment Lowe's 360-foot homer in the first inning wasn't nearly as prodigious as Wood's, but it gave the Nationals all the runs they would need.

Key stat While Cairo got his first win as the Nationals' manager, it wasn't his first in the majors. Cairo was Tony La Russa’s bench coach with the Chicago White Sox from 2021-22 and went 18-16 as interim manager when La Russa went on medical leave.

Up next Washington's Michael Soroka (3-6, 5.40) pitches against St. Louis' Miles Mikolas (4-6, 5.36) on Thursday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Scott II struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Pagés grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Nootbaar struck out looking.
	9th Inning	García relieved Rutledge
	9th Inning	Abrams flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Young grounded out to first.

Statistics

WSH		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
19	Ground Balls	9
2	Strikeouts	11
8	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	34
3	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	3
14	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
141	Pitches	138
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
21	Total Bases	10
37	Plate Appearances	36
486.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
6	Extra Base Hits	3
6.0	Runs Created	2.4
.257	Batting Average	.206
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.600	Slugging Percentage	.294
.400	Secondary Average	.147
.297	On Base Percentage	.250
.897	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.544
1.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
6.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.4
56.0	Batter Rating	21.0
11.7	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.81	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.83
.343	Isolated Power	.088
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.18
.054	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.056
.143	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.059
16.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
98.5	MLB Rating	71.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0