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Nationals come into matchup against the Cardinals on losing streak

By The Associated Press

St. Louis Cardinals (5-4) vs. Washington Nationals (3-6)

Washington; Monday, 6:45 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Andre Pallante (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, three strikeouts); Nationals: Zack Littell (0-1, 5.40 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, one strikeout)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cardinals -113, Nationals -106; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Nationals look to stop a five-game losing streak when they take on the St. Louis Cardinals.

Washington went 66-96 overall and 32-49 in home games last season. The Nationals slugged .389 with a .304 on-base percentage as a team in the 2025 season.

St. Louis went 78-84 overall and 34-47 in road games last season. The Cardinals slugged .379 as a team last season with 2.6 extra base hits per game.

INJURIES: Nationals: Trevor Williams: 60-Day IL (elbow), Josiah Gray: 60-Day IL (elbow), Paxton Schultz: 15-Day IL (elbow), DJ Herz: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Cardinals: Matt Pushard: 15-Day IL (knee), Hunter Dobbins: 15-Day IL (knee), Lars Nootbaar: 60-Day IL (heels)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Vivas and Millas drive in runs as Nationals succeed on 3 bunts in 4-run 9th to beat Brewers 7-3

By The Associated Press
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jorbit Vivas and Drew Millas drove in runs with two of Washington's three successful bunts in a four-run ninth inning that lifted the Nationals over Milwaukee Brewers 7-3 on Friday night. Washington reached base three times on bunts in the inning after attempting just one bunt in its first 12 games. Milwaukee entered the night leading the major leagues with six sacrifice bunts. With the score 3-3, Trevor Megill (0-2) hit CJ Abrams with a pitch leading off the ninth. Joey Wiemer reached on a bunt single to the third-base side and Luis García hit an RBI single up the middle for a 4-3 lead. Vivas bunted back to the mound, and Megill's underhand flip went to the backstop as runners wound up at the corners on what was scored a sacrifice and an error.
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