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April 6, 2026 · NL East

St. Louis Cardinals vs Washington Nationals

April 6, 2026Nationals ParkPartly Cloudy 61°F · 7 mph, In From CF
AWAY
St. Louis Cardinals
5-5
6
vs
HOME
Washington Nationals
4-6
9

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B1 Daylen Lile Daylen Lile grounds out, shortstop Masyn Winn to first baseman Alec Burleson. James Wood scores. Luis García Jr. to 3rd. STL 0, WSH 1
B1 Nasim Nuñez Nasim Nuñez singles on a line drive to center fielder Victor Scott II. Luis García Jr. scores. CJ Abrams to 3rd. STL 0, WSH 2
T5 Alec Burleson Alec Burleson grounds into a force out, second baseman Nasim Nuñez to shortstop CJ Abrams. Thomas Saggese scores. JJ Wetherholt to 3rd. Iván Herrera out at 2nd. Alec Burleson to 1st. STL 1, WSH 2
T6 Ramón Urías Ramón Urías homers (2) on a fly ball to center field. Nolan Gorman scores. STL 3, WSH 2
B6 Jacob Young Jacob Young doubles (2) on a line drive to left fielder Thomas Saggese. José Tena scores. Drew Millas to 3rd. STL 3, WSH 3
T8 Jordan Walker Jordan Walker homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. STL 4, WSH 3
T8 Ramón Urías Ramón Urías doubles (2) on a line drive to center fielder Jacob Young. Masyn Winn scores. STL 5, WSH 3
T8 Victor Scott II Victor Scott II out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Andre Granillo to first baseman Curtis Mead. Ramón Urías scores. Thomas Saggese to 2nd. STL 6, WSH 3
B8 James Wood James Wood homers (3) on a line drive to center field. Drew Millas scores. Joey Wiemer scores. STL 6, WSH 6
B8 Brady House Brady House homers (2) on a fly ball to center field. Curtis Mead scores. STL 6, WSH 8
B8 CJ Abrams CJ Abrams homers (4) on a fly ball to right field. STL 6, WSH 9

Box score

  123456789 R
STL 000012030 6
WSH 200001060 9

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Cardinals AWAY 6

Andre Pallante started for Cardinals, leaving trailing 1–2. Out of the bullpen, Ryne Stanek took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Andre Pallante Starter 5.0 88 2 2
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Andre Pallante threw
    CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 59% 4.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 31 35% 1 10 6 8 6
    Slider 23 26% 3 3 5 8 4
    Knuckle Curve 13 15% 0 2 1 7 3
    Sinker 12 14% 0 0 3 7 2
    Splitter 9 10% 1 0 3 4 1
  • Justin Bruihl Setup 0.2 23 1 0 BS
  • JoJo Romero Setup 1.0 21 0 0 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Ryne Stanek Setup 0.2 23 3 1 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Matt Svanson Middle 0.2 13 3 1 L
Nationals HOME 9

Zack Littell started for Nationals, leaving with a 2–1 lead. Out of the bullpen, Ken Waldichuk took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Zack Littell Starter 5.0 70 1 6
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Zack Littell threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 73% 3.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Slider 25 36% 3 7 3 6 6
    Four-Seam Fastball 18 26% 1 2 5 8 2
    Splitter 11 16% 2 1 1 5 2
    Sweeper 10 14% 1 1 3 3 2
    Sinker 6 9% 1 0 0 4 1
  • Ken Waldichuk Reliever 2.1 33 3 2 BS
  • Andre Granillo Reliever 0.2 29 2 0
  • Cionel Pérez Reliever 1.0 21 0 0 W

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 8th · off Svanson
  • House HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · STL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
JJ Wetherholt 2B 3 0 1 0 2 1 .278 .386 .361 .747
Iván Herrera C 4 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .356 .286 .642
Alec Burleson 1B 4 0 0 1 1 1 .216 .333 .351 .684
Jordan Walker RF 5 1 2 1 0 2 .314 .385 .629 1.014 HR (3)
Nolan Gorman DH 4 1 0 0 1 2 .182 .243 .364 .607
Masyn Winn SS 4 1 1 0 1 1 .188 .257 .250 .507
Ramón Urías 3B 4 2 3 3 0 0 .313 .353 .813 1.166 HR (2), 2B
Victor Scott II CF 3 0 0 1 0 0 .281 .281 .313 .594
Thomas Saggese LF 3 1 2 0 1 0 .200 .333 .250 .583 2B
HOME · WSH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
James Wood RF 3 2 2 3 2 0 .163 .280 .442 .722 HR (3)
Curtis Mead 1B 2 1 1 0 0 0 .182 .308 .364 .672 2B
Brady House 3B 5 1 3 2 0 0 .333 .400 .583 .983 HR (2), 2 2B
Daylen Lile LF 5 0 1 1 0 2 .289 .319 .356 .675
CJ Abrams SS 4 1 1 1 1 0 .286 .390 .629 1.019 HR (4)
Nasim Nuñez 2B 5 0 1 1 0 1 .226 .294 .226 .520 SB
José Tena DH 3 1 0 0 1 0 .294 .333 .294 .627
Drew Millas C 2 1 1 0 2 0 .176 .333 .176 .509
Luis García Jr. 1B 2 1 0 0 1 0 .306 .324 .528 .852
Jacob Young CF 3 0 1 1 0 1 .250 .308 .458 .766 2B
Jorbit Vivas PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .412 .500 .412 .912

Pitching lines

AWAY · STL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Andre Pallante 5.0 3 2 2 4 2 0 88 1.80
Justin Bruihl 0.2 1 1 1 2 0 0 23 6.00 BS
JoJo Romero 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 21 0.00
Ryne Stanek 0.2 3 3 3 0 1 1 23 6.35
Matt Svanson 0.2 3 3 3 0 1 2 13 15.00 L
HOME · WSH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Zack Littell 5.0 4 1 1 3 6 0 70 3.60
Ken Waldichuk 2.1 2 3 3 2 2 2 33 7.04 BS
Andre Granillo 0.2 2 2 2 2 0 0 29 12.46
Cionel Pérez 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 14.73 W

Manager comparison

AWAY · STL
Oliver Marmol
Oliver Marmol
Lineup 2.1 R Bunts 2.3 R IBBs 1.2 R
HOME · WSH
Blake Butera
Blake Butera
Lineup 2.6 R Bunts 2.3 R IBBs 1.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · STL
5-5 W2 -6 run diff
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HOME · WSH
6-4 W1 +8 run diff
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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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