Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals

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Washington Nationals

37-54, 19-26 Away

Final
2 - 4

St. Louis Cardinals

49-43, 27-17 Home

Nootbaar and Donovan homer to help the Cardinals beat the Nationals 4-2

Sonny Gray (9-3) allowed two runs on six hits and a walk and struck out six in five innings.

Steven Matz, Phil Maton and JoJo Romero each pitched a scoreless inning of relief, and Ryan Helsley pitched a scoreless ninth for his 18th save in 23 chances.

Jake Irvin (7-4) allowed four runs on six hits and surrendered a season high-tying four walks in six innings as Washington lost its fourth straight game in Miguel Cairo’s debut as interim manager.

Nootbaar hit his 12th homer of the season in the seventh inning on a ball that barely sailed over right fielder Daylen Lile’s outstretched glove to put St. Louis ahead 4-2.

Alec Burleson hit a double down the right field line to score Masyn Winn and give the Cardinals a 3-2 third-inning lead.

James Wood hit an RBI single to right field, and Luis García Jr. drove in a run on a fielder’s choice to help Washington pull ahead 2-0 in the third.

Key moment Donovan hit his eighth home run of the season on the first pitch he saw to tie the game at 2-all after Victor Scott II hit a ground-rule double to right field to lead off the inning.

Key stat Lile hit a single to right field to extend his hitting streak to 14 games. He’s three games away from tying Ryan Zimmerman’s rookie franchise-best 17-game streak from June 24 through July 18, 2006.

Up next Nationals All-Star LHP MacKenzie Gore (3-8, 3.11 ERA) will face Cardinals RHP Andre Pallante (5-4, 4.10) on Wednesday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Young grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Millas out at second.
	9th Inning	Millas ran for Adams
	9th Inning	Adams singled to left, Bell to second.
	9th Inning	Lile lined out to center.
	9th Inning	House flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Bell walked.

Statistics

WSH		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	12
8	Strikeouts	4
2	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	4
2	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
13	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
147	Pitches	122
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
10	Total Bases	15
36	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	4
2.5	Runs Created	4.4
.242	Batting Average	.241
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.303	Slugging Percentage	.517
.152	Secondary Average	.414
.306	On Base Percentage	.333
.609	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.851
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
2.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.0
20.0	Batter Rating	33.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	14.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.08	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.70
.061	Isolated Power	.276
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.083	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.121
-.091	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.172
4.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
73.5	MLB Rating	83.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0