Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals

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Washington Nationals

72-82, 35-41 Away

Final
9 - 1

St. Louis Cardinals

75-79, 37-42 Home

CJ Abrams joins 30-30 club as Nationals rout Cardinals 9-1

Abrams joined the Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong as the only players to hit 30 homers and steal 30 bases this season. He is just the second National to do it, joining Alfonso Soriano in 2006.

Cavalli (13-5) struck out the side in the first, and finished with six strikeouts and four hits in five innings of work.

His 200th strikeout came on his final pitch of the night, and he became the fifth Nationals pitcher with a 200-strikeout season — joining Patrick Corbin, Gio Gonzalez, Max Scherzer, and Stephen Strasburg — just hours after inking a four-year, $47 million contract extension.

The Nats scored three runs in the first, started by Abrams' RBI single. Abrams then stole his 30th base, and an errant throw from Cardinals catcher Leo Bernal let Dylan Crews come around to score. Brady House added an RBI groundout before the end of the frame.

Crews started a four-run third with his 12th homer of the season, a two-run shot to right, and Yohandy Morales added a two-run double.

Daylen Lile hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth and James Wood had an RBI double in the sixth to round out the scoring.

Bernal had two hits for the Cardinals. Kyle Leahy (10-5) allowed a season-high seven runs (six earned) on five hits. He walked three and struck out one.

With the loss, St. Louis was mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.

Up next Nats LHP Andrew Alvarez (2-6, 3.35 ERA) faces Cardinals RHP Michael McGreevy (7-9, 3.83) as the series continues on Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Prieto grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Torres flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Saggese flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Bernal singled to center.
	9th Inning	Gray relieved Sinclair
	9th Inning	Nuñez grounded out to third.

Statistics

WSH		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
16	Ground Balls	10
6	Strikeouts	9
8	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	1
12	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
163	Pitches	120
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	8
40	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	1
5.0	Runs Created	1.6
.212	Batting Average	.212
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.424	Slugging Percentage	.242
.424	Secondary Average	.061
.325	On Base Percentage	.257
.749	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.500
1.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
4.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.6
53.0	Batter Rating	13.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.08	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.43
.212	Isolated Power	.030
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.11
.150	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
.212	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.152
17.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
91.0	MLB Rating	67.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0