St. Louis at Washington — MLB April 8, 2026

6 – 1

Final

Nationals Park, Washington, DC

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
STL	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	6	8	0
WAS	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0

Decisions

Win M. McGreevy STL

6.0 IP · 4 H · 1 ER · 1 K · 2.16 ERA

Loss M. Mikolas WAS

3.0 IP · 5 H · 2 ER · 3 K · 12.41 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	STL	WAS
Top 2nd Alec Burleson singled to center, Ivan Herrera to second, Nathan Church scored, Thomas Saggese scored	2	0
Bottom 3rd Luis García Jr. hit into fielder's choice, James Wood out, Jacob Young scored	2	1
Top 5th Jordan Walker homered (428 ft.) to deep center	3	1
Top 7th Alec Burleson singled to center, Ivan Herrera to third, JJ Wetherholt scored	4	1
Top 9th Yohel Pozo singled to left center, Jordan Walker to third, Alec Burleson scored, Ivan Herrera scored	6	1

Closing line

Box score

St. Louis

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
J. Wetherholt 2B	4	1	0	0	1	1	.244
I. Herrera C	2	1	1	0	2	0	.195
A. Burleson 1B	4	1	3	3	1	0	.273
J. Walker RF	4	1	1	1	1	2	.295
N. Gorman DH	1	0	0	0	2	0	.237
Y. Pozo PH-DH	2	0	1	2	0	0	.111
M. Winn SS	5	0	0	0	0	2	.154
R. Urías 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.250
T. Saggese LF	4	1	1	0	0	1	.241
V. Scott II CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265
N. Church CF-LF	4	1	1	0	0	2	.156
Totals		6	8		7	9

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
M. McGreevy W	6.0	4	1	1	0	1	91
M. Svanson	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	18
J. Bruihl	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	2
R. O'Brien	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	15

Washington

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
J. Wood RF	4	0	2	0	0	0	.216
L. García Jr. 1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	.293
B. House 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.295
J. Vivas PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.389
D. Lile LF	3	0	0	0	1	0	.269
C. Abrams SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	.286
N. Nuñez 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.184
J. Tena DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	.238
D. Millas C	3	0	0	0	0	0	.150
J. Young CF	3	1	1	0	0	0	.226
Totals		1	4		1	2