Thomas Saggese and JJ Wetherholt hit run-scoring doubles in the 10th inning Tuesday night and the visiting St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 7-6.

Saggese led off with a double off Cole Henry (0-2) to score automatic runner Masyn Winn with the go-ahead run. Saggese went to third on a groundout, and after Nathan Church struck out, Wetherholt doubled to right, scoring Saggese to make it 7-5.

Jorbit Vivas was hit by a pitch leading off the bottom of the 10th, and Washington later scored a run on a wild pitch, but Riley O’Brien struck out Nasim Nunez to end it for his third save.

Jordan Walker homered for the second straight night and Church also went deep for the Cardinals. Nolan Gorman had three hits.

George Soriano (1-0) fanned three in two perfect innings for the win.

James Wood homered for the third straight game for Washington, and Curtis Mead had three hits, including a home run.

St. Louis has won two of the past three games while Washington took its sixth loss in the past seven contests.

With St. Louis trailing 5-3, Winn led off the eighth with a walk against Gus Varland. Two outs later, Church snapped an 0-for-22 skid with a game-tying home run.

Wetherholt walked against Cade Cavalli leading off the game, then stole second and went to third on a single by Alec Burleson. Walker hit a potential inning-ending double-play grounder, but shortstop CJ Abrams misplayed it and a run scored. Gorman singled home Burleson to make it 2-0.

Wood opened the Washington first with a single, and with one out, Brady House and Daylin Lile hit back-to-back singles to score him.

Wood led off the third with a homer to left-center to tie it at 2.

Mead went deep with one out in the fifth to give Washington the lead. With two outs, Lile walked, went to third on Joey Wiemer’s single and scored when Abrams singled to right.

Wood walked with two outs in the sixth, stole second and scored on a Mead single to make it 5-2.

Walker homered in the seventh to pull St. Louis within 5-3.

Cavalli gave up two runs, one earned, on four hits in 4â…” innings. He walked four and struck out three. St. Louis starter Matthew Liberatore allowed four runs on nine hits in four innings. He fanned six and walked two.

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The Cardinals acquired minor-league infielder/outfielder Brayden Smith from the Orioles on Tuesday in exchange for left-hander Nick Raquet.

The Cardinals designated Raquet, 30, for assignment Sunday after just two relief appearances with the team, both in 2025.

Smith, 22, was a 13th-round draft pick by Baltimore in 2025 out of Oklahoma State. He is hitting .190 with one home run and nine RBI in 17 games in the minors during the past two seasons.

To make room for Raquet, the Orioles transferred right-hander Zach Eflin to the 60-day injured list. Eflin is awaiting a second opinion on his injured right elbow.

Raquet, a third-round pick by the Washington Nationals in 2017, made his major league debut last September and had no decisions with no runs or hits allowed in two innings of relief.

Raquet’s unique journey to the majors included a three-year break from baseball from 2019-21. He pitched for York (Pa.) in the independent Atlantic League in 2023 and in the Dominican Republic before signing with the Cardinals in 2024.