{"id":669895,"date":"2026-04-08T08:27:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T08:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/669895\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T08:27:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T08:27:25","slug":"cardinals-7-6-nationals-apr-7-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/669895\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals 7-6 Nationals (Apr 7, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON — \u2014 Thomas Saggese<\/a> hit a go-ahead double in the 10th inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals<\/a> rallied for a 7-6 win over the Washington Nationals<\/a> on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Nathan Church<\/a> and Jordan Walker<\/a> homered for St. Louis. The Cardinals scored five runs against the Nationals\u2019 scuffling bullpen, which entered the day ranked 28th in the majors with a 6.34 ERA.<\/p>\n

James Wood<\/a> homered for a third consecutive game for the first time in his career for Washington, which has dropped six of seven.<\/p>\n

Saggese laced Cole Henry\u2019s sweeper<\/a> to center to score automatic runner Masyn Winn<\/a> to lead off the 10th. Three batters later, JJ Wetherholt<\/a> doubled to right off Henry (0-2) to score Saggese.<\/p>\n

George Soriano<\/a> (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings. Riley O\u2019Brien allowed automatic runner Daylen Lile<\/a> to score on a wild pitch but struck out Nasim Nu\u00f1ez on the next pitch to earn his third save.<\/p>\n

Walker\u2019s solo shot<\/a> off PJ Poulin<\/a> in the seventh pulled the Cardinals within 5-3. Nationals reliever Gus Varland<\/a> nearly worked around a leadoff walk in the eighth, but Church ripped a 1-2 slider into the Washington bullpen<\/a> in right to tie it.<\/p>\n

It was Church\u2019s first extra-base hit in 27 at bats. He entered the game with a .115 average and a .264 OPS.<\/p>\n

Wood scored on Lile\u2019s RBI single in the first, then led off the third with an opposite-field blast into the visitor\u2019s bullpen<\/a> in left to tie it at 2-all.<\/p>\n

Curtis Mead<\/a> gave the Nationals the lead with a one-out shot to left-center in the fifth, and CJ Abrams<\/a> made it 4-2 with a run-scoring single to right. Mead added an RBI single in the sixth.<\/p>\n

Nationals starter Cade Cavalli<\/a> allowed two runs in 4 2\/3 innings. The Cardinals\u2019 Matthew Liberatore<\/a> allowed four runs in five innings.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Washington RHP Miles Mikolas<\/a> (0-2, 14.46 ERA) faces his old team for the first time in Wednesday\u2019s series finale. RHP Michael McGreevy<\/a> (0-1, 2.53) starts for St. Louis.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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