Cardinals' Comeback Stuns Nationals in Exciting Finale

0:00On April 8th, Thomas Sagacy smacked to go ahead double in the 10th inning, sparking the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-6 comeback win over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night. Mass and Wynn scored on that hit, and later, J.J. Weatherholt doubled him home too, putting the cards ahead for good. The Cardinals lit up the national shaky bullpen, which ranks 28th in the majors with a 6.34 ERA. Nathan Church and Jordan Walker, both crushed solo homers late to tie things up, while George Soriano tossed two scoreless frames for the win and Riley. O'Brien snagged the save despite a wild pitch. James Wood kept rolling for Washington, homering for the third straight game, his first career streak like that, but the Nats have now dropped 6 of. Their last 7, struggling to hold leads. Both starters kept it close. Cade Cavali gave up two runs and four and two-thirds for the Nationals, and Matthew Liberator allowed 4-5-4. St. Louis Church's blast was his first extra-base hit in 27 at Bats, a big breakthrough.

1:05Tomorrow's finale pits right-hander Miles McElis, 0-2, with a 14.46 ERA against his old cardinal squad, facing off with... St. Louis Rady Michael McGreeby at 0-1-2.53. This series has been a bar and burner right to the end. This has been MLB News Today, powered by AI.