September 18, 2026

Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals: Game Time, TV Channel and Probable Pitchers

Check the Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals matchup with start time, TV and streaming listings, probable pitchers, venue, score status and same-date MLB games.

8:15 PM ETStart time

FinalStatus

Cardinals.TV Presented by bet365, Nationals.TVTV

Busch StadiumVenue

Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals Game Summary

A quick matchup view with teams, score status, first pitch time and local-time conversion.

Washington Nationals 9 72-82

Final 9-1 Fri, Sep 18 · 8:15 PM ET

St. Louis Cardinals 1 75-79

Linescore

Runs by inning with final runs, hits and errors.

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

W: Cade Cavalli L: Kyle Leahy

Show inning-by-inning hits, errors and runners left on base

Inning	WSH R	H	E	Left On Base	STL R	H	E	Left On Base
1st	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
2nd	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
3rd	4	3	0	1	0	1	1	1
4th	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
5th	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6th	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
7th	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8th	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1
9th	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

Washington Nationals vs St. Louis Cardinals Game Highlights

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Official MLB Cade Cavalli tosses a scoreless five innings in win 00:03:03

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Official MLB Condensed Game: WSH@STL - 9/18/26 00:10:14

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Official MLB Dylan Crews' two-run homer (12) 00:00:30

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Official MLB Jorbit Vivas' diving play seals win 00:00:19

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Official MLB Yohandy Morales' two-run double 00:00:29

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Official MLB Cade Cavalli fans six batters across five innings 00:01:31

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Official MLB Cade Cavalli throws his 200th strikeout of the season 00:00:17

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Official MLB Iván Herrera's RBI groundout 00:00:10

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Official MLB James Wood's RBI double 00:00:28

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Official MLB CJ Abrams' RBI single 00:00:13

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Game Info: Date, Time and Venue

DateSeptember 18, 2026

Time8:15 PM ET

VenueBusch Stadium

Game TypeRegular Season

SeriesRegular Season · Game 1 of 3

Day/Nightnight

Attendance25,855

Game Duration2h 40m

First Pitch2026-09-19T00:17:00.000Z

Game Data RefreshedSep 22, 2026

Date Schedule MLB Gameday

Washington Nationals vs St. Louis Cardinals Probable Pitchers

WSHCade Cavalli

Stats13-5 · ERA 3.02 · 200 SO · WHIP 1.16 · 169.2 IP

STLKyle Leahy

Stats10-5 · ERA 3.65 · 129 SO · WHIP 1.34 · 138.0 IP

TV Channel and Streaming

Cardinals.TV Presented by bet365 TV · EN · home · Streaming

Nationals.TV TV · EN · away · Streaming

WJFK 106.7 The Fan FM · EN · away · Streaming

KMOX 1120 AM/104.1 FM AM · EN · home · Streaming

WIJR AM 880 (En Espanol) AM · ES · home · Streaming

Scoring Plays

Every run-scoring play in game order.

Top 1 · Single1-0

CJ Abrams singles on a line drive to right fielder Jordan Walker. Daylen Lile scores. Dylan Crews to 3rd.

RBI: 1 Batter: CJ Abrams Pitcher: Kyle Leahy

Top 1 · Groundout3-0

Brady House grounds out, shortstop Masyn Winn to first baseman Alec Burleson. CJ Abrams scores.

RBI: 1 Batter: Brady House Pitcher: Kyle Leahy

Top 3 · Home Run5-0

Dylan Crews homers (12) on a fly ball to right field. Daylen Lile scores.

RBI: 2 Batter: Dylan Crews Pitcher: Kyle Leahy

Top 3 · Double7-0

Yohandy Morales doubles (4) on a line drive to left fielder Bryan Torres. Brady House scores. Jorbit Vivas scores.

RBI: 2 Batter: Yohandy Morales Pitcher: Kyle Leahy

Top 4 · Sac Fly8-0

Daylen Lile out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Bryan Torres. Jacob Young scores.

RBI: 1 Batter: Daylen Lile Pitcher: Cooper Hjerpe

Top 6 · Double9-0

James Wood doubles (30) on a ground ball to right fielder Jordan Walker. Jacob Young scores.

RBI: 1 Batter: James Wood Pitcher: Cooper Hjerpe

Bottom 8 · Groundout9-1

Iván Herrera grounds out, third baseman Brady House to first baseman Yohandy Morales. Nathan Church scores.

RBI: 1 Batter: Iván Herrera Pitcher: Jack Sinclair

Washington Nationals Box Score

Order	Batters	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	Stolen Bases
1	James Wood#29	DH	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
1	José Tena#8	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Daylen Lile#4	LF	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
3	Dylan Crews#3	RF	5	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	0
4	CJ Abrams#5	SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
4	Nasim Nuñez#26	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Brady House#12	3B	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
6	Jorbit Vivas#84	2B	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
7	Yohandy Morales#28	1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0
8	Harry Ford#17	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
9	Jacob Young#30	CF	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	Pitches / Strikes
Brad Lord#41	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	28 / 17
Cade Cavalli#24	5.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	73 / 55
Jack Sinclair#49	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	11 / 7
Josiah Gray#40	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8 / 7

St. Louis Cardinals Box Score

Order	Batters	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	Stolen Bases
1	JJ Wetherholt#26	2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2	Iván Herrera#48	DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
3	Alec Burleson#41	1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	Nolan Gorman#16	1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	Jordan Walker#18	RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	Victor Scott II#11	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Leo Bernal#13	C	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	Thomas Saggese#25	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7	Bryan Torres#39	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8	Masyn Winn#0	SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	César Prieto#31	3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Nathan Church#27	CF	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	Pitches / Strikes
Cade Winquest#63	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	28 / 18
Cooper Hjerpe#56	4.0	2	2	2	2	3	0	74 / 50
Kyle Leahy#62	3.0	5	7	6	3	1	1	61 / 38

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Fri, Sep 18 7:05 PM ET	Milwaukee Brewers at Baltimore Orioles 6-5	Final	Brewers.TV Presented by Potawatomi SportsbookMASN	MIL: Dustin May 7-9 · ERA 4.61 · 137 SO · WHIP 1.32 · 140.2 IP BAL: Cade Povich 2-1 · ERA 4.38 · 28 SO · WHIP 1.49 · 37.0 IP	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	Details
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Fri, Sep 18 7:10 PM ET	Athletics at Cleveland Guardians 3-5	Final	Guardians.TV Presented by ProgressiveNBCSCAWKYC 3	ATH: Mason Barnett 1-4 · ERA 7.16 · 42 SO · WHIP 1.75 · 44.0 IP CLE: Daniel Espino 0-0 · ERA 4.73 · 22 SO · WHIP 1.43 · 13.1 IP	Progressive Field	Details
Fri, Sep 18 7:15 PM ET	Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets 3-6	Final	Apple TV	PHI: Tim Mayza 3-4 · ERA 3.46 · 63 SO · WHIP 1.11 · 65.0 IP NYM: Zac Thornton 5-5 · ERA 3.40 · 59 SO · WHIP 1.15 · 79.1 IP	Citi Field	Details
Fri, Sep 18 7:40 PM ET	Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox 11-8	Final	Chicago Sports NetworkDetroit SportsNet	DET: Andrew Sears 0-1 · ERA 5.19 · 13 SO · WHIP 1.56 · 17.1 IP CWS: David Sandlin 2-2 · ERA 6.29 · 33 SO · WHIP 1.28 · 34.1 IP	Rate Field	Details
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Fri, Sep 18 8:10 PM ET	Atlanta Braves at Houston Astros 6-2	Final	BravesVisionSpace City Home NetworkSpace City Home Network (Sp)	ATL: Tyler Mahle 7-10 · ERA 3.81 · 133 SO · WHIP 1.22 · 144.0 IP HOU: Peter Lambert 8-10 · ERA 3.70 · 147 SO · WHIP 1.23 · 151.0 IP	Daikin Park	Details
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Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals FAQ

Common questions for this MLB matchup.

What time is Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals?

The listed start time is 8:15 PM ET. Times are shown in Eastern Time.

What channel is Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals on?

The current TV listing is Cardinals.TV Presented by bet365, Nationals.TV. Broadcast and streaming availability can vary by market.

Who are the probable pitchers?

The listed probable pitchers are Cade Cavalli and Kyle Leahy. Probable starters can change before first pitch.

Where is the game being played?

The listed venue is Busch Stadium.