Cardinals rally for 7-6 win in 10 innings over Nationals

Thomas Saggese hit a go-ahead double in the 10th inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals rallied for a 7-6 win over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.

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

James Wood homered for a third consecutive game for the first time in his career for Washington, which has dropped six of seven.

Saggese laced Cole Henry’s sweeper to center to score automatic runner Masyn Winn to lead off the 10th. Three batters later, JJ Wetherholt doubled to right off Henry (0-2) to score Saggese.

George Soriano (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings. Riley O’Brien allowed automatic runner Daylen Lile to score on a wild pitch but struck out Nasim Nuñez on the next pitch to earn his third save.

Nationals starter Cade Cavalli allowed two runs in 4 2/3 innings. The Cardinals’ Matthew Liberatore allowed four runs in five innings.

Washington RHP Miles Mikolas (0-2, 14.46 ERA) faces his old team for the first time in Wednesday’s series finale. RHP Michael McGreevy (0-1, 2.53) starts for St. Louis.


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