Andre Pallante matched a season-high with seven runs allowed in the Cardinals' 8-2 loss to the Nationals on Wednesday at Busch Stadium.

Brendan Donovan homered in a three-run third inning, Lars Nootbaar hit a solo homer in the sixth, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 4-2.

Cardinals Announce Nolan Arenado Update in Midst of Nationals Series originally appeared on Athlon Sports. St. Louis Cardinals fans are relieved that Nolan Arenado is back in the starting lineup for Game 2 against the Washington Nationals.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/cardinals as Cardinals Lineup Could Get Significant Boost Vs. Nationals. The St. Louis Cardinals have been missing Nolan Arenado since July 4th.

James Wood hit his 24th homer, Nathaniel Lowe added a three-run shot and the Washington Nationals beat the St.

Hello from Busch Stadium, where an unexpectedly new era of Nationals baseball begins tonight. There’s a week to go until the All-Star break, 72 games left to play in the season. And there’s a new general manager and manager (interim,

Over those eight games, the Cardinals offense has produced eight runs over 42 innings against the lefthanded starters, a span that has included the absence of Ivan Herrera, their leading hitter against lefthanders, while he is recovering from a leg injury. For the season the Cardinals are 16-18 when a lefthander has started against them.

Interim manager Miguel Cairo vowed to continue Dave Martinez’s legacy and praised his former boss before the Nationals’ rain-delayed 4-2 loss to the Cardinals.

After waiting out a 139-minute rain delay, the Cardinals came away with a 4-2 win over the Nationals to open a three-game series at Busch Stadium.