ST. LOUIS (AP) Miles Mikolas pitched two-hit ball into the sixth inning, serving to the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 8-1 on Thursday night time.
Willson Contreras homered and Alec Burleson drove in two runs as St. Louis received the rubber sport within the three-game sequence. Brendan Donovan had two hits, scored twice and drove in a run.
St. Louis (50-44) went 5-1 in opposition to Washington this 12 months, successful the season sequence in opposition to the Nationals (38-55) for the primary time since 2021.
Mikolas (5-6) struck out six and walked one in 5 2/3 innings. It was his first win since Could 23.
Jacob Younger drove in Washington’s solely run on a fielder’s selection within the eighth.
Nationals right-hander Michael Soroka (3-7) labored 4 innings of two-run ball. He threw 91 pitches, 57 for strikes.
The Cardinals opened a 7-0 lead with 5 runs within the sixth. Nolan Arenado and Yohel Pozo every hit an RBI single, and Masyn Winn capped the large inning with a run-scoring double.
Contreras led off the seventh along with his twelfth homer, a 406-foot drive to heart off Jackson Rutledge.
Key second
Mikolas surrendered a leadoff double to CJ Abrams after which retired 13 in a row. He went 0-4 with a 7.75 ERA in his earlier seven begins.
Key stat
Since June 1, the Cardinals are 13-3 once they rating first.
Up subsequent
Nationals LHP Mitchell Parker (5-9, 4.72 ERA) begins Friday in Milwaukee in opposition to Brewers RHP Quinn Priester (6-2, 3.59 ERA).
Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (6-6, 3.70 ERA) begins Friday in opposition to the visiting Braves and RHP Grant Holmes (4-8, 3.44 ERA).
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