Miles Mikolas outpitched Max Scherzer, Marcell Ozuna had three hits and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 5-1 Wednesday night for their fifth straight win.
José Martínez drove in two runs for the Cardinals, who have won 10 of 11.
Washington has lost the first three games of the series and six of their last seven overall, and fell to 12-17.
The Cardinals touched up Scherzer (1-4) for three runs in the first as Victor Robles - playing right in place of Juan Soto, who was scratched from the lineup with back spasms - misread Ozuna’s flyball and it went for an RBI double.