After losing the series finale to the Chicago Cubs on a walk-off grand slam by David Bote on Sunday night in Wrigley Field, the Washington Nationals dropped the series opener against the St. Louis Cardinals on a walk-off home run by Paul DeJong that ended a back-and-forth battle in Busch Stadium.
Juan Soto’s 15th home run of the season put the Nationals up 4-2 on the Cardinals in the top of the seventh inning, but Jedd Gyorko homered off Justin Miller in the bottom of the eighth inning, 4-3, and Sammy Solis came on and gave up a single by pinch hitter Patrick Wisdom and a three-run home run to left by Matt Carpenter, who connected for the fourth home run off Solis by a left-hander this season and his 33rd of 2018, 6-4.