WASHINGTON — — Brendan Donovan and Paul Goldschmidt hit back-to-back homers in the fifth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals rallied from an early 5-0 deficit to beat the Washington Nationals 8-6 in a Juneteenth matinee on Monday.
Donovan’s three-run shot to right-center off Josiah Gray (4-6) tied the game 5-all, and Goldschmidt put the Cardinals ahead to stay when he lined a hanging curveball from Gray over the wall in left.
Jack Flaherty (4-5) gave up five runs on eight hits before getting five outs, but rediscovered his form and and pitched into the seventh inning.
Jordan Hicks got three outs for his third save in three days.
The series continues Tuesday night with Cardinals LHP Jordan Montgomery (3-7, 3.91 ERA) opposing LHP MacKenzie Gore (3-5, 3.74), 5:10 with the pregame and the first pitch at 6:05 on KIRX.