Jack Flaherty won a fourth straight start for the first time in two years, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat Washington 8-4 on Sunday to open the second half by taking two of three from the Nationals.
Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer and Nolan Gorman had three hits and two RBI for St. Louis.
Flaherty (7-5) allowed three runs, three hits and three walks in six innings with seven strikeouts.
Chris Stratton pitched a perfect seventh and Kyle Leahy relieved after a 38-minute rain delay. Leahy got one out and JoJo Romero the final five for the Cardinals.
RHP Miles Mikolas (5-5, 4.12) starts Monday’s opener of a three-game series against visiting Miami, 5:50 with the pregame and the first pitch at 6:45 on KIRX.