The St. Louis Cardinals and will square off against the Washington Nationals and on Friday at 6:45 PM ET, in the first of a four-game series at Nationals Park. Check out everything you need to know to watch the Cardinals vs. Nationals game. Mets vs. Nationals Highlights | MLB Cardinals vs. Nationals Game Information & How to Watch When: Friday, Dwight Howard Jersey July 5, 2024 at 6:45 PM ET Where: Nationals Park in Washington D.C. TV: Watch on BSMW Box Score: Learn more about the vs. the Sports! Cardinals vs. Nationals Prediction Score Prediction: Nationals 6, Cardinals 5 Total Prediction: Over 8.5 runs Win Probabilities: Cardinals 53%, Nationals 47% Cardinals vs. Nationals Head to Head Date Favorite Spread Total Favorite Moneyline Underdog Moneyline Result 7/16/2023 Cardinals -1.5 9 -180 +153 8-4 7/15/2023 Cardinals -1.5 9 -191 +162 9-6 STL 6/21/2023 Cardinals -1.5 9 -157 +136 3-0 6/20/2023 Cardinals -1.5 8 -144 +123 9-3 STL 6/19/2023 Cardinals -1.5 9.5 -149 +128 8-6 STL 9/8/2022 Cardinals -1.5 7.5 -280 +229 11-6 WSH 9/7/2022 Cardinals -1.5 7.5 -320 +253 6-5 STL 9/6/2022 Cardinals -1.5 8 -253 +206 4-1 STL 9/5/2022 Cardinals -1.5 8 -270 +219 6-0 WSH 7/31/2022 Cardinals -1.5 9 -118 -101 5-0 STL Cardinals Last 10 Game Stats Stat Avg/Total Record 6-4 Runs Per Game 3.5 HR 5 ERA 3.26 K/9 8.3 Cardinals Player Insights Brendan Donovan is the Cardinals RBI leader this season, driving in 42 runs to go with his eight home runs and .267 batting average. Of all batters in MLB, Donovan's home run total ranks him 122nd, and his RBI tally ranks him 54th. Burleson's 42 runs batted in pace his team. Burleson is 43rd in home runs and 54th in RBI on the year. Burleson heads into this game looking for his fifth game in a row with a hit. In his last five games he is batting .286 with a home run, a walk and five RBI. leads the Cardinals with a .294 batting average. Winn is on a four-game hitting streak entering this contest. During his last five outings he is hitting .364 with two doubles, two walks and two RBI. has 13 doubles, seven home runs and 22 walks while hitting .252. Cardinals Recent & Upcoming Games Date Opponent Score Pitching Matchup June 29 Reds L 9-4 vs Carson Spiers June 30 Reds W 2-0 vs Hunter Greene July 2 @ Pirates W 7-4 vs Mitch Keller July 3 @ Pirates L 5-4 vs Jared Jones July 4 @ Pirates W 3-2 vs Martn Prez July 5 @ Nationals - Sonny Gray vs July 6 @ Nationals - Lance Lynn vs July 7 @ Nationals - Kyle Gibson vs July 8 @ Nationals - Miles Mikolas vs July 9 Royals - Andre Pallante vs Michael Wacha July 10 Royals - Sonny Gray vs Alec Marsh Nationals Last 10 Game Stats Stat Avg/Total Record 3-7 Runs Per Game 4.4 HR 6 ERA 5.00 K/9 8.7 Nationals Player Insights C.J. Abrams paces the Nationals with 13 home runs and 43 runs batted in, while posting a team-high batting average of .279. Abrams is 43rd in home runs and 47th in RBI among all hitters in the majors. Winker has 13 doubles, 10 home runs and 43 walks while batting .267. Winker ranks 86th in homers and 75th in RBI among all hitters in MLB. Luis Garcia has 14 doubles, nine home runs and 13 walks while batting .261. is hitting .236 with nine doubles, three triples, eight home runs and 21 walks. Nationals Recent & Upcoming Games Date Opponent Score Pitching Matchup June 30 @ Rays L 5-0 Patrick Corbin vs Taj Bradley July 1 Mets L 9-7 MacKenzie Gore vs David Peterson July 2 Mets L 7-2 DJ Herz vs Sean Manaea July 3 Mets W 7-5 Mitchell Parker vs Christian Scott July 4 Mets W 1-0 vs Jos Quintana July 5 Cardinals - Patrick Corbin vs Sonny Gray July 6 Cardinals - MacKenzie Gore vs Lance Lynn July 7 Cardinals - DJ Herz vs Kyle Gibson July 8 Cardinals - Mitchell Parker vs Miles Mikolas July 9 @ Mets - Jake Irvin vs Jos Quintana July 10 @ Mets - Patrick Corbin vs Luis Severino FOX Sports created this story using technology provided by and data from Sportradar. Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? FOLLOW Follow your favorites to personalize your FOX Sports experience Washington Nationals St. Louis Cardinals Markieff Morris Jersey