MLB · 2026
St. Louis Cardinals3rd NL Central - .508 pct vSat 19 Sep, 7:15 PM EDT Washington Nationals4th NL East - .472 pct
Match resultSt. Louis 58%Washington 42%
What this game means
The two ways this game can go. Pick a result to see where it leaves every race each club is in.
At projected kickoff, this game is expected to move their regular-season chances by 1% on average. The result scenarios below are conditional on today's forecast cutoff, showing where each result leads from this forecast.
The result is worth up to 5 points in the Playoffs race.
St. Louis Cardinals
Playoffs10%
St. Louis winPlayoffsSt. Louis Cardinals10%14%▲ +4
Washington winPlayoffsSt. Louis Cardinals10%9%▼ -1
The race they're in
Two races at once: their division, and the wild card behind it.
NL Central · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-LPCTGB
1MilwaukeeDivision90%78-49.614-2CubsDivision10%74-54.5784.53St. LouisDivision<1%65-63.50813.5NL East · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-LPCTGB
1AtlantaDivision79%74-53.583-2PhiladelphiaDivision21%70-58.5474.54WashingtonDivision<1%60-67.47214The wild card · top 6 in the National League qualify