Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals
Post-game analysis · Sunday, September 20, 2026
The pick
Take Washington Nationals +1.5
Washington Nationals is the underdog: your bet wins if they win outright or lose by fewer than 1.5 points.
Pick locked in: Sep 19, 2026 · 5:08 PM EDT — sportsbook spreads can move after that time, so check the number your book is offering now.
Scoring tier: high
The betting line
STL -1.5
Sportsbooks make St. Louis Cardinals the favorite by 1.5. Expected combined score: 8.5
DraftKings · updated Sun, 2:08 PM EDT
Our projected score
Washington Nationals6
St. Louis Cardinals5
Final score
Washington Nationals3
St. Louis Cardinals5
Pick missed
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How the model got here
Model projects 6–5, a 0.1 margin against a market number of 1.5 — a 1.41-point edge toward the road side. Based on 30 and 28 games of scoring form.
Our recommendations on this game
The team recommendation, the full-game total and the player recommendations for this matchup, side by side. The full-game total is its own market, shown in its own panel above. Only high-rated recommendations taken at a locked DraftKings price are used on a parlay card, and a card never takes two legs from the same game.
Team
Take Washington Nationals +1.5
- DraftKings +1.5 · tracked Sat, 4:03 PM EDT
- Locked price -164
- Rating high
- Locked Sep 19, 5:08 PM EDT — before kickoff
- Result loss
Players
No high-rated player recommendation on this matchup. We only show one when DraftKings posted the number and price before kickoff.
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Player prop angles
No player prop angles for this matchup yet. Our stat lines need a few completed games of form for each player before we publish a number, so early-season MLB games fill in as the season goes on. Check back closer to kickoff.
Records & form
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