Lars Nootbaar, Willson Contreras and Nolan Arenado homered, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 6-1 to complete a three-game sweep.

Andre Pallante took a shutout into the eighth inning in the second-longest outing of his career, and the St. Louis Cardinals extended their winning streak to seven with a 4-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Saturday.

Cardinals win 8 in a row, complete back to back sweeps of the Pirates and Nationals and win their first series on the road

With their 6-1 victory over the Nationals on Sunday, the Cardinals have won eight consecutive games, tying the Los Angeles Dodgers for the longest winning streak in baseball this season. The Cardinals sit three games over .

Andre Pallante took a shutout into the eighth inning in the second-longest outing of his career, and the St. Louis Cardinals extended their winning streak to seven with a 4-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Saturday.

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After a streak of four homerless games, the Cardinals broke the skid with three long balls from Lars Nootbaar, Willson Contreras and Nolan Arenado to power past the Nationals, 6-1, on Sunday afternoon at Nationals Park to extend their winning streak to eight games.

The Arizona Cardinals can feel the momentum after doubling their win total last season in Jonathan Gannon's second year as the team's head coach. The team is co

The Nationals came home feeling pretty good about themselves, but they have since lost four of five on this homestand and now need a win today to avoid a weekend sweep at the hands of the Cardinals.Offense is key,