Cardinals snap slide by hammering Nationals

CARDINALS 14, NATIONALS 3

ST. LOUIS — Nolan Arenado, Paul Goldschmidt and Matt Carpenter all homered off Stephen Strasburg, and the St. Louis Cardinals hammered the Washington Nationals 14-3 on Tuesday night.

Jack Flaherty (2-0) allowed 1 run on 3 hits with 6 strikeouts in 5 innings as St. Louis snapped a threegame losing streak.

Strasburg (0-1) was racked for 8 runs — 7 earned — on 8 hits and 5 walks, 2 of them intentional. The 2019 World Series MVP was pulled after allowing all three batters he faced in the fifth to reach base, leading to a nine-run inning by the Cardinals.

Goldschmidt hit his first home run of the season, connecting in the first for his 250th career home run.

The longtime Arizona star became the ninth player to hit his 250th career home run as a member of the Cardinals.

Arenado hit his third career home run off Strasburg, a two-run drive in the third.

Carpenter also had a two-run drive during the inning, a shot off the right-field foul pole. It was his first hit out of the infield this season after starting 1 for 15 with a bunt single.

The Cardinals sent 14 batters to the plate and added nine runs in the fifth off Strasburg and Luis Avilan without an extra-base hit.

METS 4-4, PHILLIES 3-0 Pete Alonso and Jonathan Villar each hit an RBI single in the eighth inning to give New York the win over Philadelphia in the first game of their doubleheader. Back on the mound two days after an abbreviated start, Marcus Stroman tossed six spotless innings as the Mets finished the doubleheader sweep over the Phillies. Brandon Nimmo had three hits and three RBI from the leadoff spot.