St. Louis Cardinals vs Washington Nationals Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 04/07/26

The St. Louis Cardinals will take on the Washington Nationals Tuesday night. In the first game of the series the Nationals won by a score of 9-6. This was a tough game for both teams’ bullpens as the Cardinals bullpen gave up 7 earned runs while the Nationals bullpen gave up 5 earned runs. Both teams will be hopeful that the starters will make an impact today. On the mound today will be Matthew Liberatore of the Cardinals and Cade Cavalli of the Nationals. Liberatore has pitched 11 innings this season and only given up 2 earned runs. In his most recent start, he pitched 6 innings giving up just 3 hits and 1 run to the New York Mets. Liberatore seems to be revitalized coming into this season and we should see that today.

For the Nationals, Cavalli will take the start. Cavalli has pitched 9.2 innings giving up 4 earned runs. The concerning part in his starts is that he has walked 5 batters. This lack of control will not help keep the runs low after the Cardinals racked up 9 hits and 6 runs last night. Additionally, the Nationals bullpen has allowed 31 runs this season and has an ERA of 6.50. This could be a problem as Cavalli was pulled after 3.2 innings in his first start. Overall, I am rolling with Liberatore to dominate the mound and the Nationals bullpen to blow the game. I am taking the Cardinals on the money line.

Cardinals vs Nationals prediction: Cardinals ML (-105) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.