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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 James Wood, Brady House and CJ Abrams homered during a six-run eighth inning, and the Washington Nationals rallied for a 9-6 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.<\/p>\n
Wood tied it with a three-run shot<\/a> against Ryne Stanek, House’s two-run homer off Matt Svanson (0-1) made it 8-6, and Abrams followed with a solo drive for his 500th career hit. The Nationals have scored 64 runs through their first 10 games, a franchise best and behind only the Dodgers and Brewers this season.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Wood also took away a potential homer<\/a> from Nolan Gorman with a leaping catch near the right-field corner in the fourth.<\/p>\n Washington righty Zack Littell struck out six and allowed four hits and one run in five innings. His second-inning strikeout of Nolan Gorman was the 500th of his nine-year career.<\/p>\n Cionel P\u00e9rez (1-1) threw a scoreless ninth and was awarded the win after Washington relievers Ken Waldichuk and Andre Granillo combined to allow three runs in the eighth.<\/p>\n Ramon Ur\u00edas homered and drove in three runs for the Cardinals. His two-run blast in the sixth put the Cardinals ahead 3-2, and Jordan Walker’s solo shot in the eighth made it 4-3. Ur\u00edas also doubled in a run in the eighth.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Cardinals starter Andre Pallante allowed two runs on three hits in five innings.<\/p>\n Nationals RHP Cade Cavalli (0-0, 2.79 ERA) starts opposite Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (0-0, 1.64) as the series continues Tuesday.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\nUp next<\/h2>\n