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CJ Abrams joins 30-30 club as Nationals rout Cardinals 9-1 · Best of: Features

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  CJ Abrams joins thirty thirty club as Nationals Route Cardinals 9-1. This
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  article is being read by an automated voice, generated by Everlet. Saint
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  Louis, the AP. C. J. Abrams became the fifty second players to
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  join the thirty thirty club. Cade Cavalli threw his two hundredth strikeout
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  of the year, and the Washington Nationals took down the Saint Louis
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  Cardinals nine one on Friday night. Abrams joined the Cubs Pete Crow
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  Armstrong as the only players to hit thirty homers and steal thirty
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  bases his season. He is just the second national to do it,
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  joining Alfonso Soriano in two thousand six. Cavalli, thirteen five, struck out
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  the side in the first, and finished with six strikeouts and four
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  hits in five innings of work. His two hundredth strikeout came on
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  his final pitch of then night, and he became the fifth Nationals
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  pitcher with a two hundred strikeout season, joining Patrick Corbin, Gio Gonzalez,
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  Max Scherzer, and Steven Strasberg, just hours after inking a four year
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  forty seven million dollars contract extension. The Nats scored three runs in
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  the first, started by Abrams RBI single. Abrams then stole his thirtieth
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  base, and an errant throw from Cardinals catcher Leo Bernal let Dylan
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  Cruz come around to score. Brady House added an RBI ground out
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  before the end of the frame. Cruz started a four runs third
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  with hits. Twelfth homer of the season, a two run shot to
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  right, and Johanny Morales added a two run double. Dalen Lyle hit
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  a sacrifice fly in the fourth and James Wood had an RBI
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  double in the sixth to round out the scoring. Bernal had two
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  hits for the Cardinals. Kyle Leahy, ten five, allowed a season high
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  seven runs, six earned on five hits. He walked three and struck
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  out one. With the loss, Saint Louis was mathematically eliminated from playoff
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  contention. Up next. Nat's LHP Andrew Alvarez, 263.35
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  IRA, faces Cardinals RHP Michael McGreevy, 79, 3.83. As the series continues
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  on Saturday, see the AP's full MLB coverage here.