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Wood hit a solo homer in the seventh inning with an exit
velocity of 115.9 mph that traveled 433 feet to center field.
Wood has been named an All-Star and will take part in the Home
Run Derby.
Lowe staked Washington to a lead in the first inning with his
14th homer of the season. The Nationals added three more runs in
the sixth on an RBI double by Alex Call and a bloop single with
the bases loaded by Jacob Young that scored two runs.
Amed Rosario hit a solo homer, his fifth, in the fifth inning,
for a 7-1 lead. MacKenzie Gore (4-8) pitched six innings, giving
up one run on five hits and a walk while striking out seven as
the Nationals snapped a four-game skid.
Andre Pallante (5-5) worked six innings, giving up seven runs on
eight hits with a walk and a strikeout. Masyn Winn had three
hits for the Cardinals.
Key moment
Lowe's 360-foot homer in the first inning wasn't nearly as
prodigious as Wood's, but it gave the Nationals all the runs
they would need.
Key stat
While Cairo got his first win as the Nationals' manager, it
wasn't his first in the majors. Cairo was Tony La Russa’s bench
coach with the Chicago White Sox from 2021-22 and went 18-16 as
interim manager when La Russa went on medical leave.
Up next
Washington's Michael Soroka (3-6, 5.40) pitches against St.
Louis' Miles Mikolas (4-6, 5.36) on Thursday.
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