Bader (3 hits) paces Cards’ 8th straight W

Showcasing his elite speed to save one run and add another, Harrison Bader’s fingerprints — or, perhaps more accurately, his footsteps — were all over the Cardinals’ 4-2 win against the Nationals on Wednesday. The victory ran the Cardinals’ winning streak to eight game and assured the club a sixth straight series win, the franchise’s longest such streak in four years. Bader made an outstanding catch to rob Bryce Harper of a hit, scored a run and also knocked one in.