The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-5 on May 23, 2023 at Great American Ball Park.
Final · Great American Ball Park
Top performers
- Paul Goldschmidt went 2-for-4 with 2 home runs and 2 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Adam Wainwright pitched 5.2 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 5 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Matt McLain went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Reds.
- Graham Ashcraft pitched 5.0 innings for the Reds, allowing 7 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
St. Louis Cardinals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lars Nootbaar | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Nolan Gorman | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Willson Contreras | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Edman | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Donovan | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nolan Arenado | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 30 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Wainwright | 5.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Giovanny Gallegos | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Helsley | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Cincinnati Reds box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan India | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler Stephenson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TJ Friedl | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Spencer Steer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wil Myers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt McLain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 23 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Before and after
- Cardinals · 2023 season · Previous May 22, 2023: STL 5, CIN 6 · Next May 24, 2023: STL 3, CIN 10
- Reds · 2023 season · Previous May 22, 2023: STL 5, CIN 6 · Next May 24, 2023: STL 3, CIN 10