The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cleveland Guardians 5-3 on Apr 15, 2026 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Bo Naylor went 1-for-3 with 2 RBI for the Guardians.
- Slade Cecconi pitched 4.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 1 earned run with 4 strikeouts.
- Alec Burleson went 2-for-5 with 2 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Dustin May pitched 6.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 1 earned run with 4 strikeouts.
Cleveland Guardians 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Ramirez | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juan Brito | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bo Naylor | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase DeLauter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Angel Martinez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Manzardo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhys Hoskins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slade Cecconi | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Matt Festa | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tim Herrin | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 6.2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Walker | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alec Burleson | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Nolan Gorman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masyn Winn | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nathan Church | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pedro Pages | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Herrera | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Victor Scott II | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ramon Urias | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dustin May | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| JoJo Romero | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Riley O'Brien | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Justin Bruihl | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Before and after
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous Apr 14, 2026: CLE 5, STL 6 · Next Apr 16, 2026: BAL 2, CLE 4
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 14, 2026: CLE 5, STL 6 · Next Apr 17, 2026: STL 9, HOU 4