The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Houston Astros 9-4 on Apr 17, 2026 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Ivan Herrera went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Kyle Leahy pitched 5.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 3 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Peter Lambert pitched 5.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 4 earned runs with 8 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan Gorman | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Masyn Winn | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Walker | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Alec Burleson | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ivan Herrera | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Scott II | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pedro Pages | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Church | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Leahy | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| George Soriano | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| JoJo Romero | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Bruihl | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
Houston Astros 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 Altuve | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Correa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Christian Walker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Taylor Trammell | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Christian Vazquez | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Joey Loperfido | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Paredes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cam Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shay Whitcomb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brice Matthews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 36 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Lambert | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Steven Okert | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 7.0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 15, 2026: CLE 3, STL 5 · Next Apr 18, 2026: STL 7, HOU 5
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous Apr 16, 2026: COL 3, HOU 2 · Next Apr 18, 2026: STL 7, HOU 5