The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Houston Astros 7-5 on Apr 18, 2026 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Masyn Winn went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Andre Pallante pitched 5.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 1 earned run with 5 strikeouts.
- Shay Whitcomb went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Astros.
- Lance McCullers Jr. pitched 5.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 4 earned runs with 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Burleson | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Gorman | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Masyn Winn | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Jordan Walker | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ivan Herrera | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nathan Church | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jose Fermin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ramon Urias | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 36 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Pallante | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Gordon Graceffo | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Svanson | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Riley O'Brien | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| George Soriano | 0.1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shay Whitcomb | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Taylor Trammell | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Altuve | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Christian Walker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Correa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Christian Vazquez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cam Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 5.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| AJ Blubaugh | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 6.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Before and after
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 17, 2026: STL 9, HOU 4 · Next Apr 19, 2026: STL 7, HOU 5
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous Apr 17, 2026: STL 9, HOU 4 · Next Apr 19, 2026: STL 7, HOU 5