The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Houston Astros 7-5 on Apr 19, 2026 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Masyn Winn went 3-for-5 with 3 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Matthew Liberatore pitched 6.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 1 earned run with 4 strikeouts.
- Yordan Alvarez went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Mike Burrows pitched 4.2 innings for the Astros, allowing 4 earned runs with 7 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Walker | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alec Burleson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ivan Herrera | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Masyn Winn | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Nolan Gorman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pedro Pages | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jose Fermin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Scott II | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nathan Church | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Yohel Pozo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Urias | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 39 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Liberatore | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Riley O'Brien | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JoJo Romero | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Justin Bruihl | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gordon Graceffo | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 10.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yordan Alvarez | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Altuve | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Trammell | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Yainer Diaz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cam Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Correa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Christian Walker | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Shay Whitcomb | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dustin Harris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Burrows | 4.2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Bryan King | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kai-Wei Teng | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Enyel De Los Santos | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Okert | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 10.0 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
Before and after
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 18, 2026: STL 7, HOU 5 · Next Apr 20, 2026: STL 3, MIA 5
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous Apr 18, 2026: STL 7, HOU 5 · Next Apr 20, 2026: HOU 9, CLE 2