The Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-6 on May 23, 2026 at Great American Ball Park.
Final · Great American Ball Park
Top performers
- Jordan Walker went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Kyle Leahy pitched 5.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 5 earned runs with 8 strikeouts.
- Elly De La Cruz went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Reds.
- Chase Petty pitched 5.0 innings for the Reds, allowing 4 earned runs with 1 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ivan Herrera | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Victor Scott II | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jordan Walker | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Masyn Winn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Torres | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pedro Pages | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Fermin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yohel Pozo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 40 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Leahy | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Ryan Fernandez | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Riley O'Brien | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| JoJo Romero | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gordon Graceffo | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Bruihl | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 10.1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Dunn | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| JJ Bleday | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Matt McLain | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Elly De La Cruz | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer Steer | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| P.J. Higgins | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dane Myers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sal Stewart | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Eugenio Suarez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TJ Friedl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Petty | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pierce Johnson | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Graham Ashcraft | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Brock Burke | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Santillan | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 11.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
Before and after
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous May 23, 2026: STL 8, CIN 1 · Next May 24, 2026: STL at CIN
- Reds · 2026 season · Previous May 23, 2026: STL 8, CIN 1 · Next May 24, 2026: STL at CIN