The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-1 on May 23, 2026 at Great American Ball Park.
Final · Great American Ball Park
Top performers
- Jordan Walker went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Andre Pallante pitched 6.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 1 earned run with 3 strikeouts.
- Nathaniel Lowe went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Reds.
- Chris Paddack pitched 5.0 innings for the Reds, allowing 3 earned runs with 5 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 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bryan Torres | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Alec Burleson | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nolan Gorman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Masyn Winn | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Victor Scott II | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ivan Herrera | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Pallante | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| George Soriano | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Svanson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elly De La Cruz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sal Stewart | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tyler Stephenson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JJ Bleday | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Blake Dunn | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dane Myers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eugenio Suarez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Spencer Steer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TJ Friedl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Paddack | 5.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Jose Franco | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Connor Phillips | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Sam Moll | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
Before and after
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous May 22, 2026: STL at CIN · Next May 23, 2026: STL 6, CIN 7
- Reds · 2026 season · Previous May 22, 2026: STL at CIN · Next May 23, 2026: STL 6, CIN 7