The Colorado Rockies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-6 on Aug 8, 2026 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Jake McCarthy went 4-for-5 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI for the Rockies.
- Kyle Freeland pitched 4.1 innings for the Rockies, allowing 1 earned run with 3 strikeouts.
- Jordan Walker went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Matthew Liberatore pitched 5.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 5 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
Colorado Rockies 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake McCarthy | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Carrigg | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Willi Castro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hunter Goodman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan Beck | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TJ Rumfield | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ezequiel Tovar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mickey Moniak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Freeman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Karros | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
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 Freeland | 4.1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Jordan Romano | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brennan Bernardino | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Juan Mejia | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Herget | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Herrera | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Church | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Masyn Winn | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Torres | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Blaze Jordan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Fermin | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
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 | 5.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Luis Gastelum | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 7.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Before and after
- Rockies · 2026 season · Previous Aug 7, 2026: COL 2, STL 3 · Next Aug 9, 2026: COL 4, STL 7
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous Aug 7, 2026: COL 2, STL 3 · Next Aug 9, 2026: COL 4, STL 7