St. Louis Cardinals
13 - 8 .619
F
April 19, 2026, 2:10 PM
Daikin Park
Daikin Park
501 Crawford Street, Houston, TX, 77002
5
Houston Astros
8 - 15 .348| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| HOU | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
W: Riley O'Brien
(W, 3-0)(BS, 1)
1.1 IP, 0 ER, 2 K, 0 BB
L: Bryan King
(L, 0-1)
2.0 IP, ER, K, 0 BB
S: Gordon Graceffo
(S, 1)
0.1 IP, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BB
Top Performers
Liberatore
6.0 IP, ER, 4 K, 2 BB
Winn
3-5 | 2B, 2 K, 3 RBI
Altuve
3-5 | RBI, R
St. Louis Cardinals Batting
| # | Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | 2B | 3B | SB | BB | K | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JJ Wetherholt 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .237 |
| 2 | Iván Herrera DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 |
| 3 | Alec Burleson 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .280 |
| 4 | Jordan Walker RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .305 |
| 5 | Nolan Gorman 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .209 |
| Ramón Urías PH-3B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .194 | |
| 6 | Masyn Winn SS | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 |
| 7 | Nathan Church LF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .208 |
| a- José Fermín PH-CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | |
| 8 | Pedro Pagés C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .214 |
| 9 | Victor Scott II CF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .226 |
| c- Yohel Pozo PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | |
| b- Thomas Saggese LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .209 | |
| Totals | 39 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .233 |
a-Doubled for Church in the 9th.
b-Grounded out for Scott II in the 9th.
c-Hit by pitch for Gorman in the 10th.
BATTING
2B Walker, J (4, De Los Santos, E) Fermín (1, King, B) Winn (4, King, B).
TB Fermín 2 Herrera Pagés, P Walker, J 2 Wetherholt Winn 4.
RBI Herrera (11) Scott II (4) Wetherholt 2 (11) Winn 3 (8).
2-out RBI Wetherholt 2 Scott II Herrera.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out Burleson Pagés, P Winn Herrera.
Team RISP 4-for-14.
Team LOB 8.
FIELDING
E Burleson (2, throw).
Pickoffs O'Brien (Matthews at 1st base).
DP (Gorman-Wetherholt-Burleson).
St. Louis Cardinals Pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC | S | B | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Liberatore | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 82 | 50 | 32 | 3.67 |
| Ryne Stanek(H, 4) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7.71 |
| JoJo Romero(H, 6) | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 2.25 |
| Riley O'Brien(W, 3-0)(BS, 1) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0.00 |
| Justin Bruihl(H, 4) | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 6.75 |
| Gordon Graceffo(S, 1) | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0.84 |
| Totals | 10.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 159 | 100 | 59 | 4.83 |
Pitching/Game Notes:
WP O'Brien.
HBP Wetherholt (by King, B) Urías, R (by King, B).
ABS Challenge Diaz, Y 3 (Ball-Overturned to Strike, Ball-Overturned to Strike, Ball-Confirmed) Scott II (Strike-Confirmed).
Pitches-strikes Liberatore 82-50 Stanek 10-7 Romero, J 25-16 O'Brien 19-12 Bruihl 16-11 Graceffo 7-4 Burrows 87-56 Okert 9-7 Teng 35-23 De Los Santos, E 19-14 King, B 40-27.
Groundouts-flyouts Liberatore 6-6 Stanek 0-2 Romero, J 1-0 O'Brien 0-1 Bruihl 1-0 Graceffo 1-0 Burrows 3-0 Okert 0-0 Teng 2-0 De Los Santos, E 1-1 King, B 3-0.
Batters faced Liberatore 23 Stanek 3 Romero, J 5 O'Brien 4 Bruihl 3 Graceffo 2 Burrows 19 Okert 2 Teng 8 De Los Santos, E 4 King, B 11.
Inherited runners-scored O'Brien 2-2 Graceffo 2-1 Okert 2-1.
Umpires HP: Lance Barrett. 1B: Malachi Moore. 2B: Alfonso Márquez. 3B: Willie Traynor.
Weather 73 degrees, Roof Closed.
Wind 0 mph, None.
First pitch 1:10 PM.
T 3:10.
Att 33,491.
Venue Daikin Park.
April 19, 2026