St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Astros

STL 9 — HOU 4

Final — 2026-04-17

Game MVP: Ivan Herrera — 2-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
STL	1	0	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	9	10	2
HOU	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	8	1

WP Kyle Leahy (2-2)

LP P. Lambert (0-1)

Scoring Plays

Top 1: Walker singled to center, Wetherholt scored, Burleson to third. (0-1)

Top 3: Winn singled to left, Herrera scored and Wetherholt scored, Burleson to third. (0-3)

Bot 3: Vázquez homered to left (357 feet). (1-3)

Bot 3: Alvarez homered to right (357 feet). (2-3)

Top 4: Herrera singled to center, Pagés scored. (2-4)

Bot 5: Altuve homered to left (384 feet). (3-4)

Top 7: Gorman homered to right (353 feet), Burleson scored and Walker scored. (3-7)

Top 8: Herrera homered to left (383 feet), Wetherholt scored. (3-9)

Bot 8: Trammell singled to right, Correa scored, Smith to third. (4-9)

St. Louis Cardinals — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
JJ Wetherholt	2B	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.232	.368	.377
Ivan Herrera	DH	4	2	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	.212	.398	.348
Alec Burleson	1B	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	.292	.388	.431
Jordan Walker	RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	.315	.375	.685
Nolan Gorman	3B	5	1	1	0	1	3	0	3	0	.207	.284	.362
Masyn Winn	SS	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	.189	.328	.245
Nathan Church	LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	.214	.261	.310
Pedro Pages	C	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.262	.342
Victor Scott II	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.235	.273	.255

Houston Astros — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
Jose Altuve	2B	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	.293	.404	.493
Yordan Alvarez	DH	5	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	.333	.479	.750
Carlos Correa	SS	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	.271	.346	.386
Christian Walker	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.278	.369	.528
Joey Loperfido	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.259	.333	.345
Cam Smith	RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.264	.349	.458
T. Trammell	CF	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	.300	.391	.350
Christian Vazquez	C	3	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	.400	.438	.733
Nick Allen	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.318	.300
Isaac Paredes	3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.333	.273
Brice Matthews	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.107	.194	.250
Shay Whitcomb	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.250	.000

St. Louis Cardinals — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Kyle Leahy	5.0	5	3	3	0	6	3	83-53	5.21	W, 2-2
Justin Bruihl	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	7.20
JoJo Romero	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12-9	0.00
Ryne Stanek	1.0	2	1	1	2	3	0	29-17	8.64
George Soriano	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12-9	2.00

Houston Astros — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
P. Lambert	5.0	7	4	4	1	8	0	90-62	7.20	L, 0-1
Steven Okert	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19-12	3.60
Bryan Abreu	1.0	2	3	3	1	0	1	16-8	14.73
J.P. France	2.0	1	2	2	1	1	1	35-23	8.10

Venue: Daikin Park, Houston, Texas (33,086)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Alfonso Marquez, First Base Umpire: Willie Traynor, Second Base Umpire: Lance Barrett, Third Base Umpire: Malachi Moore

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