St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Astros

STL 7 — HOU 5

Final (10) — 2026-04-19

Game MVP: Matthew Liberatore — 6.0 IP, 4 K, 1 ER

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

WP Riley O'Brien (3-0, B, 1)

LP Bryan King (0-1)

SV Gordon Graceffo (1)

Scoring Plays

Bot 3: Correa hit sacrifice fly to center, Trammell scored. (1-0)

Top 5: Scott II walked, Winn scored, Pagés to second, Church to third. (1-1)

Top 5: Wetherholt singled to right, Church scored and Pagés scored, Scott II to third. (1-3)

Top 5: Herrera singled to left, Scott II scored, Wetherholt to second. (1-4)

Bot 8: Alvarez homered to right (357 feet). (2-4)

Bot 8: Paredes singled to right, Altuve scored and Walker scored. (4-4)

Top 10: Winn doubled to left, Herrera scored, Urías scored and Walker scored. (4-7)

Bot 10: Altuve reached on infield single to shortstop, Trammell scored, Correa to third. (5-7)

St. Louis Cardinals — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
JJ Wetherholt	2B	4	0	1	0	2	0	2	.237	.381	.368
Ivan Herrera	DH	5	1	1	0	1	0	2	.200	.378	.320
Alec Burleson	1B	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.280	.368	.451
Jordan Walker	RF	5	1	1	1	0	0	2	.305	.367	.646
Nolan Gorman	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.209	.276	.343
Masyn Winn	SS	5	1	3	1	3	0	2	.222	.338	.333
Nathan Church	LF	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	.208	.264	.292
Pedro Pages	C	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.214	.277	.333
Victor Scott II	CF	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	.226	.276	.245
Jose Fermin	CF	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	.278	.364	.500
Yohel Pozo	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.188
Thomas Saggese	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.277	.256
Ramon Urias	3B	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.326	.444

Houston Astros — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
Carlos Correa	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.253	.345	.360
Yordan Alvarez	DH	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.333	.471	.790
Jose Altuve	2B	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.298	.404	.476
Christian Walker	1B	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.253	.355	.481
Isaac Paredes	3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	.190	.311	.254
Cam Smith	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.244	.341	.423
Yainer Diaz	C	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.190	.224	.270
Shay Whitcomb	LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.200	.444
T. Trammell	CF	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.321	.387	.429
D. Harris	LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.389	.286
Brice Matthews	3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.107	.194	.250

St. Louis Cardinals — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Matthew Liberatore	6.0	3	1	1	2	4	0	82-50	3.67
Ryne Stanek	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10-7	7.71
JoJo Romero	0.2	2	3	3	1	0	1	25-16	2.25
Riley O'Brien	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	19-12	0.00	W, 3-0, B, 1
Justin Bruihl	0.2	1	1	0	0	0	0	16-11	6.75
Gordon Graceffo	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7-4	0.84	S, 1

Houston Astros — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Mike Burrows	4.2	3	4	4	2	7	87-56	6.75
Steven Okert	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	9-7	3.48
Kai-Wei Teng	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	35-23	1.98
Enyel De Los Santos	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	19-14	1.17
Bryan King	2.0	2	3	1	0	1	40-27	1.80	L, 0-1

Venue: Daikin Park, Houston, Texas (33,491)

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

Broadcast: CATV | SCHN