St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Astros

STL 7 — 5 HOU

Final (10) — 2026-04-19

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

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Houston Astros 7-5. Matthew Liberatore led the way with 6.0 IP, 4 K, 1 ER. Riley O'Brien earned the win and Bryan King took the loss. Gordon Graceffo recorded the save.

	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. (0-1)

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. (3-1)

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

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

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. (7-4)

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

STL — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Wetherholt	2B	4	0	1	0	2	0	2	.237	.381	.368	.749
Herrera	DH	5	1	1	0	1	0	2	.200	.378	.320	.698
Burleson	1B	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.280	.368	.451	.819
Walker	RF	5	1	1	1	0	0	2	.305	.367	.646	1.013
Gorman	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.209	.276	.343	.619
Winn	SS	5	1	3	1	3	0	2	.222	.338	.333	.671
Church	LF	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	.208	.264	.292	.556
Pages	C	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.214	.277	.333	.610
Scott	CF	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	.226	.276	.245	.521
Fermin	CF	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	.278	.364	.500	.864
Pozo	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.188	.313
Saggese	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.277	.256	.533
Urias	3B	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.326	.444	.770

HOU — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Correa	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.253	.345	.360	.705
Alvarez	DH	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.333	.471	.790	1.261
Altuve	2B	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.298	.404	.476	.880
Walker	1B	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.253	.355	.481	.836
Paredes	3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	.190	.311	.254	.565
Smith	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.244	.341	.423	.764
Diaz	C	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.190	.224	.270	.494
Whitcomb	LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.200	.444	.644
Trammell	CF	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.321	.387	.429	.816
Harris	LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.389	.286	.675
Matthews	3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.107	.194	.250	.444

STL — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Liberatore	6.0	3	1	1	2	4	0	82-50	3.67	1.49
Stanek	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10-7	7.71	1.49
Romero	0.2	2	3	3	1	0	1	25-16	2.25	1.30
O'Brien	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	19-12	0.00	1.19	W, 3-0, B, 1
Bruihl	0.2	1	1	0	0	0	0	16-11	6.75	1.38
Graceffo	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7-4	0.84	1.08	S, 1

HOU — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Burrows	4.2	3	4	4	2	7	87-56	6.75	1.55
Okert	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	9-7	3.48	0.87
Teng	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	35-23	1.98	1.35
De Los Santos	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	19-14	1.17	1.23
King	2.0	2	3	1	0	1	40-27	1.80	1.35	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

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