St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds

STL 6 — 7 CIN

Final (11) — 2026-05-23

MVP: Jordan Walker 3-4, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB

Cincinnati Reds defeated St. Louis Cardinals 7-6. Jordan Walker led the way with 3-4, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB. Pierce Johnson earned the win and Riley O'Brien took the loss.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
STL	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	6	9	0
CIN	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	10	0

WP Pierce Johnson (2-1)

LP Riley O'Brien (3-2)

Scoring Plays

Top 2: Winn hit sacrifice fly to left, Walker scored. (1-0)

Bot 5: De La Cruz homered to left center (387 feet), Higgins scored and Dunn scored. (1-3)

Bot 5: Lowe homered to center (435 feet), Stewart scored. (1-5)

Top 6: Walker homered to center (427 feet), Herrera scored and Burleson scored. (4-5)

Bot 6: Myers doubled to left, Steer scored. (4-6)

Top 9: Fermín homered to left center (373 feet). (5-6)

Top 9: Walker singled to left, Scott II scored, Burleson to second. (6-6)

Bot 11: Umpire reviewed (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Blake Dunn reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by shortstop Masyn Winn. Spencer Steer scores. Dane Myers to 2nd. (6-7)

STL — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Wetherholt	2B	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	.237	.356	.402	.758
Herrera	DH	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.267	.393	.435	.828
Burleson	1B	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	.294	.365	.469	.834
Walker	RF	4	2	3	1	1	4	1	1	.302	.372	.594	.966
Gorman	3B	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.307	.353	.660
Winn	SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.240	.321	.329	.650
Torres	LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	.375	.500	.750	1.250
Pages	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.259	.352	.611
Scott	CF	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.197	.259	.268	.527
Fermin	PH	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	.232	.313	.393	.706
Pozo	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.241	.276	.517
Saggese	3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.216	.188	.404

CIN — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Dunn	RF	6	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	.351	.400	.541	.941
De La Cruz	SS	4	1	2	0	1	3	1	2	.288	.355	.529	.884
Bleday	DH	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.271	.376	.576	.952
Stewart	1B	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	.256	.352	.487	.839
Lowe	1B	4	1	2	0	1	2	0	1	.268	.333	.554	.887
McLain	2B	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.202	.301	.333	.634
Benson	RF	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.179	.319	.308	.627
Higgins	C	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.294	.316	.294	.610
Friedl	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.255	.257	.512
Steer	LF	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	.271	.340	.446	.786
Myers	CF	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	.243	.352	.405	.757
Suarez	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.223	.298	.351	.649

STL — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Leahy	5.0	7	5	5	2	8	2	87-52	4.44	1.33
Bruihl	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	13-9	5.56	1.38
Graceffo	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	17-9	1.65	1.08
Fernandez	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	24-17	1.17	1.35
Romero	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	12-8	2.92	1.30
O'Brien	1.1	0	1	0	1	2	0	20-11	2.96	1.19	L, 3-2

CIN — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Petty	5.0	6	4	4	1	1	1	62-40	5.91	1.27
Burke	1.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	26-14	3.38	1.29
Ashcraft	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	29-17	3.46	1.22
Santillan	1.0	2	2	2	2	1	1	28-19	5.85	1.39
Johnson	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	23-18	3.38	1.38	W, 2-1

Venue: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio (31,144)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: John Tumpane, First Base Umpire: Chris Conroy, Second Base Umpire: Brennan Miller, Third Base Umpire: Jacob Metz

Broadcast: FOX

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