St. Louis Cardinals at Toronto Blue Jays

STL 5 — 1 TOR

Final — 2026-08-02

MVP: Matthew Liberatore 6.0 IP, 7 K, 0 ER

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Toronto Blue Jays 5-1. Matthew Liberatore led the way with 6.0 IP, 7 K, 0 ER. George Soriano earned the win and Louis Varland took the loss.

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

WP George Soriano (4-3, B, 5)

LP Louis Varland (3-4)

Scoring Plays

Top 3: Nootbaar doubled to left, Church scored. (1-0)

Bot 8: Urías doubled to left, Giménez scored. (1-1)

Top 9: Fermín singled to center, Winn scored, Torres to second. (2-1)

Top 9: Torres scored on error, Nootbaar safe at first on throwing error by second baseman Urías, Nootbaar safe at second on error, Jordan safe at third on error. (3-1)

Top 9: Walker singled to left, Jordan scored and Nootbaar scored. (5-1)

STL — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Nootbaar	RF	5	1	1	1	1	0	1	.234	.333	.354	.687
Walker	DH	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	.283	.343	.492	.835
Burleson	1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.284	.347	.458	.805
Herrera	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.242	.357	.377	.734
Winn	SS	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	.241	.320	.322	.642
Torres	LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.241	.290	.437	.727
Fermin	2B	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	.241	.305	.362	.667
Church	CF	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.228	.272	.352	.624
Jordan	3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.240	.261	.352	.613

TOR — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Urias	2B	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	.250	.327	.479	.806
Guerrero	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.264	.342	.355	.697
Okamoto	1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.229	.304	.447	.751
Springer	LF	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	.239	.320	.411	.731
Kirk	C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.236	.319	.339	.658
Clement	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.314	.415	.729
Straw	RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.273	.313	.586
Varsho	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.243	.307	.375	.682
Gimenez	SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.232	.276	.352	.628
Lukes	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.335	.383	.718

STL — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Liberatore	6.0	1	0	0	1	7	85-56	4.97	1.49
Stanek	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	15-10	4.15	1.49
Soriano	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	20-12	3.49	1.17	W, 4-3, B, 5
O'Brien	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	18-13	3.43	1.19

TOR — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Scherzer	6.0	4	1	1	1	5	84-58	7.92	1.63
Miles	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	23-14	3.13	1.10
Varland	0.2	3	4	1	1	0	31-18	1.11	1.04	L, 3-4
Fluharty	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	4-4	4.33	1.40

Venue: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario (41,321)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Jordan Baker, First Base Umpire: Stu Scheurwater, Second Base Umpire: Junior Valentine, Third Base Umpire: Rob Drake

Broadcast: CATV | RSN