Baltimore Orioles at St. Louis Cardinals

BAL 8 — 7 STL
Final — 2026-08-26

Baltimore Orioles defeated St. Louis Cardinals 8-7. Christian Encarnacion-Strand led the way with 4-5, 2 RBI. Grant Wolfram earned the win and Riley O'Brien took the loss. Andrew Kittredge recorded the save.

123456789 RHE
BAL 520000001 8
STL 010060000 7

Scoring Plays

Top 1: Christian Encarnacion-Strand singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jordan Walker. Gunnar Henderson scores. Samuel Basallo to 3rd. (1-0)
Top 1: Dylan Beavers singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jordan Walker. Samuel Basallo scores. Christian Encarnacion-Strand to 2nd. (2-0)
Top 1: Leody Taveras homers (8) on a fly ball to right center field. Christian Encarnacion-Strand scores. Dylan Beavers scores. (5-0)
Top 2: Pete Alonso homers (32) on a fly ball to right field. Carlos Narváez scores. (7-0)
Bot 2: Nolan Gorman homers (8) on a fly ball to right center field. (7-1)
Bot 5: Alec Burleson singles on a ground ball to center fielder Colton Cowser. Bryan Torres scores. JJ Wetherholt scores. Iván Herrera to 2nd. (7-3)
Bot 5: Jordan Walker doubles (29) on a ground ball to left fielder Dylan Beavers. Iván Herrera scores. Alec Burleson to 3rd. (7-4)
Bot 5: Nathan Church doubles (11) on a fly ball to left fielder Dylan Beavers. Alec Burleson scores. Jordan Walker scores. (7-6)
Bot 5: José Fermín grounds out, shortstop Gunnar Henderson to first baseman Samuel Basallo. Nathan Church scores. (7-7)
Top 9: Christian Encarnacion-Strand doubles (6) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Nathan Church. Luis Vázquez scores. (8-7)

BAL — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Basallo 1B4120000120 .236.301.439.740
Henderson SS5110000010 .218.302.390.692
Taveras RF5110013000 .228.299.363.662
Beavers LF4121001100 .250.328.395.723
Vazquez 3B0100000000 .000.000.000.000
Alonso DH4110012110 .276.365.516.881
Holliday 2B5000000000 .231.319.352.671
Narvaez C2100000020 .167.245.242.487
Encarnacion-Strand 1B5142002010 .264.301.519.820
Cowser CF4020000100 .223.318.374.692

STL — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Gorman 3B3110011000 .192.275.327.602
Walker RF4111001110 .285.344.502.846
Torres LF3130000001 .252.311.390.701
Church CF4111002111 .243.287.376.663
Fermin LF5000001010 .239.309.363.672
Wetherholt SS4110000100 .245.348.376.724
Jordan 3B1000000000 .246.276.366.642
Burleson 1B5110002010 .291.355.484.839
Urias 2B1000000000 .152.260.288.548
Pages C0000000100 .214.266.318.584
Baez PH1000000010 .146.217.439.656
Herrera DH4130000110 .246.361.381.742
Crooks C2000000010 .171.245.302.547

BAL — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
Garcia 1.1000120 26-15 3.160.89
Hoppe 0.2000000 12-7 4.581.25
Bradish 4.1977241 91-64 4.031.42
Walker 0.2100010 11-7 2.451.25
Kittredge 1.0100100 25-15 3.351.39S
Wolfram 1.0000100 26-14 5.051.37W

STL — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
McGreevy 5.01077232 84-49 3.861.25
O'Brien 1.0211000 17-11 4.021.23L
Soriano 1.0100100 10-6 4.031.26
Stanek 1.0000110 14-9 4.501.42
Gastelum 1.0000030 13-9 5.161.15

Venue: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

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