
| Linescore | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 8 |
| Astros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
FINAL: 7-5 Cardinals
Decisions
- Cardinals Winning Pitcher: Andre Pallante (W, 2-1)
- Astros Losing Pitcher: Lance McCullers Jr. (L, 1-1)
- Save: Riley O'Brien (S, 6)
Postgame Wrap
Highlights
- Probable pitchers for Cardinals at Astros – April 18, 2026
- Probable pitchers for Cardinals at Astros – April 18, 2026
- Astros: Bullpen availability for Houston, April 18 vs Cardinals
- Astros: Bullpen availability for Houston, April 18 vs Cardinals
- Cardinals: Bullpen availability for St. Louis, April 18 vs Astros
- Cardinals: Bullpen availability for St. Louis, April 18 vs Astros
- Bench availability for St. Louis, April 18 vs Astros
- Astros: Fielding alignment for Houston, April 18 vs Cardinals
- Astros: Fielding alignment for Houston, April 18 vs Cardinals
- Bench availability for Houston, April 18 vs Cardinals
- Astros: Starting lineups for Cardinals at Astros – April 18, 2026
- Astros: Starting lineups for Cardinals at Astros – April 18, 2026
- Cardinals: Starting lineups for Cardinals at Astros – April 18, 2026
- Cardinals: Starting lineups for Cardinals at Astros – April 18, 2026
- Astros: Breaking down Colton Gordon's pitches
- Astros: Breaking down Lance McCullers Jr.'s pitches
- Astros: Breaking down Shay Whitcomb's home run
- Astros: Lance McCullers Jr.'s outing against the Cardinals
- Astros: Lance McCullers Jr.'s outing against the Cardinals
- Cardinals: Andre Pallante's outing against the Astros
- Cardinals: Andre Pallante's outing against the Astros
- Cardinals: Breaking down Andre Pallante's pitches
- Cardinals: Breaking down José Fermín's home run
- Cardinals: Masyn Winn: Home Run Statcast Analysis
- Cardinals: Measuring the stats on Alec Burleson's home run
- Cardinals: Nolan Gorman's RBI double
- Astros: Lance McCullers Jr. fans Nathan Church
- Astros: Yordan Alvarez's solo homer (9)
- Cardinals: Masyn Winn's two-run homer (1)
- Cardinals: Andre Pallante fans Shay Whitcomb
- Cardinals: José Fermín's solo home run (1)
- Cardinals: Alec Burleson's solo homer (3)
- Astros: Called ball confirmed after ABS challenge
- Cardinals: Field View: Masyn Winn's two-run home run
- Cardinals: Ramón Urías scores on a wild pitch
- Astros: Lance McCullens strikes out four in five innings
- Astros: Jose Altuve scores on double play
- Cardinals: Called ball overturned as strike after ABS challenge
- Astros: Shay Whitcomb's three-run homer (1)
- Cardinals: Riley O'Brien secures Cardinals 7-5 victory
- Cardinals: José Fermín talks first home run of the season
29 comments
who had the nl central as the best division in baseball?
kinda ended on a sour note there, but good job cards. we’ll take a bigger bite out of the run differential another day.
Aren’t the Cards nice. Instead of a blow out they let opposing teams think they’re going to come all the way back.
The birds are flying
There has got to be someone in AAA worth trying out over Svanson and Stanek, right? These dudes are CHEEKS
I can’t wait to sweep these fucking losers.
Great win but I noticed we are still struggling to find the strike zone
Nice game and win tonight. Let’s go for the sweep and hopefully not a million walked batters by our pitchers.
Gonna get that sweep tomorrow.
Riley O’Brien my beloved
Oliver marmol got into that dugout, remained professional, and did not commit any inappropriate sexual acts towards any of the players.
He got the boys going with his honesty and legitimate leadership.
Ok. We won, but we have a problem. We know pitching has always been an issue, but for us to always have to go to O’Brien for a save and can’t rely on anybody else is NOT sustainable. He has 6 saves which is fire, but he isn’t always going to be there to help. Gotta get that pen together man because it’s all we need to have super high success.
Most might not agree, but I just feel jojo and O’Brien the only reliable people. Graceffo is ok and majority of everybody else just KILLS the lead and blows it.
Soriano has been good for the most part, but he almost cost us this game and blew it and he was supposed to give O’Brien a damn break.
Anyways sorry y’all. GOOD W AND LETS GO CARDS
This team continues to compete despite having only three truly reliable arms in the bullpen. I’m not satisfied with the series win; I demand a sweep tomorrow!
Weatherholt needs to improve his contact.
Gotta stay positive. Pallante was decent and Riley O’Brien is hotter than his grandma’s kimchi.
Do these teams know we are rebuilding and they should be beating us lol?
We have the 2nd highest BP ERA in the NL yay
I just want to come back and say that this was a game of games.
Good to see Gorman gormanning ‘gain.
We might give up a thousand runs this season. But we might hit for a thousand and one
Yay
Coming to realize the 2026 Mets are what people thought the 2026 Cardinals would be. This is a really fun start to the year.
Us and Cincy being atop the division with a negative run diff is very funny
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The win/loss is inverse of the run differential in the NL
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Am I the only one that was flabbergasted by Burleson’s base running mistake in the 8th?
I’m excited to show them what I’m capable of!
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