Line Score – Game Over

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

Box Score

HOU AB R H RBI BB SO BA
2B Altuve 4 1 0 0 1 2 .278
LF Alvarez, Y 4 1 2 1 1 1 .342
SS Correa 2 0 0 0 2 1 .264
1B Walker, C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .263
DH Paredes 4 0 0 0 0 1 .186
CF Trammell 4 0 1 0 0 1 .292
RF Smith 2 1 0 0 2 0 .257
C Vázquez, C 2 1 0 0 2 0 .375
3B Whitcomb 4 1 1 3 0 2 .143
HOU IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
McCullers Jr. 5.0 4 4 4 3 4 91-58 6.20
Gordon, C 2.2 4 3 3 1 5 64-38 9.95
Blubaugh 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 16-10 7.07
STL AB R H RBI BB SO BA
2B Wetherholt 3 1 1 0 1 1 .236
C Herrera 4 1 0 0 0 2 .200
1B Burleson 5 1 2 1 0 0 .299
RF Walker, J 4 0 1 0 1 2 .312
DH Gorman 5 1 2 2 0 0 .222
SS Winn 5 1 1 2 0 3 .190
3B Urías, R 3 1 0 0 1 0 .194
LF Church 4 0 1 0 0 2 .217
LF Fermín 3 1 1 1 1 1 .250
CF Scott II 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
STL IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Pallante 5.0 3 1 1 3 5 87-48 4.05
Graceffo 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 26-15 0.87
Svanson 1.0 0 1 1 3 1 24-9 13.50
Soriano, G 0.1 1 3 3 2 1 17-7 4.82
O'Brien 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 7-6 0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
T1 Nolan Gorman singles on a ground ball to right fielder Cam Smith. JJ Wetherholt scores. Iván Herrera scores. Jordan Walker to 3rd. Nolan Gorman to 2nd. Nolan Gorman advances to 2nd, on a fielding error by right fielder Cam Smith. 0-2
B1 Yordan Alvarez homers (9) on a fly ball to center field. 1-2
T3 Masyn Winn homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Nolan Gorman scores. 1-4
T6 José Fermín homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. 1-5
T7 Alec Burleson homers (3) on a fly ball to right center field. 1-6
T8 JJ Wetherholt singles on a soft ground ball to third baseman Shay Whitcomb. 1-7
B8 Christian Walker grounds into a double play, second baseman JJ Wetherholt to first baseman Alec Burleson. Jose Altuve scores. Yordan Alvarez to 3rd. Carlos Correa out at 2nd. Christian Walker out at 1st. 2-7
B9 Shay Whitcomb homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Cam Smith scores. Christian Vázquez scores. 5-7

Highlights

Description Length
Probable pitchers for Cardinals at Astros – April 18, 2026 0:06
Bullpen availability for Houston, April 18 vs Cardinals 0:09
Bullpen availability for St. Louis, April 18 vs Astros 0:09
Bench availability for St. Louis, April 18 vs Astros 0:08
Fielding alignment for Houston, April 18 vs Cardinals 0:11
Bench availability for Houston, April 18 vs Cardinals 0:08
Starting lineups for Cardinals at Astros – April 18, 2026 0:10
Masyn Winn: Home Run Statcast Analysis 0:13
Breaking down Colton Gordon's pitches 0:04
Measuring the stats on Alec Burleson's home run 0:13
Andre Pallante's outing against the Astros 0:24
Breaking down Andre Pallante's pitches 0:04
Lance McCullers Jr.'s outing against the Cardinals 0:25
Breaking down José Fermín's home run 0:13
Breaking down Lance McCullers Jr.'s pitches 0:04
Nolan Gorman's RBI double 0:20
Lance McCullers Jr. fans Nathan Church 0:08
Yordan Alvarez's solo homer (9) 0:41
Masyn Winn's two-run homer (1) 0:36
Andre Pallante fans Shay Whitcomb 0:08
José Fermín's solo home run (1) 0:38
Alec Burleson's solo homer (3) 0:25
Called ball confirmed after ABS challenge 0:29
Field View: Masyn Winn's two-run home run 0:30
Ramón Urías scores on a wild pitch 0:10
Lance McCullens strikes out four in five innings 0:47
Jose Altuve scores on double play 0:20
Called ball overturned as strike after ABS challenge 0:28
Shay Whitcomb's three-run homer (1) 0:19

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Pallante (2-1, 4.05 ERA) McCullers Jr. (1-1, 6.20 ERA) O'Brien (6 SV, 0.00 ERA)

Game ended at 9:06 PM.

26 comments

  4. In 2023, Dana Brown was handed a World Series winning roster, elite pitching staff, hitting staff, and top 10 payroll. And he’s been given a top 10 payroll every year. And here we are.

  7. Hell of a first hit on the season for Whitcomb. Shame they didn’t make them pay for loading the bases in the 8th

  9. Times like these make me wish the team beat the rangers in 23 or the nationals in 19.

  10. Our offense has fallen to earth (to be expected, no team can sustain that level of production for a whole season), and our pitching continues to lay an egg every time they pitch.

    I don’t like blaming all of this on one guy, but we would be having completely different conversations if Abreu didn’t blow 3 saves already on the season.

  11. Everyone sayings it’s April, put a bookmark in each of these games so I can ridicule you when this becomes one of our worst seasons in a decade plus.

  12. One of the only things I have to look forward to this season is Dana Brown getting fired

  13. It’s sad that the offense is being asked to score 10 runs every game to win.

    They might as well go into each game like they are down 7 at the start.

  14. Astros just stacking up shitty minor league pitchers to pitch in the bigs and struggle

    Sell sell sell sell!

  15. Fire everyone, sell everyone, and get ready to suck 5 years. Also, pray crane can find the next luhnow…..right….

  16. We ready to start accepting that this team is not going to be winning anything significant this year, or is there still a dangerous level of hopium in here?

  17. Love the Astros, but have a feeling Crane is going to be the new Jerry Jones and this team is the reality of the Astros for a long time.

  19. You have too many injuries on the pitching staff to know what we have this season. We need the three starters and Hader back soon.

  22. Too much money on infielders, many that are aging and declining……like Correa, Altuve, and Walker, a short stop that is always hurt, and underperforming “utility guy” and a terrible catcher. The outfield and pitching staff suffer. Adding Correa was a terrible move, he’s not playing bad but his contract is ridiculous. Nobody knew Imai would be a mental case and Abreu would implode. It’s all just catching up at once.

  25. Is it ok for me to post my now hiring pitcher meme without it being taken down?

  26. Im starting to feel the Astros and Red Sox and a few others are purposefully limping to the lockout to see the landscape before retooling on coaching, players etc

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