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April 19, 2026 · AL West

St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros

April 19, 2026Daikin ParkRoof Closed 73°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
St. Louis Cardinals
13-8
7
vs
HOME
Houston Astros
8-15
5

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B3 Carlos Correa Carlos Correa out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Victor Scott II. Taylor Trammell scores. STL 0, HOU 1
T5 Victor Scott II Victor Scott II walks. Masyn Winn scores. Nathan Church to 3rd. Pedro Pagés to 2nd. STL 1, HOU 1
T5 JJ Wetherholt JJ Wetherholt singles on a line drive to right fielder Cam Smith. Nathan Church scores. Pedro Pagés scores. Victor Scott II to 3rd. STL 3, HOU 1
T5 Iván Herrera Iván Herrera singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Shay Whitcomb. Victor Scott II scores. JJ Wetherholt to 2nd. STL 4, HOU 1
B8 Yordan Alvarez Yordan Alvarez homers (10) on a fly ball to right field. STL 4, HOU 2
B8 Isaac Paredes Isaac Paredes singles on a line drive to right fielder Jordan Walker. Jose Altuve scores. Christian Walker scores. STL 4, HOU 4
T10 Masyn Winn Masyn Winn doubles (4) on a ground ball to left fielder Dustin Harris. Iván Herrera scores. Jordan Walker scores. Ramón Urías scores. STL 7, HOU 4
B10 Jose Altuve Jose Altuve singles on a ground ball to shortstop Masyn Winn. Taylor Trammell scores. Carlos Correa to 3rd. STL 7, HOU 5

Box score

  12345678910 R
STL 0000400003 7
HOU 0010000301 5

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Cardinals AWAY 7

Matthew Liberatore started for Cardinals, leaving with a 4–1 lead. Out of the bullpen, JoJo Romero took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Matthew Liberatore Starter 6.0 82 1 4
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Matthew Liberatore threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 57% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 31 38% 1 8 7 9 6
    Slider 21 26% 5 2 2 9 3
    Curveball 12 15% 0 4 0 7 1
    Changeup 10 12% 1 0 1 4 4
    Sinker 6 7% 0 1 1 1 3
    Cutter 2 2% 0 0 0 2 0
  • Ryne Stanek Setup 1.0 10 0 0 HLD
  • JoJo Romero Setup 0.2 25 3 0 HLD
  • Riley O'Brien Closer 1.1 19 0 2 W inherited 2, all 2 scored
  • Justin Bruihl Setup 0.2 16 1 0 HLD
  • Gordon Graceffo Middle 0.1 7 0 0 SV inherited 2, 1 scored
Astros HOME 5

Mike Burrows started for Astros, leaving trailing 1–4. Out of the bullpen, Bryan King took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Mike Burrows Starter 4.2 87 4 7
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Mike Burrows threw
    CSW 34% 1st-pitch strike 58% 4.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Changeup 22 25% 1 5 6 6 4
    Four-Seam Fastball 20 23% 5 4 5 6 0
    Sinker 18 21% 2 5 4 4 3
    Slider 16 18% 2 3 1 7 3
    Curveball 11 13% 0 3 0 8 0
  • Steven Okert Setup 0.1 9 0 1 inherited 2, 1 scored
  • Kai-Wei Teng Middle 2.0 35 0 3
  • Enyel De Los Santos Setup 1.0 19 0 1
  • Bryan King Setup 2.0 40 3 1 L

Where the game turned

3 runs Top 10th · off King
  • Winn 2B (3)

Batting lines

AWAY · STL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
JJ Wetherholt 2B 4 0 1 2 0 2 .237 .381 .368 .749
Iván Herrera DH 5 1 1 1 0 2 .213 .388 .347 .735
Alec Burleson 1B 5 0 0 0 0 2 .280 .368 .451 .819
Jordan Walker RF 5 1 1 0 0 2 .305 .367 .646 1.013 2B
Ramón Urías 3B 0 1 0 0 0 0 .194 .326 .444 .770
Masyn Winn SS 5 1 3 3 0 2 .222 .338 .333 .671 2B
José Fermín CF 2 0 1 0 0 0 .278 .364 .500 .864 2B
Pedro Pagés C 4 1 1 0 1 1 .214 .277 .333 .610
Nolan Gorman 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .209 .276 .343 .619
Nathan Church LF 2 1 0 0 1 1 .208 .264 .292 .556
Victor Scott II CF 2 1 0 1 1 0 .226 .276 .245 .521
Yohel Pozo PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .188 .313
HOME · HOU
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Carlos Correa SS 3 0 0 1 1 0 .253 .345 .360 .705
Yordan Alvarez DH 5 1 1 1 0 0 .333 .471 .790 1.261 HR (10)
Jose Altuve 2B 5 1 3 1 0 0 .298 .404 .476 .880
Christian Walker 1B 3 1 0 0 2 1 .253 .355 .481 .836
Cam Smith RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .244 .341 .423 .764
Yainer Diaz C 4 0 1 0 0 1 .190 .224 .270 .494 2B
Dustin Harris LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .389 .286 .675
Taylor Trammell CF 4 2 2 0 0 1 .321 .387 .429 .816 3B
Isaac Paredes 3B 4 0 1 2 0 1 .190 .311 .254 .565
Shay Whitcomb LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .200 .444 .644

Pitching lines

AWAY · STL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Matthew Liberatore 6.0 3 1 1 2 4 0 82 3.67
Ryne Stanek 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7.71 HLD
JoJo Romero 0.2 2 3 3 1 0 1 25 2.25 HLD
Riley O'Brien 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 19 0.00 W
Justin Bruihl 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 6.75 HLD
Gordon Graceffo 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.84 SV
HOME · HOU
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Mike Burrows 4.2 3 4 4 2 7 0 87 6.75
Steven Okert 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 3.48
Kai-Wei Teng 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 35 1.98
Enyel De Los Santos 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 19 1.17
Bryan King 2.0 2 3 1 0 1 0 40 1.80 L

Manager comparison

AWAY · STL
Oliver Marmol
Oliver Marmol
Lineup 2.1 R Bunts 2.3 R IBBs 1.2 R
HOME · HOU
Joe Espada
Joe Espada
Lineup 3.9 R Bunts 1.1 R IBBs 0.5 R

Recent form

AWAY · STL
5-5 W2 -6 run diff
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HOME · HOU
6-4 L1 -5 run diff
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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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