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May 23, 2026 · NL Cent

St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds

May 23, 2026Great American Ball ParkPartly Cloudy 74°F · 5 mph, Out To LFGame 2 of doubleheader
AWAY
St. Louis Cardinals
29-22
6
vs
HOME
Cincinnati Reds
27-25
7

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T2 Masyn Winn Masyn Winn out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder TJ Friedl. Jordan Walker scores. STL 1, CIN 0
B5 Elly De La Cruz Elly De La Cruz homers (12) on a fly ball to left center field. P.J. Higgins scores. Blake Dunn scores. STL 1, CIN 3
B5 Nathaniel Lowe Nathaniel Lowe homers (8) on a fly ball to center field. Sal Stewart scores. STL 1, CIN 5
T6 Jordan Walker Jordan Walker homers (15) on a fly ball to center field. Iván Herrera scores. Alec Burleson scores. STL 4, CIN 5
B6 Dane Myers Dane Myers doubles (3) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Bryan Torres. Spencer Steer scores. STL 4, CIN 6
T9 José Fermín José Fermín homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. STL 5, CIN 6
T9 Jordan Walker Jordan Walker singles on a ground ball to left fielder Spencer Steer. Victor Scott II scores. Alec Burleson to 2nd. STL 6, CIN 6
B11 Blake Dunn Umpire reviewed (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Blake Dunn reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by shortstop Masyn Winn. Spencer Steer scores. Dane Myers to 2nd. STL 6, CIN 7

Box score

  1234567891011 R
STL 01000300200 6
CIN 00005100001 7

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 6

Kyle Leahy started for Cardinals, leaving trailing 1–5. Out of the bullpen, Justin Bruihl took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Kyle Leahy Starter 5.0 87 5 8
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Kyle Leahy threw
    CSW 29% 1st-pitch strike 63% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 27 31% 3 1 4 12 7
    Changeup 16 18% 4 1 4 5 2
    Sweeper 14 16% 3 2 1 7 1
    Curveball 12 14% 2 3 1 5 1
    Slider 9 10% 0 2 1 4 2
    Sinker 9 10% 0 4 2 2 1
  • Justin Bruihl Setup 0.1 13 1 0
  • Gordon Graceffo Middle 0.2 17 0 1 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Ryan Fernandez Reliever 2.0 24 0 4
  • JoJo Romero Setup 1.0 12 0 1
  • Riley O'Brien Closer 1.1 20 1 2 L inherited 2, stranded 2
Reds HOME 7

Chase Petty started for Reds, leaving trailing 0–1. Out of the bullpen, Tony Santillan took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Chase Petty Starter 5.0 62 4 1
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Chase Petty threw
    CSW 16% 1st-pitch strike 68% 2.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 20 32% 1 2 5 4 8
    Slider 14 23% 1 2 2 3 6
    Four-Seam Fastball 11 18% 1 3 2 4 1
    Changeup 10 16% 0 0 2 5 3
    Sweeper 7 11% 0 0 0 6 1
  • Brock Burke Setup 1.1 26 0 0 HLD
  • Graham Ashcraft Reliever 1.2 29 0 3 HLD inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Tony Santillan Setup 1.0 28 2 1 BS
  • Pierce Johnson Reliever 2.0 23 0 1 W

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 11th · off O'Brien
  • Dunn Fielders Choice (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · STL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
JJ Wetherholt 2B 5 0 1 0 1 1 .237 .356 .402 .758
Iván Herrera DH 5 1 1 0 0 1 .267 .393 .435 .828
Alec Burleson 1B 4 1 1 0 1 0 .294 .365 .469 .834 2B
Jordan Walker RF 4 2 3 4 1 1 .302 .372 .594 .966 HR (15), 2B
Masyn Winn SS 4 0 0 1 0 0 .240 .321 .329 .650
Bryan Torres LF 4 0 1 0 1 1 .375 .500 .750 1.250
Yohel Pozo C 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 .241 .276 .517
Victor Scott II CF 4 1 0 0 1 1 .197 .259 .268 .527
Nolan Gorman 3B 5 0 1 0 0 1 .222 .307 .353 .660
Pedro Pagés C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .213 .259 .352 .611
José Fermín PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 .232 .313 .393 .706 HR (2)
HOME · CIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Blake Dunn RF 6 1 2 1 0 2 .351 .400 .541 .941
Elly De La Cruz SS 4 1 2 3 1 2 .288 .355 .529 .884 HR (12)
JJ Bleday DH 5 0 0 0 0 3 .271 .376 .576 .952
Sal Stewart 1B 2 1 0 0 3 1 .256 .352 .487 .839
Eugenio Suárez 3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 .223 .298 .351 .649
Matt McLain 2B 5 0 0 0 0 2 .202 .301 .333 .634
Spencer Steer LF 3 2 1 0 0 1 .271 .340 .446 .786 2B
P.J. Higgins C 3 1 1 0 0 2 .294 .316 .294 .610
Dane Myers CF 2 0 1 1 1 0 .243 .352 .405 .757 2B
Nathaniel Lowe 1B 4 1 2 2 0 1 .268 .333 .554 .887 HR (8)
Will Benson RF 2 0 1 0 0 1 .179 .319 .308 .627
TJ Friedl LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .176 .255 .257 .512

Pitching lines

AWAY · STL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Kyle Leahy 5.0 7 5 5 2 8 2 87 4.44
Justin Bruihl 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 13 5.56
Gordon Graceffo 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 1.65
Ryan Fernandez 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 0 24 1.17
JoJo Romero 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 12 2.92
Riley O'Brien 1.1 0 1 0 1 2 0 20 2.96 L
HOME · CIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Chase Petty 5.0 6 4 4 1 1 1 62 5.91
Brock Burke 1.1 0 0 0 2 0 0 26 3.38 HLD
Graham Ashcraft 1.2 1 0 0 0 3 0 29 3.46 HLD
Tony Santillan 1.0 2 2 2 2 1 1 28 5.85 BS
Pierce Johnson 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23 3.38 W

Manager comparison

AWAY · STL
Oliver Marmol
Oliver Marmol
Lineup 1.9 R Bunts 2.3 R IBBs 1.2 R
HOME · CIN
Terry Francona
Terry Francona
Lineup 1.6 R Bunts 1.5 R IBBs 2.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · STL
7-3 L1 +26 run diff
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HOME · CIN
2-8 L1 -20 run diff
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Season series: 4-1 with STL listed first across 7 prior meetings.

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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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