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August 8, 2026 · NL Cent

Colorado Rockies vs St. Louis Cardinals

August 8, 2026Busch StadiumClear 87°F · 3 mph, R To L
AWAY
Colorado Rockies
46-71
8
vs
HOME
St. Louis Cardinals
58-59
6

Game Highlights

Published August 8, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Jake McCarthy Jake McCarthy homers (12) on a fly ball to right center field. COL 1, STL 0
B1 José Fermín José Fermín doubles (11) on a ground ball to left fielder Jake McCarthy. Iván Herrera scores. Alec Burleson scores. COL 1, STL 2
T3 Cole Carrigg Cole Carrigg doubles (12) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Nathan Church. Jake McCarthy scores. Kyle Karros scores. COL 3, STL 2
T3 Hunter Goodman Hunter Goodman singles on a fly ball to right fielder Jordan Walker. Cole Carrigg scores. COL 4, STL 2
T5 TJ Rumfield TJ Rumfield singles on a ground ball to left fielder Everson Pereira. Cole Carrigg scores. COL 5, STL 2
B5 Masyn Winn Masyn Winn out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Cole Carrigg. Iván Herrera scores. COL 5, STL 3
T6 Jake McCarthy Jake McCarthy homers (13) on a fly ball to center field. Ezequiel Tovar scores. COL 7, STL 3
B6 Iván Herrera Iván Herrera singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Jake McCarthy. Everson Pereira scores. COL 7, STL 4
B8 Jordan Walker Jordan Walker homers (23) on a fly ball to left center field. COL 7, STL 5
T9 Kyle Karros Kyle Karros out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Everson Pereira. Jake McCarthy scores. COL 8, STL 5
B9 Nathan Church Nathan Church singles on a line drive to right fielder Jordan Beck. José Fermín scores. COL 8, STL 6

Box score

  123456789 R
COL 103012001 8
STL 200011011 6

Pitching & bullpen

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

Rockies AWAY 8

Kyle Freeland started for Rockies, leaving with a 5–3 lead. Out of the bullpen, Jimmy Herget took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Kyle Freeland Starter 4.1 101 3 3
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Kyle Freeland threw
    CSW 25% 1st-pitch strike 57% 4.4 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Knuckle Curve 31 31% 1 6 5 14 5
    Four-Seam Fastball 21 21% 1 6 6 7 1
    Cutter 20 20% 5 2 7 5 1
    Sinker 13 13% 0 1 3 5 4
    Sweeper 9 9% 1 0 1 3 4
    Changeup 7 7% 0 2 1 3 1
  • Juan Mejia Middle 0.2 13 0 0 inherited 3, 1 scored
  • Jimmy Herget Middle 0.2 15 1 0
  • Parker Mushinski Middle 1.1 20 0 0 W inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Brennan Bernardino Middle 1.0 14 1 1 HLD
  • Jordan Romano Closer 1.0 22 1 1 SV
Cardinals HOME 6

Matthew Liberatore started for Cardinals, leaving trailing 2–5. Out of the bullpen, Luis Gastelum took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Matthew Liberatore Starter 5.0 94 5 3 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Matthew Liberatore threw
    CSW 22% 1st-pitch strike 63% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 25 27% 0 4 9 6 6
    Slider 23 24% 3 1 4 13 2
    Changeup 19 20% 1 1 5 5 7
    Sinker 11 12% 0 6 3 1 1
    Curveball 11 12% 2 1 1 6 1
    Cutter 5 5% 1 1 0 2 1
  • Luis Gastelum Middle 2.0 33 2 2
  • Peter Strzelecki Middle 2.0 30 1 0

Where the game turned

2 runs Top 3rd · off Liberatore
  • Carrigg 2B (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · COL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jake McCarthy LF 5 4 4 3 0 0 .305 .341 .516 .857 2 HR (12, 13), 2 SB
Kyle Karros 3B 2 1 0 1 1 0 .267 .366 .422 .788 2 SB
Cole Carrigg CF 5 2 2 2 0 1 .296 .379 .506 .885 2 2B, SB
Hunter Goodman C 4 0 1 1 0 1 .252 .319 .539 .858
TJ Rumfield 1B 3 0 2 1 1 0 .299 .377 .464 .841
Willi Castro 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .263 .332 .425 .757
Jordan Beck RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .200 .238 .337 .575
Mickey Moniak DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 .277 .316 .568 .884
Ezequiel Tovar SS 3 1 1 0 1 1 .206 .253 .332 .585
Tyler Freeman DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 .247 .317 .314 .631
HOME · STL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
JJ Wetherholt 2B 5 0 1 0 0 1 .246 .349 .383 .732
Jordan Walker RF 5 1 1 1 0 0 .283 .341 .492 .833 HR (23)
Iván Herrera C 5 2 3 1 0 0 .244 .357 .386 .743 2 2B
Alec Burleson 1B 4 1 0 0 1 3 .283 .348 .473 .821
José Fermín DH 2 1 2 2 3 0 .243 .311 .364 .675 2B, SB
Masyn Winn SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 .239 .318 .319 .637
Bryan Torres 3B 2 0 0 0 1 0 .224 .287 .398 .685
Nathan Church CF 5 0 1 1 0 0 .234 .281 .361 .642
César Prieto PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Blaze Jordan 3B 2 0 1 0 0 0 .255 .279 .372 .651
Everson Pereira LF 2 1 0 0 1 0 .220 .293 .427 .720

Pitching lines

AWAY · COL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Kyle Freeland 4.1 5 3 1 3 3 0 101 6.63
Juan Mejia 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 5.29
Jimmy Herget 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 15 6.75
Parker Mushinski 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 20 0.00 W
Brennan Bernardino 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14 2.64 HLD
Jordan Romano 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 22 6.62 SV
HOME · STL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Matthew Liberatore 5.0 9 5 5 2 3 1 94 5.15 L
Luis Gastelum 2.0 1 2 2 1 2 1 33 8.10
Peter Strzelecki 2.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 30 5.40

Manager comparison

AWAY · COL
Warren Schaeffer
Warren Schaeffer
Lineup 3.9 R Bunts 2.8 R IBBs 3.6 R
HOME · STL
Oliver Marmol
Oliver Marmol
Lineup 3.7 R Bunts 2.6 R IBBs 3.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · COL
2-8 L1 -23 run diff
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HOME · STL
4-6 W1 -12 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 with COL listed first across 3 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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