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August 17, 2026 · NL Cent

St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds

August 17, 2026Great American Ball ParkCloudy 81°F · 8 mph, Out To CFGame 2 of doubleheader
AWAY
St. Louis Cardinals
64-62
5
vs
HOME
Cincinnati Reds
60-65
6

Game Highlights

Published August 17, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B1 Eugenio Suárez Eugenio Suárez out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Nathan Church. Elly De La Cruz scores. STL 0, CIN 1
T4 Iván Herrera Iván Herrera homers (14) on a fly ball to center field. STL 1, CIN 1
T4 Masyn Winn Masyn Winn singles on a ground ball to right fielder Héctor Rodríguez. Alec Burleson scores. Joshua Báez to 2nd. STL 2, CIN 1
T6 Nathan Church Nathan Church singles on a line drive to center fielder TJ Friedl. Jordan Walker scores. STL 3, CIN 1
T6 Blaze Jordan Blaze Jordan singles on a line drive to left fielder JJ Bleday. Nathan Church scores. Bryan Torres out at 3rd on the throw, left fielder JJ Bleday to third baseman Eugenio Suárez to shortstop Matt McLain. STL 4, CIN 1
B6 Michael Toglia Michael Toglia doubles (2) on a line drive to right fielder Joshua Báez. JJ Bleday scores. Eugenio Suárez to 3rd. STL 4, CIN 2
B6 Héctor Rodríguez Reds challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Héctor Rodríguez singles on a ground ball to center fielder Nathan Church. Eugenio Suárez scores. Michael Toglia scores. Héctor Rodríguez out at 2nd on the throw, center fielder Nathan Church to first baseman Alec Burleson to second baseman JJ Wetherholt. STL 4, CIN 4
T8 Bryan Torres Bryan Torres singles on a ground ball to left fielder JJ Bleday. Jordan Walker scores. Masyn Winn to 3rd. STL 5, CIN 4
B9 Dane Myers Dane Myers homers (5) on a fly ball to left center field. STL 5, CIN 5
B10 Elly De La Cruz Elly De La Cruz doubles (19) on a ground ball to left fielder José Fermín, deflected by third baseman Blaze Jordan. Tyler Stephenson scores. STL 5, CIN 6

Box score

  12345678910 R
STL 0002020100 5
CIN 1000030010 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 5

Andre Pallante started for Cardinals, leaving with the game tied 4–4. Out of the bullpen, Peter Strzelecki took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Andre Pallante Starter 6.0 88 4 5
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Andre Pallante threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 52% 3.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 28 32% 2 5 5 9 7
    Slider 26 30% 4 4 5 10 3
    Knuckle Curve 18 20% 3 4 3 6 2
    Sinker 13 15% 0 0 2 4 7
    Splitter 3 3% 1 1 0 1 0
  • Peter Strzelecki Middle 3.0 46 1 4
  • Justin Bruihl Middle 0.0 6 1 0 L
Reds HOME 6

Rhett Lowder started for Reds, leaving with the game tied 4–4. Out of the bullpen, Brock Burke took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Rhett Lowder Starter 6.2 99 4 5
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Rhett Lowder threw
    CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 72% 3.4 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 32 32% 1 8 5 9 9
    Slider 22 22% 2 3 3 8 6
    Changeup 20 20% 0 4 3 11 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 17 17% 1 1 5 6 4
    Curveball 8 8% 0 3 1 3 1
  • Brock Burke Setup 1.1 30 1 3
  • Zach McCambley Reliever 1.0 15 0 2
  • Emilio Pagán Closer 1.0 17 0 2 W

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 10th · off Bruihl
  • Cruz 2B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · STL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
JJ Wetherholt 2B 5 0 2 0 0 2 .244 .349 .375 .724
Alec Burleson 1B 5 1 1 0 0 1 .289 .355 .493 .848
Jordan Walker DH 5 2 3 0 0 1 .289 .347 .500 .847 2B, SB
Joshua Báez RF 5 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .211 .667 .878
José Fermín LF 1 0 0 0 1 0 .238 .313 .351 .664
Masyn Winn SS 4 0 1 1 1 3 .236 .313 .314 .627
Everson Pereira CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .234 .305 .447 .752
Blaze Jordan 3B 4 0 1 1 0 1 .253 .278 .386 .664
Iván Herrera C 4 1 1 1 1 2 .248 .363 .391 .754 HR (14)
Nathan Church CF 3 1 1 1 0 0 .234 .279 .355 .634
Bryan Torres LF 3 0 1 1 1 0 .229 .292 .385 .677
HOME · CIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Elly De La Cruz DH 4 1 2 1 1 1 .261 .344 .475 .819 2B
Sal Stewart 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .258 .333 .473 .806
JJ Bleday LF 4 1 3 0 0 1 .223 .336 .443 .779
Michael Toglia 1B 4 1 1 1 0 1 .158 .238 .263 .501 2B
Matt McLain SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 .194 .293 .345 .638
Héctor Rodríguez RF 4 0 1 2 0 1 .107 .194 .143 .337
Dane Myers CF 1 1 1 1 0 0 .259 .354 .376 .730 HR (5)
Tyler Stephenson C 1 1 0 0 0 0 .248 .331 .419 .750
Eugenio Suárez 3B 3 1 3 1 0 0 .210 .288 .419 .707 2B
Jose Trevino C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .242 .250 .394 .644
TJ Friedl CF 3 0 0 0 0 2 .158 .242 .237 .479

Pitching lines

AWAY · STL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Andre Pallante 6.0 10 4 4 1 5 0 88 3.57
Peter Strzelecki 3.0 2 1 1 0 4 1 46 3.86
Justin Bruihl 0.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 3.26 L
HOME · CIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Rhett Lowder 6.2 8 4 4 2 5 1 99 5.17
Brock Burke 1.1 2 1 1 1 3 0 30 2.80
Zach McCambley 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 15 4.15
Emilio Pagán 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 17 3.81 W

Manager comparison

AWAY · STL
Oliver Marmol
Oliver Marmol
Lineup 3.5 R Bunts 2.6 R IBBs 3.0 R
HOME · CIN
Terry Francona
Terry Francona
Lineup 3.0 R Bunts 2.2 R IBBs 4.4 R

Recent form

AWAY · STL
4-6 W1 +1 run diff
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HOME · CIN
4-6 W1 -33 run diff
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Season series: 3-2 with STL listed first across 5 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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