St. Louis Cardinals 3, Cincinnati Reds 0 — August 18, 2026

Game Highlights

Published August 18, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN	BATTER	PLAY	SCORE
T5	Masyn Winn	Masyn Winn homers (5) on a fly ball to left field.	STL 1, CIN 0
T7	José Fermín	José Fermín doubles (12) on a fly ball to left fielder JJ Bleday. Masyn Winn scores.	STL 2, CIN 0
T8	Joshua Báez	Joshua Báez out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Dane Myers. Jordan Walker scores.	STL 3, CIN 0

Box score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
STL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	3
CIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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 3

Kyle Leahy started for Cardinals, leaving with a 1–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Kyle Leahy Starter 5.0 90 0 6 W

Pitch-by-pitch: what Kyle Leahy threw

CSW 26% 1st-pitch strike 61% 5.0 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Four-Seam Fastball	20	22%	1	2	6	11	0
Curveball	17	19%	3	1	3	7	3
Slider	15	17%	4	2	2	4	3
Sinker	14	16%	1	4	4	2	3
Changeup	13	14%	2	1	3	5	2
Sweeper	11	12%	0	2	4	4	1

Ryne Stanek Setup 1.0 7 0 0 HLD
Gordon Graceffo Middle 1.0 15 0 1 HLD
George Soriano Setup 1.0 15 0 1 HLD
Riley O'Brien Closer 1.0 13 0 1 SV

Reds HOME 0

Andrew Abbott started for Reds, leaving trailing 0–2. Out of the bullpen, Zach Maxwell took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Andrew Abbott Starter 6.1 98 2 6 L

Pitch-by-pitch: what Andrew Abbott threw

CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 65% 3.8 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Four-Seam Fastball	37	38%	1	8	11	8	9
Changeup	22	22%	3	2	4	10	3
Sweeper	20	20%	4	2	6	5	3
Cutter	10	10%	1	2	5	0	2
Curveball	9	9%	0	1	0	7	1

Zach Maxwell Middle 2.2 38 1 2 inherited 1, stranded 1

Where the game turned

1 run Top 5th · off Abbott

Winn HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · STL

BATTER	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	NOTES
JJ Wetherholt 2B	5	0	0	0	0	2	.241	.346	.371	.717
Iván Herrera DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	.246	.361	.388	.749
Jordan Walker RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	.289	.347	.498	.845
Alec Burleson 1B	4	0	1	0	0	2	.289	.354	.493	.847	2B
Blaze Jordan 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.272	.377	.649
Masyn Winn SS	4	2	3	1	0	0	.241	.316	.330	.646	HR (5), 2 2B
Pedro Pagés C	3	0	1	0	1	1	.210	.256	.317	.573
Joshua Báez LF	3	0	0	1	0	1	.143	.174	.571	.745
José Fermín LF	3	0	1	1	1	0	.239	.316	.355	.671	2B

HOME · CIN

BATTER	AB	H	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Elly De La Cruz SS	4	0	0	2	.259	.341	.470	.811
Sal Stewart 1B	4	1	0	0	.258	.333	.471	.804
JJ Bleday LF	4	0	0	2	.220	.333	.438	.771
Eugenio Suárez DH	3	0	1	2	.208	.288	.415	.703
Tyler Stephenson C	3	0	0	3	.245	.329	.415	.744
Dane Myers CF	3	1	0	0	.260	.353	.375	.728
Matt McLain 2B	3	0	0	0	.192	.291	.341	.632
Héctor Rodríguez RF	3	0	0	0	.097	.176	.129	.305
Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B	3	1	0	0	.149	.202	.254	.456

Pitching lines

AWAY · STL

PITCHER	IP	H	BB	K	NP	ERA	DEC
Kyle Leahy	5.0	3	0	6	90	3.24	W
Ryne Stanek	1.0	0	0	0	7	4.38	HLD
Gordon Graceffo	1.0	0	1	1	15	3.16	HLD
George Soriano	1.0	0	0	1	15	3.58	HLD
Riley O'Brien	1.0	0	0	1	13	2.96	SV

HOME · CIN

PITCHER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	NP	ERA	DEC
Andrew Abbott	6.1	4	2	2	2	6	1	98	4.07	L
Zach Maxwell	2.2	3	1	1	0	2	0	38	8.53

Manager comparison

AWAY · STL

Oliver Marmol

Lineup 3.7 R Bunts 2.6 R IBBs 3.1 R

HOME · CIN

Terry Francona

Lineup 3.1 R Bunts 2.2 R IBBs 4.4 R

Recent form

AWAY · STL

4-6 W1 -12 run diff

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HOME · CIN

3-7 L2 -41 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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