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August 20, 2026 · NL Cent

St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds

August 20, 2026Great American Ball ParkPartly Cloudy 75°F · 3 mph, Out To CF
AWAY
St. Louis Cardinals
66-63
10
vs
HOME
Cincinnati Reds
61-67
9

Game Highlights

Published August 20, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Jordan Walker Jordan Walker grounds out, second baseman Sal Stewart to first baseman Michael Toglia. JJ Wetherholt scores. Iván Herrera to 2nd. STL 1, CIN 0
T3 Jordan Walker Jordan Walker homers (26) on a fly ball to center field. JJ Wetherholt scores. Iván Herrera scores. STL 4, CIN 0
B6 JJ Bleday JJ Bleday singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jordan Walker. Héctor Rodríguez scores. Ke'Bryan Hayes to 3rd. Sal Stewart to 2nd. STL 4, CIN 1
B6 Matt McLain Matt McLain hits a grand slam (12) to left field. Ke'Bryan Hayes scores. Sal Stewart scores. JJ Bleday scores. STL 4, CIN 5
T9 JJ Wetherholt JJ Wetherholt reaches on a fielding error by center fielder Dane Myers. José Fermín scores. Masyn Winn scores. JJ Wetherholt to 2nd. STL 6, CIN 5
T9 Alec Burleson Alec Burleson singles on a ground ball to right fielder JJ Bleday. JJ Wetherholt scores. Iván Herrera to 3rd. STL 7, CIN 5
T9 Joshua Báez Joshua Báez walks. Iván Herrera scores. Alec Burleson to 3rd. Jordan Walker to 2nd. STL 8, CIN 5
T9 José Fermín José Fermín singles on a ground ball to left fielder TJ Friedl. Alec Burleson scores. Jordan Walker scores. Joshua Báez to 2nd. STL 10, CIN 5
B9 Eugenio Suárez Eugenio Suárez singles on a line drive to center fielder Everson Pereira. Matt McLain scores. Dane Myers to 2nd. STL 10, CIN 6
B9 Sal Stewart Sal Stewart singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder José Fermín. Dane Myers scores. Eugenio Suárez scores. Elly De La Cruz to 2nd. STL 10, CIN 8
B9 Tyler Stephenson Tyler Stephenson walks. Elly De La Cruz scores. Sal Stewart to 3rd. JJ Bleday to 2nd. STL 10, CIN 9

Box score

  123456789 R
STL 103000004 8
CIN 000005000 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 10

Michael McGreevy started for Cardinals, leaving trailing 4–5. Out of the bullpen, George Soriano took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Michael McGreevy Starter 5.1 90 3 4
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Michael McGreevy threw
    CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 40% 4.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Changeup 18 20% 4 1 2 7 4
    Four-Seam Fastball 16 18% 0 3 4 9 0
    Curveball 15 17% 2 2 4 4 3
    Sinker 15 17% 1 3 1 7 3
    Sweeper 13 14% 0 0 2 7 4
    Cutter 10 11% 1 2 3 4 0
    Slider 3 3% 1 1 0 1 0
  • Ryne Stanek Setup 0.2 19 2 2 BS inherited 3, all 3 scored
  • Peter Strzelecki Middle 2.0 31 0 1 W
  • George Soriano Setup 0.2 25 4 2
  • Riley O'Brien Closer 0.1 15 0 0 SV inherited 3, all 3 scored
Reds HOME 9

Brady Singer started for Reds, leaving trailing 0–4. Out of the bullpen, Brock Burke took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Brady Singer Starter 6.0 103 4 3
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Brady Singer threw
    CSW 21% 1st-pitch strike 69% 4.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 65 63% 6 10 19 20 10
    Slider 23 22% 2 2 3 11 5
    Sweeper 9 9% 2 0 2 3 2
    Cutter 6 6% 0 0 0 3 3
  • Julian Garcia Middle 1.0 8 0 0 HLD
  • Tejay Antone Middle 1.0 14 0 1 HLD
  • Brock Burke Setup 0.2 31 6 1 L
  • Zach Maxwell Middle 0.1 5 0 1 inherited 3, 2 scored

Where the game turned

2 runs Top 9th · off Burke
  • Wetherholt E

Batting lines

AWAY · STL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
JJ Wetherholt 2B 4 3 1 0 0 0 .243 .348 .373 .721
Iván Herrera DH 3 2 1 0 2 0 .244 .361 .384 .745
Alec Burleson 1B 4 1 1 1 0 1 .288 .355 .489 .844
Jordan Walker RF 4 2 1 4 1 1 .288 .348 .506 .854 HR (26)
José Fermín LF 2 1 2 2 0 0 .248 .322 .366 .688
Masyn Winn SS 1 1 0 0 0 1 .238 .314 .326 .640
Blaze Jordan 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .243 .271 .367 .638
Everson Pereira CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .232 .302 .442 .744
Joshua Báez LF 3 0 0 1 2 1 .160 .267 .520 .787
Nathan Church CF 3 0 1 0 0 1 .235 .280 .355 .635
Bryan Torres 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .237 .302 .386 .688
Jimmy Crooks C 2 0 0 0 1 0 .174 .252 .314 .566
HOME · CIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Elly De La Cruz DH 3 1 1 0 2 1 .259 .343 .467 .810 SB
Sal Stewart 2B 4 1 1 2 1 1 .259 .335 .474 .809
JJ Bleday RF 3 1 1 1 2 1 .219 .333 .433 .766
Tyler Stephenson C 4 0 0 1 1 2 .239 .323 .404 .727
Matt McLain SS 4 2 1 4 1 0 .200 .298 .358 .656 HR (12)
Michael Toglia 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .115 .179 .192 .371
Dane Myers CF 3 1 0 0 1 0 .256 .350 .367 .717
TJ Friedl LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .157 .240 .235 .475
Eugenio Suárez PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 .208 .289 .413 .702
Héctor Rodríguez RF 3 1 1 0 0 1 .118 .189 .147 .336
Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B 3 1 1 0 0 0 .152 .204 .255 .459

Pitching lines

AWAY · STL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Michael McGreevy 5.1 3 3 3 2 4 0 90 3.54
Ryne Stanek 0.2 2 2 2 0 2 1 19 4.68 BS
Peter Strzelecki 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 31 3.29 W
George Soriano 0.2 1 4 4 3 2 0 25 4.18
Riley O'Brien 0.1 1 0 0 2 0 0 15 2.94 SV
HOME · CIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Brady Singer 6.0 5 4 4 1 3 1 103 4.72
Julian Garcia 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 2.93 HLD
Tejay Antone 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 3.51 HLD
Brock Burke 0.2 2 6 0 3 1 0 31 2.73 L
Zach Maxwell 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 8.31

Manager comparison

AWAY · STL
Oliver Marmol
Oliver Marmol
Lineup 3.7 R Bunts 2.6 R IBBs 3.1 R
HOME · CIN
Terry Francona
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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