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Baltimore Orioles vs St. Louis Cardinals

August 25, 2026Busch StadiumPartly Cloudy 84°F · 5 mph, R To L
AWAY
Baltimore Orioles
64-68
13
vs
HOME
St. Louis Cardinals
66-67
1

Game Highlights

Published August 25, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T3 Pete Alonso Pete Alonso homers (31) on a fly ball to left center field. Leody Taveras scores. Jackson Holliday scores. BAL 3, STL 0
T3 Christian Encarnacion-Strand Christian Encarnacion-Strand homers (7) on a fly ball to left center field. BAL 4, STL 0
B3 Nathan Church Nathan Church homers (10) on a fly ball to right center field. BAL 4, STL 1
T5 Coby Mayo Coby Mayo singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Joshua Báez, deflected by shortstop JJ Wetherholt. Jackson Holliday scores. Pete Alonso to 3rd. Gunnar Henderson to 2nd. BAL 5, STL 1
T5 Christian Encarnacion-Strand Christian Encarnacion-Strand singles on a ground ball to left fielder Joshua Báez. Pete Alonso scores. Gunnar Henderson scores. Coby Mayo to 2nd. BAL 7, STL 1
T5 Dylan Beavers Dylan Beavers walks. Coby Mayo scores. Christian Encarnacion-Strand to 3rd. Christian Franklin to 2nd. BAL 8, STL 1
T5 Leody Taveras Leody Taveras singles on a line drive to right fielder Jordan Walker. Christian Encarnacion-Strand scores. Christian Franklin scores. Dylan Beavers to 2nd. BAL 10, STL 1
T5 Jackson Holliday Jackson Holliday singles on a ground ball to center fielder Nathan Church. Dylan Beavers scores. Leody Taveras to 3rd. BAL 11, STL 1
T5 Pete Alonso Pete Alonso doubles (24) on a ground ball to left fielder Joshua Báez. Leody Taveras scores. Jackson Holliday to 3rd. BAL 12, STL 1
T6 Dylan Beavers Dylan Beavers doubles (14) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Nathan Church. Christian Franklin scores. BAL 13, STL 1

Box score

  123456789 R
BAL 004081000 13
STL 001000000 1

Pitching & bullpen

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

Orioles AWAY 13

Chris Bassitt started for Orioles, leaving with a 13–1 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Chris Bassitt Starter 6.2 99 1 5 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Chris Bassitt threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 50% 3.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 44 44% 1 13 11 11 8
    Cutter 18 18% 2 2 5 7 2
    Curveball 16 16% 3 1 2 4 6
    Sweeper 9 9% 1 1 2 3 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 5 5% 0 0 3 1 1
    Slider 4 4% 1 1 0 2 0
    Changeup 3 3% 0 1 1 0 1
  • Yennier Cano Middle 0.1 5 0 0 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Anthony Nunez Middle 2.0 27 0 5
Cardinals HOME 1

Matthew Liberatore started for Cardinals, leaving trailing 1–4. Out of the bullpen, Peter Strzelecki took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Matthew Liberatore Starter 4.0 91 8 7 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Matthew Liberatore threw
    CSW 35% 1st-pitch strike 50% 4.1 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Slider 37 41% 5 9 3 17 3
    Four-Seam Fastball 18 20% 1 5 4 2 6
    Curveball 17 19% 2 4 3 8 0
    Sinker 8 9% 1 3 1 2 1
    Cutter 6 7% 0 1 0 2 3
    Changeup 3 3% 1 0 0 1 1
    Sweeper 2 2% 0 0 1 1 0
  • Peter Strzelecki Middle 0.1 31 4 1 inherited 3, all 3 scored
  • Caleb Ferguson Middle 1.2 27 1 3 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Ryan Fernandez Middle 2.0 22 0 2
  • Pedro Pagés Reliever 1.0 8 0 0

Where the game turned

3 runs Top 3rd · off Liberatore
  • Alonso HR (3)

Batting lines

AWAY · BAL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jackson Holliday 2B 6 2 3 1 0 0 .236 .325 .360 .685
Carlos Narváez C 1 0 1 0 0 0 .169 .244 .244 .488 2B
Gunnar Henderson SS 4 1 0 0 1 1 .219 .302 .392 .694
Coby Mayo DH 5 1 1 1 0 2 .212 .275 .434 .709
Christian Encarnacion-Strand 3B 5 2 2 3 0 1 .238 .278 .485 .763 HR (7)
Samuel Basallo 1B 5 0 0 0 0 4 .233 .296 .439 .735
Christian Franklin CF 4 2 1 0 0 2 .172 .351 .241 .592 2B
Dylan Beavers LF 4 1 2 2 1 1 .246 .323 .388 .711 2B
Leody Taveras RF 5 2 2 2 0 2 .228 .300 .357 .657
Pete Alonso 1B 4 2 4 4 0 0 .276 .364 .512 .876 HR (31), 2B
HOME · STL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Blaze Jordan 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 .247 .277 .368 .645
Iván Herrera 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .242 .358 .378 .736
Jimmy Crooks C 1 0 0 0 0 1 .173 .248 .307 .555
Bryan Torres LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .233 .295 .375 .670
Joshua Báez RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .150 .222 .450 .672
Nolan Gorman DH 4 0 0 0 0 3 .190 .275 .312 .587
Ramón Urías 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .263 .292 .555
Nathan Church CF 3 1 2 1 0 0 .243 .285 .374 .659 HR (10)
José Fermín SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 .244 .314 .370 .684
JJ Wetherholt SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 .245 .347 .377 .724
Alec Burleson 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .291 .356 .487 .843
Jordan Walker RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .285 .343 .502 .845

Pitching lines

AWAY · BAL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Chris Bassitt 6.2 6 1 1 0 5 1 99 4.74 W
Yennier Cano 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.21
Anthony Nunez 2.0 1 0 0 0 5 0 27 4.31
HOME · STL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Matthew Liberatore 4.0 8 8 8 1 7 2 91 5.44 L
Peter Strzelecki 0.1 4 4 4 1 1 0 31 5.79
Caleb Ferguson 1.2 2 1 1 0 3 0 27 4.55
Ryan Fernandez 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 22 4.15
Pedro Pagés 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4.50

Manager comparison

AWAY · BAL
Craig Albernaz
Craig Albernaz
Lineup 3.3 R Bunts 1.5 R IBBs 3.9 R
HOME · STL
Oliver Marmol
Oliver Marmol
Lineup 3.7 R Bunts 2.6 R IBBs 3.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · BAL
5-5 L3 +0 run diff
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HOME · STL
4-6 W1 -12 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with BAL 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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