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August 26, 2026 · NL Cent

Baltimore Orioles vs St. Louis Cardinals

August 26, 2026Busch StadiumClear 87°F · 7 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Baltimore Orioles
65-68
8
vs
HOME
St. Louis Cardinals
66-68
7

Game Highlights

Published August 26, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Christian Encarnacion-Strand Christian Encarnacion-Strand singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jordan Walker. Gunnar Henderson scores. Samuel Basallo to 3rd. BAL 1, STL 0
T1 Dylan Beavers Dylan Beavers singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jordan Walker. Samuel Basallo scores. Christian Encarnacion-Strand to 2nd. BAL 2, STL 0
T1 Leody Taveras Leody Taveras homers (8) on a fly ball to right center field. Christian Encarnacion-Strand scores. Dylan Beavers scores. BAL 5, STL 0
T2 Pete Alonso Pete Alonso homers (32) on a fly ball to right field. Carlos Narváez scores. BAL 7, STL 0
B2 Nolan Gorman Nolan Gorman homers (8) on a fly ball to right center field. BAL 7, STL 1
B5 Alec Burleson Alec Burleson singles on a ground ball to center fielder Colton Cowser. Bryan Torres scores. JJ Wetherholt scores. Iván Herrera to 2nd. BAL 7, STL 3
B5 Jordan Walker Jordan Walker doubles (29) on a ground ball to left fielder Dylan Beavers. Iván Herrera scores. Alec Burleson to 3rd. BAL 7, STL 4
B5 Nathan Church Nathan Church doubles (11) on a fly ball to left fielder Dylan Beavers. Alec Burleson scores. Jordan Walker scores. BAL 7, STL 6
B5 José Fermín José Fermín grounds out, shortstop Gunnar Henderson to first baseman Samuel Basallo. Nathan Church scores. BAL 7, STL 7
T9 Christian Encarnacion-Strand Christian Encarnacion-Strand doubles (6) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Nathan Church. Luis Vázquez scores. BAL 8, STL 7

Box score

  123456789 R
BAL 520000001 8
STL 010060000 7

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 8

Kyle Bradish started for Orioles, leaving with the game tied 7–7.

workload · innings pitched
  • Kyle Bradish Starter 4.1 91 7 4
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Kyle Bradish threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 70% 4.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 44 48% 3 10 11 12 8
    Slider 18 20% 4 0 3 6 5
    Curveball 18 20% 1 3 5 5 4
    Four-Seam Fastball 11 12% 1 3 3 4 0
  • Alex Hoppe Middle 0.2 12 0 0 inherited 1, all 1 scored
  • Josh Walker Middle 0.2 11 0 1
  • Rico Garcia Setup 1.1 26 0 2 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Grant Wolfram Setup 1.0 26 0 0 W
  • Andrew Kittredge Middle 1.0 25 0 0 SV
Cardinals HOME 7

Michael McGreevy started for Cardinals, leaving trailing 1–7. Out of the bullpen, Riley O'Brien took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Michael McGreevy Starter 5.0 84 7 3
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Michael McGreevy threw
    CSW 17% 1st-pitch strike 64% 3.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 19 23% 1 4 2 6 6
    Curveball 14 17% 0 3 2 7 2
    Changeup 13 15% 1 0 1 9 2
    Sinker 11 13% 2 0 3 4 2
    Cutter 10 12% 0 1 2 4 3
    Slider 9 11% 0 0 2 3 4
    Sweeper 8 10% 0 2 1 2 3
  • Luis Gastelum Middle 1.0 13 0 3
  • Ryne Stanek Setup 1.0 14 0 1
  • George Soriano Setup 1.0 10 0 0
  • Riley O'Brien Closer 1.0 17 1 0 L

Where the game turned

1 run Top 9th · off O'Brien
  • Encarnacion-Strand 2B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · BAL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jackson Holliday 2B 5 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .319 .352 .671
Pete Alonso DH 4 1 1 2 1 1 .276 .365 .516 .881 HR (32)
Gunnar Henderson SS 5 1 1 0 0 1 .218 .302 .390 .692
Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B 5 1 4 2 0 1 .264 .301 .519 .820 2 2B
Dylan Beavers LF 4 1 2 1 1 0 .250 .328 .395 .723 2B
Leody Taveras RF 5 1 1 3 0 0 .228 .299 .363 .662 HR (8)
Colton Cowser CF 4 0 2 0 1 0 .223 .318 .374 .692
Carlos Narváez C 2 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .245 .242 .487
Samuel Basallo 1B 4 1 2 0 1 2 .236 .301 .439 .740
HOME · STL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
JJ Wetherholt SS 4 1 1 0 1 0 .245 .348 .376 .724
Iván Herrera DH 4 1 3 0 1 1 .246 .361 .381 .742
Alec Burleson 1B 5 1 1 2 0 1 .291 .355 .484 .839
Jordan Walker RF 4 1 1 1 1 1 .285 .344 .502 .846 2B
Nathan Church CF 4 1 1 2 1 1 .243 .287 .376 .663 2B, SB
José Fermín LF 5 0 0 1 0 1 .239 .309 .363 .672
Ramón Urías 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .152 .260 .288 .548
Blaze Jordan 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246 .276 .366 .642
Pedro Pagés C 0 0 0 0 1 0 .214 .266 .318 .584
Nolan Gorman 3B 3 1 1 1 0 0 .192 .275 .327 .602 HR (8)
Bryan Torres LF 3 1 3 0 0 0 .252 .311 .390 .701 SB
Jimmy Crooks C 2 0 0 0 0 1 .171 .245 .302 .547
Joshua Báez PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .146 .217 .439 .656

Pitching lines

AWAY · BAL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Kyle Bradish 4.1 9 7 7 2 4 1 91 4.03
Alex Hoppe 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4.58
Josh Walker 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 2.45
Rico Garcia 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 0 26 3.16
Grant Wolfram 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 26 5.05 W
Andrew Kittredge 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 25 3.35 SV
HOME · STL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Michael McGreevy 5.0 10 7 7 2 3 2 84 3.86
Luis Gastelum 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13 5.16
Ryne Stanek 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 4.50
George Soriano 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 4.03
Riley O'Brien 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 17 4.02 L

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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