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St. Louis Cardinals @ Houston Astros

2026-02-22 · Spring Training · Day game · Att: 2598 · 86°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 4 mph, L To R · 2:35

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Houston Astros 6–5. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 2nd — Jack Winkler homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. St. Louis Cardinals took the lead in the 3rd — Yohel Pozo doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Taylor Trammell. Thomas Saggese scores. Jordan Walker scores. Nelson Velázquez to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Justin Thomas Jr. called out on strikes — worth 24% in win probability.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	9
HOU	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	8	2

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Victor Scott CF	2	0	0	0	0	1
Miguel Ugueto CF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Saggese SS	3	1	1	1	0	1
Brody Moore SS	2	0	1	0	0	0
Jordan Walker RF	2	2	1	0	1	0
Colton Ledbetter RF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Antico LF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Nelson Velazquez LF	2	2	1	0	1	0
Yohel Pozo C	2	0	1	2	1	0
Andy Yerzy C	2	0	1	0	0	0
Ian Petrutz PR	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ramon Mendoza 2B	2	0	1	0	0	1
Cesar Prieto 3B	3	0	0	2	0	0
Bryan Torres 2B	2	0	0	0	1	1
Cade McGee 3B	2	0	1	0	0	0
Blaze Jordan 1B	2	0	0	0	1	1
Josh Kross 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chase Davis DH	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rainiel Rodriguez DH	2	1	1	0	1	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Riley Unroe 2B	3	0	2	1	0	1
Jeremy Pena SS	2	0	0	0	0	1
Josh Wakefield LF	2	0	1	1	0	1
Taylor Trammell LF	2	0	0	0	1	0
Justin Thomas Jr. CF	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jake Meyers CF	3	0	1	1	0	1
Ethan Frey DH	3	0	0	0	1	2
Chase Call RF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Lucas Spence RF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Winkler 3B	2	1	1	1	0	0
Pascanel Ferreras 3B	1	1	0	0	1	1
Jax Biggers 2B	2	0	0	0	0	1
German Ramirez SS	1	1	0	0	1	0
Collin Price 1B	2	0	1	0	0	0
Zach Daudet 1B	1	1	1	0	1	0
John Garcia C	1	0	0	1	0	1
Walker Janek C	2	1	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Chris Roycroft	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
Gerson Moreno	1.0	1	0	0	0	2
Mason Burns	0.1	0	3	3	3	0
Max Rajcic	2.0	0	0	0	0	1
Kyle Leahy	2.0	1	1	1	0	3
Nick Raquet	1.0	1	0	0	0	2
Scott Blewett	1.0	2	1	1	2	1
Darlin Saladin	0.2	2	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching