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St. Louis Cardinals @ Houston Astros

2026-04-17 · Night game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 33086 · 73°F, Roof Closed · Wind 0 mph, None · 2:48

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Houston Astros 9–4. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 1st — Jordan Walker singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Taylor Trammell. JJ Wetherholt scores. Alec Burleson to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Nolan Gorman homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. Alec Burleson scores. Jordan Walker scores — worth 20% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	1	0	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	9	10	1
HOU	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	8	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
JJ Wetherholt 2B	3	3	1	0	1	0
Ivan Herrera DH	4	2	2	3	0	0
Alec Burleson 1B	4	1	2	0	1	1
Jordan Walker RF	4	1	1	1	1	2
Nolan Gorman 3B	5	1	1	3	0	3
Masyn Winn SS	5	0	1	2	0	0
Nathan Church LF	3	0	1	0	1	1
Pedro Pages C	4	1	1	0	0	0
Victor Scott CF	4	0	0	0	0	2

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Altuve 2B	5	1	1	1	0	1
Yordan Alvarez DH	5	1	2	1	0	0
Carlos Correa SS	5	1	1	0	0	1
Christian Walker 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2
Brice Matthews LF	1	0	0	0	0	1
Joey Loperfido LF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Cam Smith RF	2	0	0	0	1	0
Taylor Trammell CF	4	0	2	1	0	1
Christian Vazquez C	3	1	2	1	1	1
Shay Whitcomb 3B	1	0	0	0	0	1
Isaac Paredes 3B	2	0	0	0	0	1
Nick Allen SS	1	0	0	0	0	0