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St. Louis Cardinals @ Houston Astros

2026-04-18 · Night game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 33319 · 73°F, Roof Closed · Wind 0 mph, None · 2:55

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Houston Astros 7–5. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 1st — Nolan Gorman singles on a ground ball to right fielder Cam Smith. JJ Wetherholt scores. Iván Herrera scores. Jordan Walker to 3rd. Nolan Gorman to 2nd. Nolan Gorman advances to 2nd, on a fielding error by right fielder Cam Smith. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Masyn Winn homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Nolan Gorman scores — worth 17% in win probability.

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

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

Houston Astros — batting

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