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St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds

2026-05-23 · Night game · Great American Ballpark · Att: 19927 · 71°F, Cloudy · Wind 10 mph, R To L · 2:39

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Cincinnati Reds 8–1. Cincinnati Reds opened the scoring in the 2nd — Nathaniel Lowe homers (7) on a fly ball to right field. St. Louis Cardinals took the lead in the 3rd — Jordan Walker grounds into a force out, shortstop Elly De La Cruz to second baseman Spencer Steer. Iván Herrera scores. Alec Burleson out at 2nd. Jordan Walker to 1st. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Alec Burleson singles on a ground ball to center fielder Dane Myers, deflected by shortstop Elly De La Cruz. JJ Wetherholt scores. Iván Herrera to 3rd — worth 14% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	8	12
CIN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
JJ Bleday LF	3	0	0	0	1	0
Elly De La Cruz SS	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sal Stewart DH	4	0	0	0	0	3
Nathaniel Lowe 1B	4	1	1	1	0	1
Eugenio Suarez 3B	2	0	0	0	1	0
Spencer Steer 2B	2	0	0	0	1	0
Blake Dunn RF	3	0	1	0	0	1
Tyler Stephenson C	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dane Myers CF	2	0	0	0	0	0
TJ Friedl CF	1	0	0	0	0	0