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St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds

2026-08-19 · Night game · Great American Ballpark · Att: 16097 · 79°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 3 mph, R To L · 2:56

Cincinnati Reds defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–4. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 4th — Nathan Church singles on a ground ball to left fielder JJ Bleday. Alec Burleson scores. Cincinnati Reds took the lead in the 6th — Sal Stewart homers (27) on a fly ball to center field. Matt McLain scores. Elly De La Cruz scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Sal Stewart homers (27) on a fly ball to center field. Matt McLain scores. Elly De La Cruz scores — worth 36% in win probability.

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Line score

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
JJ Wetherholt 2B	4	1	2	0	0	0
Ivan Herrera DH	4	0	0	0	1	1
Alec Burleson 1B	4	1	1	0	1	1
Jordan Walker RF	4	1	1	2	1	3
Nathan Church CF	3	1	1	1	0	1
Jose Fermin CF	2	0	1	0	0	0
Masyn Winn SS	4	0	0	0	1	2
Bryan Torres LF	2	0	1	1	0	0
Joshua Báez LF	1	0	1	0	1	0
Blaze Jordan 3B	3	0	1	0	1	2
Jimmy Crooks C	4	0	0	0	0	2

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Elly De La Cruz SS	4	1	1	0	0	1
Sal Stewart 1B	3	1	1	3	1	1
Dane Myers CF	4	0	1	1	0	1
Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eugenio Suarez 3B	3	0	0	0	1	3
Tyler Stephenson DH	4	0	0	0	0	2
Michael Toglia RF	3	0	0	0	0	2
TJ Friedl LF	1	0	0	0	0	0
JJ Bleday RF	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jose Trevino C	3	1	1	0	0	0
Matt McLain 2B	3	2	3	0	0	0