St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros - April 18,2026

Visiting Team

St. Louis Cardinals (12-8)

Home Team

Houston Astros (8-14)

Game Date

April 18,2026

Year

2026

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

Ballpark

Minute Maid Park

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

33,319

Time of Game

2:55

Umpires

[HP]: Willie Traynor [1B]: Lance Barrett [2B]: Malachi Moore [3B]: Alfonso Márquez

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	JJ Wetherholt	2B	23.220	L	3	1	1	0	1	1	.236	20	20
2	Ivan Herrera	C	25.321	R	4	1	1	0	0	2	.214	20	223
3	Alec Burleson	1B	27.144	L	5	1	2	1	0	0	.299	20	434
4	Jordan Walker	RF	23.331	R	4	0	1	0	1	2	.312	20	299
5	Nolan Gorman	DH	25.343	L	5	1	2	2	0	0	.222	19	445
6	Masyn Winn	SS	24.028	R	5	1	1	2	0	3	.190	16	332
7	Ramon Urias	3B	31.319	R	3	1	0	0	1	0	.194	16	557
8	Nathan Church	CF-LF	25.280	L	4	0	1	0	0	2	.217	18	45
9	Jose Fermin	LF	27.020	R	3	1	1	1	1	1	.250	8	104
	Victor Scott	CF	25.065	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	20	211
Totals

2B: Ivan Herrera (4), Alec Burleson (5)

HR: Alec Burleson (3), Masyn Winn (1), Jose Fermin (1)

RBI: Alec Burleson (15), Nolan Gorman 2 (14), Masyn Winn 2 (5), Jose Fermin (2)

HBP: JJ Wetherholt (4), Ivan Herrera (4)

GDP: Jose Fermin (1)

SB: Jordan Walker (3)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Jose Altuve	2B	35.347	R	4	1	0	0	1	2	.278	21	1997
2	Yordan Alvarez	LF	28.295	L	4	1	2	1	1	1	.342	22	699
3	Carlos Correa	SS	31.208	R	2	0	0	0	2	1	.264	19	1272
4	Christian Walker	1B	35.021	R	4	0	0	0	0	1	.263	22	1008
5	Isaac Paredes	DH	27.059	R	4	0	0	0	0	1	.186	17	583
6	Taylor Trammell	CF	28.217	L	4	0	1	0	0	1	.292	8	186
7	Cam Smith	RF	23.055	R	2	1	0	0	2	0	.257	22	156
8	Christian Vazquez	C	35.240	R	2	1	0	0	2	0	.375	10	1003
9	Shay Whitcomb	3B	27.202	R	4	1	1	3	0	2	.143	5	45
Totals

Errors: Cam Smith

2B: Yordan Alvarez (7)

HR: Yordan Alvarez (9), Shay Whitcomb (1)

RBI: Yordan Alvarez (20), Shay Whitcomb 3 (3)

GDP: Christian Walker (3)

SB: Taylor Trammell (1)

St. Louis Cardinals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Andre Pallante	R	W 2-1	5.0	3	1	1	3	5	1	4.05	1.45	4	173
2	Gordon Graceffo	R		2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.89	0.79	7	35
3	Matt Svanson	R		1.0	0	1	1	3	1	0	14.12	2.65	9	48
4	George Soriano	R		0.1	1	3	3	2	1	1	4.95	1.10	9	81
5	Riley O'Brien	R	SV 6	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.36	11	63
Totals				0.0

WP: Matt Svanson (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Andre Pallante (87-48-39), Gordon Graceffo (26-15-11), Matt Svanson (24-9-15), George Soriano (17-7-10), Riley O'Brien (7-6-1)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Lance McCullers	R	L 1-1	5.0	5	4	4	3	4	1	6.27	1.39	4	150
2	Colton Gordon	L		2.2	4	3	3	1	5	2	10.33	2.13	2	22
3	AJ Blubaugh	R		1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	7.07	1.64	9	20
Totals				0.0

WP: Colton Gordon (1)

HB: Lance McCullers 2 (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Lance McCullers (91-58-33), Colton Gordon (64-38-26), AJ Blubaugh (16-10-6)

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	12-8		2	0	2		0	0	1		1	1	0		7	10	0		2	6	7	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	8-14		1	0	0		0	0	0		0	1	3		5	4	1		5	12	26	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

St. Louis Cardinals 7 Houston Astros 5