St. Louis Cardinals vs. Houston Astros Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - April 18, 2026 Gametracker - CBS Sports

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Sat Apr 18

11:10PM

Houston

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A. PallanteR	1-0 W-L	5.0 IP	0.00 ERA	1.00 SO/BB	1.20 WHIP
H. BrownR	1-0 W-L	10.2 IP	0.84 ERA	2.83 SO/BB	1.03 WHIP

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1-0, 5.0 IP

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1-0, 10.2 IP, 0.84 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Lars Nootbaar	Heel	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
Masyn Winn	Hip	04-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 5
Hunter Dobbins	Knee	04-06-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 7
Matt Pushard	Knee	04-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 14

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Josh Hader	Biceps	04-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 24
Enyel De Los Santos	Knee	04-05-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 6
Ronel Blanco	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Bennett Sousa	Oblique	04-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 10
Nate Pearson	Elbow	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Hayden Wesneski	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Brandon Walter	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Zach Dezenzo	Elbow	04-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 24

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cardinals STL-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Astros HOU-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Daikin ParkHouston, TX

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
A. Burleson LF	7	25	3	7	5	1	5	2	.280	.387	.440	.827	1	0	1	0	25
J. Wetherholt 2B	7	27	6	7	4	1	2	6	.259	.300	.370	.670	0	0	1	0	21
J. Walker RF	7	23	6	5	3	1	3	6	.217	.308	.435	.743	2	0	0	0	19
N. Gorman 2B	7	22	3	5	6	2	1	6	.227	.261	.500	.761	0	0	0	0	18
I. Herrera C	7	25	0	5	4	0	5	4	.200	.323	.280	.603	2	0	0	0	14
V. Scott II OF	7	24	3	8	0	0	0	8	.333	.333	.375	.708	1	0	2	0	12
M. Winn SS	7	28	2	5	1	0	2	5	.179	.233	.250	.483	2	0	1	0	11
P. Pages C	5	15	2	3	2	1	0	4	.200	.200	.400	.600	0	0	0	0	8
R. Urias 2B	5	12	1	2	1	1	0	6	.167	.167	.500	.667	1	0	0	0	5
T. Saggese SS	3	10	1	2	0	0	2	4	.200	.333	.200	.533	0	0	0	0	3
N. Church OF	6	19	2	3	2	0	0	7	.158	.158	.158	.316	0	0	0	0	3
Y. Pozo C	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
J. Fermin 2B	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	7	236	29	52	28	7	20	58	.220	.278	.347	.625	9	0	5	0	139

HITTING	G
A. Burleson LF	7
J. Wetherholt 2B	7
J. Walker RF	7
N. Gorman 2B	7
I. Herrera C	7
V. Scott II OF	7
M. Winn SS	7
P. Pages C	5
R. Urias 2B	5
T. Saggese SS	3
N. Church OF	6
Y. Pozo C	1
J. Fermin 2B	2
Total	7

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
R. O'Brien RP	4	0	1-0	1	1	4.1	0.00	4	0	0	0	0	4	.250	0.92	25
M. Liberatore SP	2	2	0-0	0	0	11.0	1.64	10	2	2	2	3	4	.233	1.18	23
M. McGreevy P	2	2	0-1	0	0	10.2	2.53	7	3	3	1	2	9	.179	0.84	22
R. Stanek RP	4	0	1-0	1	2	4.0	2.25	4	2	1	0	4	5	.267	2.00	19
A. Pallante RP	1	1	1-0	0	0	5.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	3	3	.167	1.20	17
G. Graceffo P	3	0	1-0	0	0	2.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	0.75	13
J. Romero RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	3	.143	0.50	11
G. Soriano RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	2.45	2	1	1	0	1	0	.154	0.82	6
J. Bruihl RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	4.50	4	2	2	0	3	2	.267	1.75	4
K. Leahy RP	1	1	0-1	0	0	5.0	7.20	8	4	4	0	2	1	.364	2.00	-3
C. Roycroft RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	2.2	10.13	6	3	3	0	3	1	.429	3.38	-3
M. Pushard SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	27.00	3	3	3	0	1	1	.600	4.00	-3
M. Svanson P	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	18.00	6	6	6	0	3	3	.400	3.00	-5
D. May SP	1	1	0-1	0	0	4.0	13.50	10	6	6	0	1	3	.476	2.75	-8
Total	7	7	4-3	2	3	65.0	4.29	69	32	31	3	28	39	.270	1.49	118

PITCHING	GP
R. O'Brien RP	4
M. Liberatore SP	2
M. McGreevy P	2
R. Stanek RP	4
A. Pallante RP	1
G. Graceffo P	3
J. Romero RP	4
G. Soriano RP	3
J. Bruihl RP	4
K. Leahy RP	1
C. Roycroft RP	4
M. Pushard SP	1
M. Svanson P	3
D. May SP	1
Total	7

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	8	25	8	10	7	3	6	4	.400	.529	.880	1.409	3	0	1	0	45
J. Altuve 2B	8	24	8	8	3	2	9	6	.333	.515	.625	1.140	1	0	1	1	33
C. Correa SS	8	29	5	8	7	1	3	4	.276	.344	.414	.758	1	0	0	0	25
C. Walker 1B	8	27	3	8	7	0	3	5	.296	.367	.481	.848	5	0	0	0	23
C. Smith 3B	8	27	6	6	1	1	5	9	.222	.364	.370	.734	1	0	2	0	22
I. Paredes 3B	6	22	4	5	5	0	2	6	.227	.346	.409	.755	4	0	0	0	19
J. Meyers CF	7	21	3	4	3	0	3	6	.190	.280	.238	.518	1	0	1	1	12
J. Loperfido OF	7	18	2	5	1	0	1	4	.278	.316	.389	.705	2	0	1	0	11
Y. Diaz C	6	22	2	5	4	0	2	6	.227	.280	.273	.553	1	0	0	0	11
C. Vazquez C	4	10	2	2	3	1	1	2	.200	.273	.500	.773	0	0	0	0	10
J. Pena SS	4	19	2	4	0	0	1	4	.211	.250	.263	.513	1	0	1	0	8
B. Matthews SS	6	16	1	2	2	1	1	9	.125	.176	.375	.551	1	0	0	0	5
N. Allen SS	6	4	3	2	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	4
S. Whitcomb SS	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-1
Total	8	266	49	69	43	9	37	68	.259	.357	.440	.797	21	0	7	2	227

HITTING	G
Y. Alvarez DH	8
J. Altuve 2B	8
C. Correa SS	8
C. Walker 1B	8
C. Smith 3B	8
I. Paredes 3B	6
J. Meyers CF	7
J. Loperfido OF	7
Y. Diaz C	6
C. Vazquez C	4
J. Pena SS	4
B. Matthews SS	6
N. Allen SS	6
S. Whitcomb SS	1
Total	8

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
H. Brown SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	10.2	0.84	5	1	1	0	6	17	.135	1.03	38
L. McCullers SP	1	1	1-0	0	0	7.0	1.29	4	1	1	0	1	9	.174	0.71	29
A. Blubaugh P	3	0	1-1	0	0	5.1	1.69	2	1	1	1	0	6	.111	0.38	18
B. King P	4	0	0-0	1	1	3.2	2.45	3	1	1	0	1	7	.214	1.09	15
K. Teng SP	2	0	1-0	0	0	3.1	2.70	2	1	1	1	1	3	.167	0.90	14
R. Weiss SP	3	0	0-0	0	0	6.0	1.50	5	1	1	1	2	7	.227	1.17	13
C. Bolton RP	1	0	0-0	1	1	3.0	3.00	3	1	1	1	1	5	.250	1.33	13
M. Burrows SP	2	2	1-1	0	0	10.2	5.91	14	7	7	2	5	12	.318	1.78	13
S. Okert RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	0.38	8
B. Abreu RP	3	0	0-0	1	1	2.1	19.29	2	5	5	2	4	6	.222	2.57	6
C. Roa SP	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	6.75	1	1	1	1	2	2	.200	2.25	1
T. Imai SP	1	1	0-0	0	0	2.2	13.50	3	4	4	0	4	4	.273	2.63	-1
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
C. Javier SP	2	2	0-1	0	0	8.1	12.96	10	12	12	2	9	3	.323	2.28	-11
Total	8	8	5-3	3	3	71.0	5.45	61	43	43	14	43	90	.231	1.46	151

PITCHING	GP
H. Brown SP	2
L. McCullers SP	1
A. Blubaugh P	3
B. King P	4
K. Teng SP	2
R. Weiss SP	3
C. Bolton RP	1
M. Burrows SP	2
S. Okert RP	2
B. Abreu RP	3
C. Roa SP	2
T. Imai SP	1
R. Munoz RP	3
C. Javier SP	2
Total	8

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