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

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A. PallanteR	1-0 W-L	10.0 IP	1.80 ERA	0.71 SO/BB	1.30 WHIP
C. BoltonR	0-0 W-L	7.1 IP	3.68 ERA	3.33 SO/BB	1.23 WHIP

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1-0, 10.0 IP, 1.80 ERA

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0-0, 7.1 IP, 3.68 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Lars Nootbaar	Heel	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
Hunter Dobbins	Knee	04-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 12
Matt Pushard	Knee	04-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 14

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Correa	Illness	04-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 10
Josh Hader	Biceps	04-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 24
Ronel Blanco	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Cody Bolton	Back	04-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 12
Jake Meyers	Back	04-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 10
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
Cristian Javier	Shoulder	04-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 14
Hunter Brown	Shoulder	05-28-2026Expected to be out until at least May 29
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
J. Walker RF	12	44	10	13	12	5	5	14	.295	.367	.682	1.049	2	0	1	0	52
A. Burleson LF	12	44	6	12	10	1	10	4	.273	.400	.386	.786	2	0	1	0	43
J. Wetherholt 2B	12	45	10	11	5	1	8	11	.244	.364	.333	.697	1	0	3	0	39
I. Herrera C	12	41	3	8	6	0	12	6	.195	.393	.268	.661	3	0	0	0	31
N. Gorman 2B	12	38	6	9	8	2	6	12	.237	.333	.395	.728	0	0	0	0	29
M. Winn SS	10	39	5	6	1	0	5	8	.154	.267	.205	.472	2	0	2	0	20
R. Urias 3B	10	20	3	5	4	2	1	7	.250	.318	.650	.968	2	0	0	0	18
V. Scott II OF	12	34	4	9	2	0	0	10	.265	.265	.294	.559	1	0	2	1	14
T. Saggese SS	8	29	4	7	1	0	4	9	.241	.333	.310	.643	2	0	0	1	12
P. Pages C	8	22	3	4	3	1	1	7	.182	.280	.318	.598	0	0	0	0	12
N. Church OF	11	32	5	5	4	1	1	11	.156	.182	.250	.432	0	0	0	0	12
Y. Pozo C	4	9	0	1	2	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	0	0	0	0	3
J. Fermin 2B	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	12	399	59	90	58	13	53	99	.226	.324	.361	.685	15	0	9	2	285

HITTING	G
J. Walker RF	12
A. Burleson LF	12
J. Wetherholt 2B	12
I. Herrera C	12
N. Gorman 2B	12
M. Winn SS	10
R. Urias 3B	10
V. Scott II OF	12
T. Saggese SS	8
P. Pages C	8
N. Church OF	11
Y. Pozo C	4
J. Fermin 2B	2
Total	12

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
R. O'Brien RP	7	0	1-0	3	3	7.1	0.00	4	1	0	0	0	7	.160	0.55	48
M. McGreevy P	3	3	1-1	0	0	16.2	2.16	11	4	4	1	2	10	.183	0.78	46
M. Liberatore SP	3	3	0-0	0	0	16.0	3.38	19	6	6	4	5	10	.292	1.50	26
A. Pallante RP	2	2	1-0	0	0	10.0	1.80	6	2	2	0	7	5	.167	1.30	24
R. Stanek RP	6	0	1-0	1	2	5.2	6.35	7	5	4	1	5	8	.304	2.12	19
G. Soriano RP	5	0	1-0	0	0	6.0	3.00	3	2	2	0	3	3	.150	1.00	17
J. Romero RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	0.00	4	0	0	0	2	4	.174	0.90	16
G. Graceffo P	4	0	1-0	0	0	4.2	1.93	1	1	1	0	4	2	.077	1.07	16
K. Leahy RP	2	2	1-1	0	0	10.0	5.40	13	6	6	1	5	5	.310	1.80	10
J. Bruihl RP	7	0	0-0	0	1	6.1	5.68	5	4	4	0	6	3	.227	1.74	5
M. Pushard SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	27.00	3	3	3	0	1	1	.600	4.00	-3
C. Roycroft RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	12.27	8	5	5	1	5	3	.421	3.55	-5
M. Svanson P	6	0	0-1	0	0	7.2	11.74	12	10	10	3	5	6	.353	2.22	-7
D. May SP	2	2	0-2	0	0	7.1	15.95	17	13	13	2	3	7	.486	2.73	-18
Total	12	12	7-5	4	6	109.0	4.95	113	62	60	13	53	74	.268	1.52	194

PITCHING	GP
R. O'Brien RP	7
M. McGreevy P	3
M. Liberatore SP	3
A. Pallante RP	2
R. Stanek RP	6
G. Soriano RP	5
J. Romero RP	6
G. Graceffo P	4
K. Leahy RP	2
J. Bruihl RP	7
M. Pushard SP	1
C. Roycroft RP	5
M. Svanson P	6
D. May SP	2
Total	12

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	13	41	10	13	10	4	13	7	.317	.500	.683	1.183	3	0	1	0	62
C. Walker 1B	13	50	9	17	13	3	5	7	.340	.400	.640	1.040	6	0	0	0	55
J. Altuve 2B	13	45	12	15	6	2	12	10	.333	.474	.556	1.030	4	0	1	1	51
C. Smith 3B	13	44	9	12	6	3	7	14	.273	.385	.523	.908	2	0	3	0	45
C. Correa SS	11	42	9	11	9	1	6	6	.262	.354	.381	.735	2	0	1	0	39
J. Meyers CF	12	37	5	9	4	1	4	8	.243	.326	.378	.704	2	0	1	2	24
J. Loperfido OF	12	33	5	9	5	0	4	10	.273	.342	.364	.706	3	0	1	0	23
I. Paredes 3B	8	29	5	6	5	0	3	8	.207	.324	.345	.669	4	0	0	0	21
Y. Diaz C	10	40	3	9	7	0	3	6	.225	.273	.250	.523	1	0	0	0	20
J. Pena SS	8	35	4	9	0	0	3	5	.257	.316	.371	.687	4	0	1	0	19
C. Vazquez C	6	20	2	6	5	1	1	3	.300	.333	.550	.883	2	0	0	0	17
N. Allen SS	8	10	5	3	0	0	2	3	.300	.417	.300	.717	0	0	0	0	8
B. Matthews SS	10	22	1	3	3	1	3	12	.136	.240	.318	.558	1	0	0	0	8
S. Whitcomb SS	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
Total	13	450	79	122	73	16	67	101	.271	.371	.453	.824	34	0	9	3	392

HITTING	G
Y. Alvarez DH	13
C. Walker 1B	13
J. Altuve 2B	13
C. Smith 3B	13
C. Correa SS	11
J. Meyers CF	12
J. Loperfido OF	12
I. Paredes 3B	8
Y. Diaz C	10
J. Pena SS	8
C. Vazquez C	6
N. Allen SS	8
B. Matthews SS	10
S. Whitcomb SS	2
Total	13

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	2	2	1-0	0	0	11.0	3.27	9	4	4	0	4	13	.237	1.18	32
K. Teng SP	5	0	1-0	0	0	7.2	2.35	5	2	2	2	1	7	.179	0.78	25
C. Bolton RP	2	1	0-0	1	1	7.1	3.68	6	3	3	1	3	10	.231	1.23	22
T. Imai SP	2	2	1-0	0	0	8.1	4.32	6	4	4	0	7	13	.200	1.56	21
B. King P	5	0	0-0	1	1	5.1	1.69	4	1	1	0	2	8	.200	1.13	19
M. Burrows SP	3	3	1-2	0	0	16.0	5.63	22	10	10	3	6	15	.333	1.75	13
S. Okert RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	5.40	2	3	3	0	3	4	.133	1.00	9
E. De Los Santos RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	3.00	3	1	1	1	1	2	.250	1.33	5
C. Roa SP	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	3.86	3	2	2	1	6	4	.200	1.93	3
R. Weiss SP	4	0	0-1	0	0	8.2	7.27	13	8	7	2	4	11	.333	1.96	2
A. Blubaugh P	5	0	1-2	0	0	8.1	10.80	11	10	10	2	5	7	.333	1.92	0
B. Abreu RP	5	0	0-1	1	1	3.2	19.64	5	9	8	3	7	8	.333	3.27	-3
C. Javier SP	3	3	0-1	0	0	9.1	12.54	13	13	13	2	9	4	.351	2.36	-12
Total	13	13	6-7	3	3	113.0	6.05	114	78	76	20	70	129	.265	1.63	174

PITCHING	GP
H. Brown SP	2
L. McCullers SP	2
K. Teng SP	5
C. Bolton RP	2
T. Imai SP	2
B. King P	5
M. Burrows SP	3
S. Okert RP	5
E. De Los Santos RP	2
C. Roa SP	5
R. Weiss SP	4
A. Blubaugh P	5
B. Abreu RP	5
C. Javier SP	3
Total	13

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