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

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A. PallanteR	1-1 W-L	15.0 IP	4.80 ERA	0.88 SO/BB	1.53 WHIP
L. McCullersR	1-0 W-L	15.1 IP	5.87 ERA	2.83 SO/BB	1.30 WHIP

1-1, 15.0 IP, 4.80 ERA

1-0, 15.1 IP, 5.87 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Lars Nootbaar	Heel	05-25-2026Expected to be out until at least May 26
Hunter Dobbins	Knee	04-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 20
Matt Pushard	Knee	04-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 24

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Josh Hader	Biceps	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
Ronel Blanco	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Cody Bolton	Back	04-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 28
Jake Meyers	Oblique	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Bennett Sousa	Oblique	04-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 17
Nate Pearson	Elbow	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Cristian Javier	Shoulder	05-14-2026Expected to be out until at least May 15
Jeremy Pena	Hamstring	04-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 24
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
Tatsuya Imai	Arm	04-25-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 26

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

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	SB	CS	FPTS
J. Walker RF	18	69	15	22	15	8	6	21	.319	.373	.710	1.083	3	2	0	78
J. Wetherholt 2B	18	66	13	15	9	3	12	14	.227	.354	.379	.733	1	4	0	62
A. Burleson LF	18	68	7	19	14	2	11	8	.279	.375	.412	.787	3	1	0	58
I. Herrera C	18	62	5	12	7	1	18	10	.194	.386	.290	.676	3	0	0	45
N. Gorman 2B	17	53	6	11	9	2	7	19	.208	.290	.321	.611	0	0	0	29
M. Winn SS	14	48	7	9	1	0	9	11	.188	.339	.250	.589	3	2	0	29
R. Urias 3B	15	33	6	7	4	2	4	8	.212	.316	.485	.801	3	0	1	26
N. Church OF	16	39	7	8	6	1	1	11	.205	.238	.308	.546	1	1	0	23
V. Scott II OF	18	47	5	12	3	0	3	13	.255	.294	.277	.571	1	3	1	22
P. Pages C	12	34	3	7	5	1	1	8	.206	.263	.324	.587	1	1	0	20
T. Saggese SS	13	43	5	9	2	0	4	14	.209	.277	.256	.533	2	0	1	14
Y. Pozo C	6	15	0	2	3	0	0	0	.133	.133	.200	.333	1	0	0	6
J. Fermin 2B	7	13	1	3	1	0	2	4	.231	.313	.231	.544	0	0	0	5
Total	18	590	80	136	79	20	78	141	.231	.326	.369	.695	22	14	3	417

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
R. O'Brien RP	10	0	2-0	5	5	10.1	0.00	4	1	0	0	0	11	.118	0.39	80
M. McGreevy P	4	4	1-1	0	0	21.2	2.49	15	6	6	3	3	12	.190	0.83	55
D. May SP	4	4	2-2	0	0	19.1	6.98	27	16	15	2	4	15	.351	1.60	27
J. Romero RP	9	0	0-0	0	0	10.1	0.00	6	0	0	0	3	6	.171	0.87	24
G. Graceffo P	6	0	1-0	0	0	8.1	1.08	2	2	1	0	6	5	.080	0.96	24
M. Liberatore SP	4	4	0-1	0	0	21.0	4.29	25	10	10	5	8	12	.298	1.57	24
G. Soriano RP	7	0	1-0	0	0	8.0	2.25	3	2	2	0	4	5	.115	0.88	23
A. Pallante RP	3	3	1-1	0	0	15.0	4.80	15	9	8	1	8	7	.250	1.53	17
R. Stanek RP	8	0	1-0	1	2	7.1	8.59	11	8	7	1	5	9	.344	2.18	17
K. Leahy RP	3	3	1-2	0	0	14.0	5.14	16	8	8	1	8	7	.291	1.71	9
J. Bruihl RP	10	0	0-0	0	1	9.0	8.00	8	8	8	1	8	6	.242	1.78	6
J. Shuster RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	4.91	2	2	2	0	2	1	.154	1.09	5
R. Fernandez RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	0.00	4	2	0	0	0	2	.444	2.40	2
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	8	0	0-1	0	0	9.2	13.97	18	15	15	3	6	9	.391	2.48	-11
Total	18	18	10-8	6	8	164.0	4.94	167	97	90	18	71	111	.264	1.45	294

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	20	67	16	22	18	7	18	10	.328	.483	.731	1.214	6	1	0	101
C. Walker 1B	20	68	12	20	16	4	10	12	.294	.388	.559	.947	6	0	0	71
J. Altuve 2B	19	70	14	21	6	2	14	16	.300	.417	.471	.888	6	1	1	60
C. Smith 3B	20	70	12	19	10	3	8	19	.271	.350	.471	.821	5	3	0	60
C. Correa SS	17	65	14	18	9	1	8	11	.277	.356	.385	.741	4	1	0	52
J. Loperfido OF	19	55	7	15	6	0	6	18	.273	.349	.364	.713	5	1	1	32
I. Paredes 3B	15	53	6	11	6	0	7	13	.208	.344	.283	.627	4	0	0	31
C. Vazquez C	8	27	4	10	9	1	1	6	.370	.393	.630	1.023	4	0	0	28
Y. Diaz C	15	59	4	11	9	1	3	10	.186	.222	.254	.476	1	0	0	26
J. Meyers CF	12	37	5	9	4	1	4	8	.243	.326	.378	.704	2	1	2	24
J. Pena SS	10	43	5	11	0	0	3	6	.256	.304	.349	.653	4	1	0	22
N. Allen SS	13	19	5	5	0	0	2	5	.263	.333	.316	.649	1	0	0	10
T. Trammell LF	6	16	2	4	3	0	3	6	.250	.368	.313	.681	1	0	0	10
B. Matthews SS	12	27	1	3	3	1	3	15	.111	.200	.259	.459	1	0	0	6
S. Whitcomb SS	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0
Total	20	678	107	179	99	21	91	157	.264	.358	.431	.789	50	9	4	533

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
K. Teng SP	8	0	1-0	0	0	11.2	2.31	6	3	3	2	4	11	.146	0.86	34
L. McCullers SP	3	3	1-0	0	0	15.1	5.87	14	10	10	1	6	17	.255	1.30	34
E. De Los Santos RP	6	0	0-0	2	2	6.2	1.35	4	1	1	1	1	6	.167	0.75	31
B. King P	7	0	0-0	1	1	8.0	1.13	7	1	1	0	3	11	.233	1.25	24
S. Arrighetti P	1	1	1-0	0	0	6.0	1.50	2	1	1	0	4	10	.095	1.00	24
S. Okert RP	9	0	0-0	0	0	9.0	4.00	4	4	4	1	4	8	.143	0.89	19
A. Blubaugh P	8	0	2-2	0	0	12.2	7.82	14	11	11	3	8	10	.286	1.74	14
T. Imai SP	3	3	1-0	0	0	8.2	7.27	7	7	7	0	11	13	.219	2.08	13
C. Bolton RP	3	2	0-1	1	1	8.1	5.40	7	5	5	1	7	11	.233	1.68	12
M. Burrows SP	4	4	1-3	0	0	22.0	6.55	33	16	16	5	7	18	.347	1.82	10
R. Weiss SP	6	1	0-2	0	0	14.2	6.75	20	12	11	4	10	18	.323	2.05	2
J. France SP	2	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	7.71	5	4	4	0	4	3	.278	1.93	1
J. Murray SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	9.00	2	2	2	0	3	3	.286	2.50	0
C. Gordon P	1	1	0-0	0	0	3.2	9.82	8	4	4	2	0	5	.444	2.18	0
C. Roa SP	7	0	0-1	0	0	8.2	5.19	10	5	5	1	7	6	.313	1.96	-1
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
B. Abreu RP	8	0	0-2	1	1	6.1	12.79	7	10	9	3	12	12	.280	3.00	-6
C. Javier SP	3	3	0-1	0	0	9.1	12.54	13	13	13	2	9	4	.351	2.36	-12
Total	20	20	8-12	5	5	172.1	6.01	175	117	115	29	112	189	.265	1.67	232

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