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

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A. PallanteR	1-1 W-L	15.0 IP	4.80 ERA	0.88 SO/BB	1.53 WHIP
C. BoltonR	0-1 W-L	8.1 IP	5.40 ERA	1.57 SO/BB	1.68 WHIP

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1-1, 15.0 IP, 4.80 ERA

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0-1, 8.1 IP, 5.40 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	04-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 28
Ronel Blanco	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Cody Bolton	Back	04-15-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 16
Jake Meyers	Oblique	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Bennett Sousa	Oblique	04-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 15
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	04-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 28

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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	17	64	15	21	15	8	6	19	.328	.386	.734	1.120	2	0	2	0	77
J. Wetherholt 2B	17	65	13	15	8	3	10	14	.231	.338	.385	.723	1	0	3	0	56
A. Burleson LF	17	63	7	17	12	2	11	6	.270	.373	.413	.786	3	0	1	0	55
I. Herrera C	17	60	5	12	7	1	15	10	.200	.372	.300	.672	3	0	0	0	42
N. Gorman 2B	16	49	6	10	9	2	7	19	.204	.293	.327	.620	0	0	0	0	28
M. Winn SS	13	44	6	8	1	0	9	10	.182	.345	.250	.595	3	0	2	0	28
R. Urias 3B	14	32	5	7	4	2	4	8	.219	.324	.500	.824	3	0	0	1	25
V. Scott II OF	17	45	4	12	3	0	1	11	.267	.277	.289	.566	1	0	2	1	18
P. Pages C	11	31	3	6	4	1	1	8	.194	.257	.323	.580	1	0	0	0	16
T. Saggese SS	13	43	5	9	2	0	4	14	.209	.277	.256	.533	2	0	0	1	14
N. Church OF	15	35	5	5	5	1	1	11	.143	.184	.229	.413	0	0	0	0	14
Y. Pozo C	6	15	0	2	3	0	0	0	.133	.133	.200	.333	1	0	0	0	6
J. Fermin 2B	7	13	1	3	1	0	2	4	.231	.313	.231	.544	0	0	0	0	5
Total	17	559	75	127	74	20	71	134	.227	.319	.370	.689	20	0	10	3	384

HITTING	G
J. Walker RF	17
J. Wetherholt 2B	17
A. Burleson LF	17
I. Herrera C	17
N. Gorman 2B	16
M. Winn SS	13
R. Urias 3B	14
V. Scott II OF	17
P. Pages C	11
T. Saggese SS	13
N. Church OF	15
Y. Pozo C	6
J. Fermin 2B	7
Total	17

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
R. O'Brien RP	9	0	2-0	4	4	9.1	0.00	4	1	0	0	0	9	.129	0.43	69
M. McGreevy P	4	4	1-1	0	0	21.2	2.49	15	6	6	3	3	12	.190	0.83	55
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
J. Romero RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	9.0	0.00	6	0	0	0	3	5	.194	1.00	19
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	9	0	0-0	0	1	8.1	6.48	6	6	6	1	7	5	.207	1.56	8
J. Shuster RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	4.91	2	2	2	0	2	1	.154	1.09	5
D. May SP	3	3	1-2	0	0	13.1	9.45	21	15	14	2	3	11	.368	1.80	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	17	17	9-8	5	7	155.0	5.05	159	94	87	18	69	103	.265	1.47	258

PITCHING	GP
R. O'Brien RP	9
M. McGreevy P	4
G. Graceffo P	6
M. Liberatore SP	4
G. Soriano RP	7
J. Romero RP	8
A. Pallante RP	3
R. Stanek RP	8
K. Leahy RP	3
J. Bruihl RP	9
J. Shuster RP	2
D. May SP	3
R. Fernandez RP	1
M. Pushard SP	1
C. Roycroft RP	5
M. Svanson P	8
Total	17

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	18	60	13	19	16	6	16	9	.317	.475	.700	1.175	5	0	1	0	87
C. Walker 1B	18	64	12	20	15	4	8	11	.313	.389	.594	.983	6	0	0	0	67
C. Smith 3B	18	64	12	18	9	3	7	17	.281	.361	.484	.845	4	0	3	0	57
J. Altuve 2B	18	66	13	19	6	2	13	14	.288	.405	.455	.860	5	0	1	1	56
C. Correa SS	15	59	13	17	9	1	6	9	.288	.354	.390	.744	3	0	1	0	48
J. Loperfido OF	17	48	7	14	5	0	6	15	.292	.364	.396	.760	5	0	1	1	30
I. Paredes 3B	13	47	6	11	6	0	4	11	.234	.345	.319	.664	4	0	0	0	29
C. Vazquez C	8	27	4	10	9	1	1	6	.370	.393	.630	1.023	4	0	0	0	28
Y. Diaz C	13	51	4	11	9	1	3	8	.216	.255	.294	.549	1	0	0	0	27
J. Meyers CF	12	37	5	9	4	1	4	8	.243	.326	.378	.704	2	0	1	2	24
J. Pena SS	10	43	5	11	0	0	3	6	.256	.304	.349	.653	4	0	1	0	22
T. Trammell LF	5	13	2	4	3	0	2	6	.308	.400	.385	.785	1	0	0	0	9
N. Allen SS	11	16	5	3	0	0	2	4	.188	.278	.188	.466	0	0	0	0	8
B. Matthews SS	11	24	1	3	3	1	3	13	.125	.222	.292	.514	1	0	0	0	7
S. Whitcomb SS	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
Total	18	621	102	169	94	20	79	139	.272	.360	.441	.801	45	0	9	4	499

HITTING	G
Y. Alvarez DH	18
C. Walker 1B	18
C. Smith 3B	18
J. Altuve 2B	18
C. Correa SS	15
J. Loperfido OF	17
I. Paredes 3B	13
C. Vazquez C	8
Y. Diaz C	13
J. Meyers CF	12
J. Pena SS	10
T. Trammell LF	5
N. Allen SS	11
B. Matthews SS	11
S. Whitcomb SS	3
Total	18

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	3	3	1-0	0	0	15.1	5.87	14	10	10	1	6	17	.255	1.30	34
K. Teng SP	7	0	1-0	0	0	9.2	2.79	5	3	3	2	4	11	.147	0.93	29
B. King P	7	0	0-0	1	1	8.0	1.13	7	1	1	0	3	11	.233	1.25	24
E. De Los Santos RP	5	0	0-0	1	1	5.2	1.59	4	1	1	1	1	4	.190	0.88	20
S. Okert RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	8.1	4.32	3	4	4	1	4	7	.120	0.84	17
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
A. Blubaugh P	7	0	2-2	0	0	10.2	9.28	12	11	11	3	6	8	.293	1.69	11
M. Burrows SP	4	4	1-3	0	0	22.0	6.55	33	16	16	5	7	18	.347	1.82	10
C. Roa SP	6	0	0-0	0	0	7.1	4.91	7	4	4	1	7	6	.269	1.91	4
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
R. Weiss SP	5	0	0-2	0	0	11.0	7.36	17	10	9	3	6	15	.340	2.09	-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	7	0	0-2	1	1	5.0	16.20	7	10	9	3	11	10	.333	3.60	-10
C. Javier SP	3	3	0-1	0	0	9.1	12.54	13	13	13	2	9	4	.351	2.36	-12
Total	18	18	7-11	4	4	154.1	6.47	163	113	111	28	101	169	.273	1.71	185

PITCHING	GP
H. Brown SP	2
L. McCullers SP	3
K. Teng SP	7
B. King P	7
E. De Los Santos RP	5
S. Okert RP	8
T. Imai SP	3
C. Bolton RP	3
A. Blubaugh P	7
M. Burrows SP	4
C. Roa SP	6
J. France SP	2
J. Murray SP	1
C. Gordon P	1
R. Weiss SP	5
R. Munoz RP	3
B. Abreu RP	7
C. Javier SP	3
Total	18

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