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	04-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 14
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	16	60	15	20	15	8	6	18	.333	.394	.767	1.161	2	0	1	0	75
A. Burleson LF	16	59	7	16	12	2	11	5	.271	.380	.424	.804	3	0	1	0	54
J. Wetherholt 2B	16	61	11	13	5	1	10	13	.213	.329	.279	.608	1	0	3	0	43
I. Herrera C	16	57	4	11	6	0	14	10	.193	.365	.246	.611	3	0	0	0	35
N. Gorman 2B	15	48	6	10	9	2	7	19	.208	.298	.333	.631	0	0	0	0	28
M. Winn SS	12	40	5	7	1	0	9	8	.175	.353	.250	.603	3	0	2	0	27
R. Urias 3B	13	30	5	7	4	2	3	8	.233	.324	.533	.857	3	0	0	0	25
V. Scott II OF	16	43	4	11	3	0	1	11	.256	.267	.279	.546	1	0	2	1	17
P. Pages C	11	31	3	6	4	1	1	8	.194	.257	.323	.580	1	0	0	0	16
T. Saggese SS	12	39	4	9	2	0	4	11	.231	.302	.282	.584	2	0	0	1	14
N. Church OF	14	35	5	5	4	1	1	11	.143	.189	.229	.418	0	0	0	0	13
J. Fermin 2B	6	13	0	3	1	0	1	4	.231	.267	.231	.498	0	0	0	0	3
Y. Pozo C	5	11	0	1	2	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	0	0	0	0	3
Total	16	527	69	119	68	17	68	126	.226	.320	.359	.679	19	0	9	2	353

HITTING	G
J. Walker RF	16
A. Burleson LF	16
J. Wetherholt 2B	16
I. Herrera C	16
N. Gorman 2B	15
M. Winn SS	12
R. Urias 3B	13
V. Scott II OF	16
P. Pages C	11
T. Saggese SS	12
N. Church OF	14
J. Fermin 2B	6
Y. Pozo C	5
Total	16

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
R. O'Brien RP	8	0	1-0	4	4	8.1	0.00	4	1	0	0	0	8	.143	0.48	59
M. McGreevy P	3	3	1-1	0	0	16.2	2.16	11	4	4	1	2	10	.183	0.78	46
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
R. Stanek RP	7	0	1-0	1	2	6.2	5.40	7	5	4	1	5	9	.269	1.80	22
G. Soriano RP	6	0	1-0	0	0	7.0	2.57	3	2	2	0	3	4	.130	0.86	21
J. Romero RP	7	0	0-0	0	0	7.2	0.00	5	0	0	0	2	5	.185	0.91	17
A. Pallante RP	3	3	1-1	0	0	15.0	5.40	16	9	9	1	8	7	.267	1.60	15
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	7	0	0-1	0	0	8.2	15.58	18	15	15	3	6	7	.419	2.77	-15
Total	16	16	8-8	5	7	145.0	5.15	151	89	83	16	66	97	.268	1.50	234

PITCHING	GP
R. O'Brien RP	8
M. McGreevy P	3
G. Graceffo P	6
M. Liberatore SP	4
R. Stanek RP	7
G. Soriano RP	6
J. Romero RP	7
A. Pallante RP	3
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	7
Total	16

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	83
C. Walker 1B	18	64	12	20	15	4	8	11	.313	.389	.594	.983	6	0	0	0	57
J. Altuve 2B	18	66	13	19	6	2	13	14	.288	.405	.455	.860	5	0	1	1	56
C. Smith 3B	18	64	12	18	9	3	7	17	.281	.361	.484	.845	4	0	3	0	55
C. Correa SS	15	59	13	17	9	1	6	9	.288	.354	.390	.744	3	0	1	0	46
J. Loperfido OF	17	48	7	14	5	0	6	15	.292	.364	.396	.760	5	0	1	1	29
I. Paredes 3B	13	47	6	11	6	0	4	11	.234	.345	.319	.664	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
C. Vazquez C	8	27	4	10	9	1	1	6	.370	.393	.630	1.023	4	0	0	0	24
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	8
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	8
S. Whitcomb SS	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
Total	17	585	95	159	88	19	78	130	.272	.364	.441	.805	42	0	9	4	475

HITTING	G
Y. Alvarez DH	18
C. Walker 1B	18
J. Altuve 2B	18
C. Smith 3B	18
C. Correa SS	15
J. Loperfido OF	17
I. Paredes 3B	13
Y. Diaz C	13
C. Vazquez C	8
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	17

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	27
B. King P	7	0	0-0	1	1	8.0	1.13	7	1	1	0	3	11	.233	1.25	22
S. Okert RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	8.1	4.32	3	4	4	1	4	7	.120	0.84	15
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
E. De Los Santos RP	5	0	0-0	1	1	5.2	1.59	4	1	1	1	1	4	.190	0.88	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
A. Blubaugh P	7	0	2-2	0	0	10.2	9.28	12	11	11	3	6	8	.293	1.69	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
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	17	17	6-11	3	3	145.1	6.50	151	107	105	25	97	157	.271	1.71	161

PITCHING	GP
H. Brown SP	2
L. McCullers SP	3
K. Teng SP	7
B. King P	7
S. Okert RP	8
T. Imai SP	3
C. Bolton RP	3
E. De Los Santos RP	5
M. Burrows SP	4
C. Roa SP	6
A. Blubaugh P	7
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	17

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