STL vs HOU — MainMarket Sports

Major League BaseballDaikin Park · Houston, Texas

St. Louis

Cardinals

48-43 · 4-3 away

Final

Houston

Astros

46-49 · 7-4 home

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Top hitters

STL

AVG

.315

HOU

AVG

.400▼

Christian Vázquez

Houston Astros

2-3 · HR · 1 RBI

Max Exit Velo 32nd

Season batting average · amber = strong vs today's starter · up/down arrow = hot/cold last 15 · MLB Stats API · hero Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Starting pitchers

STL

Starter

Kyle Leahy

St. Louis Cardinals · 2-2

5.0 IP, 3 ER, 6 K, 0 BB

xwOBA 7th

5.21 ERA · 13 K · 1.53 WHIP

HOU

Starter

Peter Lambert

Houston Astros · 0-1

5.0 IP, 4 ER, 8 K, BB

xwOBA 69th

7.20 ERA · 8 K · 1.60 WHIP

Season pitching · MLB Stats API · Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Contact quality

STL9 R · .314 xBA

HOU4 R · .312 xBA

The scoreboard matched the contact — STL both hit it harder and scored more.

Expected BA on balls in play · Baseball Savant

STL win3rd in the NL Central, 10½ GB

Looking ahead

The Cardinals sit 3rd in the NL Central, 10½ games back — coming off a loss, 4-6 over their last 10.
The Astros sit 3rd in the AL West, 1½ games back — coming off a loss, 5-5 over their last 10.
STL wins series 3-0.
The Cardinals are up next home vs ATL (Jul 10-12).
The Astros are up next at TEX (Jul 10-12).

Line score

Inn	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
STL	1	0	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	9	10	2
HOU	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	8	1

Statcast

Hardest hit · STL
J. Walker · Single
114.7 mph · .850 xBA
Hardest hit · HOU
C. Correa · Double
112.8 mph · .730 xBA
Longest hit
A. Burleson · Double
385 ft · .780 xBA
Best barrel
C. Correa · Double
112.8 mph · .730 xBA
Fastest pitch
R. Stanek · 4-Seam Fastball
99.4 mph

Game MVP · win probability

Alec Burleson
STL
+16%
Iván Herrera
STL
+12%
Masyn Winn
STL
+10%

Scoring summary

Walker singled to center, Wetherholt scored, Burleson to third.1st Inning1-0
Winn singled to left, Herrera scored and Wetherholt scored, Burleson to third.3rd Inning3-0
Vázquez homered to left (357 feet).3rd Inning3-1
Alvarez homered to right (357 feet).3rd Inning3-2
Herrera singled to center, Pagés scored.4th Inning4-2
Altuve homered to left (384 feet).5th Inning4-3
Gorman homered to right (353 feet), Burleson scored and Walker scored.7th Inning7-3
Herrera homered to left (383 feet), Wetherholt scored.8th Inning9-3
Trammell singled to right, Correa scored, Smith to third.8th Inning9-4

Box score

Hitting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J. Wetherholt	1-3	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	18	.232	.368	.377
I. Herrera	2-4	4	2	2	3	1	0	0	13	.212	.398	.348
A. Burleson	2-4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	17	.292	.388	.431
J. Walker	1-4	4	1	1	1	0	1	2	19	.315	.375	.685
N. Gorman	1-5	5	1	1	3	1	0	3	24	.207	.284	.362
M. Winn	1-5	5	0	1	2	0	0	0	17	.189	.328	.245
N. Church	1-3	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	18	.214	.261	.310
P. Pages	1-4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	20	.211	.262	.342
V. Scott II	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	.235	.273	.255

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
K. Leahy	5.0	5	3	3	0	6	3	83-53	5.21	83
J. Bruihl	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	7.20	9
J. Romero	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12-9	0.00	12
R. Stanek	1.0	2	1	1	2	3	0	29-17	8.64	29
G. Soriano	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12-9	2.00	12

Win probability

STL 100%HOU 0%

Win probability over timeHOU win %

Biggest swing: Gorman homered to right (353 feet), Burleson scored and Walker scored. (+24% STL)

Team stats

STLHOU

Hits

Runs

Home Runs

RBI

Stolen Bases

Walks

Strikeouts

Runners LOB

Statcast profile

STLHOU

8.44%

Barrel%

9.39%

42.5%

Hard-hit%

39.86%

.330

xwOBA

.330

Barrel% perfectly-struck balls — ideal exit velo + launch angle, near-automatic extra bases · Hard-hit% share of balls hit 95+ mph · xwOBA expected offensive value from contact quality (higher is better)

Season quality of contact · Baseball Savant