STL vs HOU — MainMarket Sports

Major League BaseballDaikin Park · Houston, Texas

St. Louis

Cardinals

48-43 · 6-3 away

Final

Houston

Astros

46-49 · 7-6 home

MLB.TVCardinals.TV

Top hitters

STL

AVG

.305

HOU

AVG

.333▼

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

Matthew Liberatore

St. Louis Cardinals · 0-1

6.0 IP, ER, 4 K, 2 BB

xwOBA 10th

3.67 ERA · 16 K · 1.41 WHIP

HOU

Starter

Mike Burrows

Houston Astros · 1-3

4.2 IP, 4 ER, 7 K, 2 BB

xwOBA 25th

6.75 ERA · 25 K · 1.69 WHIP

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

Contact quality

STL7 R · .388 xBA

HOU5 R · .245 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, 9½ GB

Looking ahead

The Cardinals sit 3rd in the NL Central, 9½ games back — coming off a win, 5-5 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 MIL (Jul 9), then home vs ATL.
The Astros are up next at TEX (Jul 10-12).

Line score

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

Statcast

Hardest hit · HOU
Y. Diaz · Double
108.3 mph · .710 xBA
Hardest hit · STL
A. Burleson · Lineout
107.3 mph · .630 xBA
Longest hit
J. Fermín · Double
380 ft · .360 xBA
Best barrel
J. Walker · Double
98 mph · .370 xBA
Fastest pitch
R. O'Brien · Sinker
100 mph

Game MVP · win probability

Masyn Winn
STL
+35%
Isaac Paredes
HOU
+29%
Matthew Liberatore
STL
+19%

Scoring summary

Correa hit sacrifice fly to center, Trammell scored.3rd Inning0-1
Scott II walked, Winn scored, Pagés to second, Church to third.5th Inning1-1
Wetherholt singled to right, Church scored and Pagés scored, Scott II to third.5th Inning3-1
Herrera singled to left, Scott II scored, Wetherholt to second.5th Inning4-1
Alvarez homered to right (357 feet).8th Inning4-2
Paredes singled to right, Altuve scored and Walker scored.8th Inning4-4
Winn doubled to left, Herrera scored, Urías scored and Walker scored.10th Inning7-4
Altuve reached on infield single to shortstop, Trammell scored, Correa to third.10th Inning7-5

Box score

Hitting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J. Wetherholt	1-4	4	0	1	2	0	2	24	.237	.381	.368
I. Herrera	1-5	5	1	1	1	0	2	24	.213	.388	.347
A. Burleson	0-5	5	0	0	0	0	2	18	.280	.368	.451
J. Walker	1-5	5	1	1	0	0	2	20	.305	.367	.646
N. Gorman	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	1	23	.209	.276	.343
R. Urias	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	.194	.326	.444
M. Winn	3-5	5	1	3	3	0	2	26	.222	.338	.333
N. Church	0-2	2	1	0	0	1	1	11	.208	.264	.292
J. Fermin	1-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	.278	.364	.500
P. Pages	1-4	4	1	1	0	1	1	18	.214	.277	.333
V. Scott II	0-2	2	1	0	1	1	0	10	.226	.276	.245
Y. Pozo	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.188

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
M. Liberatore	6.0	3	1	1	2	4	0	82-50	3.67	82
R. Stanek	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10-7	7.71	10
J. Romero	0.2	2	3	3	1	0	1	25-16	2.25	25
R. O'Brien	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	19-12	0.00	19
J. Bruihl	0.2	1	1	0	0	0	0	16-11	6.75	16
G. Graceffo	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7-4	0.84	7

Win probability

STL 89%HOU 11%

Win probability over timeHOU win %

Biggest swing: Paredes singled to right, Altuve scored and Walker scored. (+41% HOU)

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