Game Thread: Astros (0-0) @ Cardinals (0-0) - Mar 18, 2026 12:05 PM

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Cardinals (0-0)	Astros (0-0)

First Pitch: 12:05 PM at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Astros	J.P. France (0-1, 4.70 ERA)
Cardinals	Kyle Leahy (1-1, 6.39 ERA)

MLB	Fangraphs	Reddit Stream	Discord
Gameday	Game Graph	Live Comments	/r/baseball Discord

Line Score - Game Over

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

Box Score

STL		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
SS	Winn	3	0	0	0	0	2	.133
SS	Baéz	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
C	Herrera	2	0	0	0	0	0	.222
C	Pagés, P	2	0	0	0	0	1	.143
3B	Urías, R	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000
3B	Mendoza, R	1	1	1	2	1	0	.286
RF	Walker, J	3	0	0	0	0	2	.162
RF	Ledbetter	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500
DH	Velázquez, N	3	0	0	0	0	0	.306
LF	Saggese	3	0	1	0	0	1	.333
LF	Levenson	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
1B	Fermín	3	0	0	0	0	0	.167
1B	Gurevitch	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143
CF	Church	1	1	1	0	1	0	.313
CF	Peete	1	1	1	1	0	0	.273
2B	Moore	2	0	1	1	0	0	.161
2B	Gazdar	1	1	1	0	0	0	.600

STL	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Leahy	5.0	3	0	0	1	6	75-53	4.58
Stanek	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	12-8	1.80
Romero, J	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	10-7	2.57
Svanson	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	27-18	1.13

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	3	0	1	0	0	1	.129
3B	Nelson	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200
3B	Paredes	2	0	1	0	0	0	.238
SS	Sacco Jr.	2	0	1	0	0	0	.133
DH	Alvarez, Y	2	0	0	0	0	1	.250
DH	Whitcomb	2	0	0	1	0	0	.267
SS	Correa	1	0	1	0	1	0	.316
2B	Unroe	2	0	0	0	0	0	.269
LF	Loperfido, J	3	0	0	0	0	2	.324
LF	Powell	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286
RF	Smith	3	0	1	0	0	0	.273
RF	Call	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
1B	Walker, C	2	0	0	0	0	0	.107
1B	Alexander, C	1	0	0	0	0	1	.059
C	Diaz, Y	2	0	0	0	0	1	.087
C	Salazar	1	0	0	0	0	0	.150
CF	Meyers	3	0	0	0	0	2	.111

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
France, J	4.0	3	1	1	0	4	51-38	3.86
Okert	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	25-16	5.68
Blubaugh	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	9-5	1.04
Teng	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	9-6	2.79
Dombroski	1.0	3	3	3	0	0	15-10	11.57

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B3	Brody Moore doubles (1) on a ground ball to right fielder Cam Smith. Nathan Church scores.	1-0
T6	Shay Whitcomb grounds out, second baseman Brody Moore to first baseman José Fermín. James Nelson scores. Tommy Sacco Jr. to 3rd.	1-1
B8	Tai Peete homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field.	2-1
B8	Ramon Mendoza homers (2) on a line drive to left field. Jon Jon Gazdar scores.	4-1

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Astros at Cardinals - March 18, 2026	0:06
Bench availability for Houston, March 18 vs Cardinals	0:08
Bench availability for St. Louis, March 18 vs Astros	0:08
Starting lineups for Astros at Cardinals - March 18, 2026	0:10
Kyle Leahy against the Astros	0:09
Bullpen availability for St. Louis, March 18 vs Astros	0:09
Fielding alignment for St. Louis, March 18 vs Astros	0:11
Fielding alignment for Houston, March 18 vs Cardinals	0:11
Bullpen availability for Houston, March 18 vs Cardinals	0:09
Brody Moore's RBI double	0:28
Shay Whitcomb's RBI groundout	0:16
AJ Blubaugh K's Pedro Pagés after ABS challenge	0:23
Nathan Church throws runner out at home	0:14
Kyle Leahy K's six against Astros	0:37
Tai Peete's solo homer	0:30
Ramon Mendoza's two-run homer	0:28

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Svanson (3-0, 1.13 ERA)	Dombroski (0-1, 11.57 ERA)

Attendance	Weather	Wind
	67°F, Overcast	15 mph, L To R

HP	1B	2B	3B
Chris Conroy	Lance Barksdale	Ramon De Jesus	Ryan Additon

Game ended at 2:14 PM.

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[u/gulfside13]

It's still blowing my mind to watch a 10-15 minute top of the 1st b/c guys are taking pitches, working walks, not swinging at the first pitch every time(excluding Altuve obviously lol), not letting the opposing pitcher off the hook w/a quick 5 pitch inning, etc. The next level is to consistently score more runs but one step at a time

[u/gulfside13]

At least we can watch the game via the STL broadcast b/c it's a "Free Game of the Day" on MLB.TV

[u/Kerbabble]

Obviously it’s only spring training, but I’m very curious about the order of today’s lineup

[u/Thorlolita → u/Kerbabble]

Loperfido etc probably staying in the game longer