St. Louis at Cincinnati — MLB May 23, 2026

8 – 1

Final

Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, OH

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
STL	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	8	12	0
CIN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1

Decisions

Win A. Pallante STL

6.0 IP · 2 H · 1 ER · 3 K · 3.94 ERA

Loss C. Paddack CIN

5.0 IP · 7 H · 3 ER · 5 K · 6.75 ERA

Highlights

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Cardinals vs. Reds full game 1 highlights from 5/23/26

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	STL	CIN
Bottom 2nd Nathaniel Lowe homered (409 ft.) to deep right	0	1
Top 3rd Alec Burleson singled to center, Ivan Herrera to third, JJ Wetherholt scored	1	1
Top 3rd Jordan Walker hit into fielder's choice, Alec Burleson out, Ivan Herrera scored	2	1
Top 4th JJ Wetherholt singled to right center, Victor Scott II to second, Bryan Torres to third, Masyn Winn scored	3	1
Top 7th Jordan Walker homered (413 ft.) to deep right center, Ivan Herrera scored	5	1
Top 8th Ivan Herrera tripled to deep right center, Victor Scott II scored	6	1
Top 9th Bryan Torres homered (401 ft.) to deep right center, Masyn Winn scored	8	1

Box score

St. Louis

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
J. Wetherholt 2B	5	1	1	1	1	1	.234
I. Herrera C	3	2	2	1	2	0	.271
A. Burleson 1B	4	0	2	1	1	0	.280
J. Walker RF	5	1	1	3	0	1	.294
N. Gorman DH	4	0	0	0	1	1	.210
M. Winn SS	4	2	1	0	1	2	.237
B. Torres LF	4	1	2	2	1	0	.348
C. Prieto 3B	5	0	0	0	0	1	.000
V. Scott II CF	4	1	3	0	1	1	.206
Totals		8	12		8	7

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
A. Pallante W	6.0	2	1	1	1	3	93
R. Stanek	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	19
G. Soriano	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	8
M. Svanson	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	14

Cincinnati

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
J. Bleday LF	3	0	0	0	1	0	.279
E. De La Cruz SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	.270
S. Stewart DH	4	0	0	0	0	3	.260
N. Lowe 1B	4	1	1	1	0	1	.272
E. Suárez 3B	2	0	0	0	1	0	.225
S. Steer 2B	2	0	0	0	1	0	.262
B. Dunn RF	3	0	1	0	0	1	.305
T. Stephenson C	3	0	0	0	0	1	.199
D. Myers CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.241
T. Friedl PH-CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.183
Totals		1	2		3	6