at Arizona Diamondbacks
Jul 18 · Scheduled
Pitching matchup: Dustin May - 5-6, 4.55 ERA · Brandon Pfaadt - 3-1, 4.70 ERA
49-48 · 2nd in NL West
MLB team
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis · National League · NL Central
Current standings, schedule, team quality, and the stories shaping the season.
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At a glance
2026 Regular season
- Record
- 51-45
- Division position
- 3rd in NL Central
- Wild Card
- Tied for final WC
- Run differential
- +7
No. 14 MLB
Standing
3rd in NL Central
Division: 8.5 GB · Wild Card: Tied for final WC
Next game
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Schedule
Recent and upcoming games
Results and the next official games, shown in your local time.
Recent games
at Arizona Diamondbacks
Jul 18 · Final
WP: Gastelum · LP: Sewald · SV: O'Brien
Notable: McGreevy: 6.1 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HR · ND
vs Atlanta Braves
Jul 12 · Final
WP: Kinley · LP: Romero · SV: Iglesias
Notable: May: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 K · ND
vs Atlanta Braves
Jul 11 · Final
WP: Liberatore · LP: López · SV: O'Brien
Notable: Liberatore: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K · W
vs Atlanta Braves
Jul 11 · Final
WP: Romero · LP: Young · SV: O'Brien
Notable: Leahy: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K · ND
vs Milwaukee Brewers
Jul 9 · Final
WP: Henderson · LP: Pallante
Notable: Pallante: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HR · L
Upcoming games
at Arizona Diamondbacks
Jul 18 · Scheduled
Probable pitchers: Dustin May vs Brandon Pfaadt
49-48 · 2nd in NL West
at Arizona Diamondbacks
Jul 19 · Scheduled
Probable pitchers: Andre Pallante vs Eduardo Rodriguez
49-48 · 2nd in NL West
at Los Angeles Angels
Jul 22 · Scheduled
Probable pitchers: TBD vs Walbert Ureña
38-60 · 5th in AL West
Analytics
How this team has performed
Reliable team context, rankings, strengths, and weaknesses using the data available for MLB.
Team Quality
Record, run balance, and expected record from runs scored and allowed.
- Record
- 51-45
- Run differential
- +7
- Runs/game
- 4.5
- Runs allowed/game
- 4.4
- Expected record
- 49-47
- Actual vs expected
- +2.2 wins
No. 8 MLB
No. 14 MLB
No. 13 MLB
No. 14 MLB
Based on runs scored and allowed.
Offense
Team hitting rates and production from verified season totals.
- Runs/game
- 4.5
- OPS
- .708
- OBP
- .318
- SLG
- .390
- AVG
- .242
- Home runs
- 108
- BB%
- 8.5%
- K%
- 20.4%
- Hits/game
- 8.1
No. 13 MLB
No. 20 MLB
No. 14 MLB
No. 24 MLB
No. 17 MLB
No. 20 MLB
No. 21 MLB
No. 5 MLB
No. 18 MLB
Pitching and Run Prevention
Pitching staff results and opponent production.
- Runs allowed/game
- 4.4
- ERA
- 4.11
- WHIP
- 1.33
- Strikeouts
- 723
- Walks
- 321
- K/9
- 7.6
- BB/9
- 3.4
- HR allowed
- 96
- Opp AVG
- .251
- Opp OPS
- .718
No. 14 MLB
No. 11 MLB
No. 19 MLB
No. 28 MLB
No. 13 MLB
No. 28 MLB
No. 14 MLB
No. 3 MLB
No. 23 MLB
No. 16 MLB
Basic Defense
Only basic fielding totals that are available reliably.
- Errors
- 46
- Fielding %
- .987
- Double plays
- 84
No. 12 MLB
No. 9 MLB
No. 5 MLB
Only audited basic fielding totals are shown; unsupported defensive metrics are intentionally omitted.
Sources
Go deeper
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Cardinals news
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MLB.comOfficial
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Baseball ReferenceStatistics
Cardinals history
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FanGraphsStatistics
Cardinals analysis
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