HOU 3, STL 8 | Apr 14, 2025 | The Best Box Score

Monday, April 14, 2025•Busch Stadium•63°F, Cloudy

HOU

Astros

STL

Cardinals

Final

WIN

Sonny Gray

LOSS

Framber Valdez

The Cardinals cruised past the Astros 8-3 in a dominant performance.

★Jeremy Peña3 RBI

★Nolan Arenado3-for-4, 2 RBI

★Brendan Donovan4-for-4, 1 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Nolan Arenado homers (2) on a fly ball to left field.

Weather: 63°F, CloudyWind: 15 mph, Out To RFFirst pitch: 11:45 PM UTCT: 2:36Att: 21,977Venue: Busch Stadium

Ump Audit

Adrian Johnson

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96.3%A

5 missed calls

+20.5% STL

+0.53 runs STL

Win Probability

STL WinHOU Win

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

Game 778325 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Houston Astros

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Brendan RodgersDH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.242/.342/.303	105.5	.411	.630
Isaac Paredes3B	3	0	0	0	1	2	.262/.375/.426	107	.030	.057
Jake MeyersCF	1	1	0	0	0	0	.244/.319/.293	97.7	.286	.295
Zach Dezenzo1B	1	1	1	0	0	0	.133/.188/.133	104.6	.835	.834
Yainer DiazC	4	0	1	0	0	1	.130/.184/.217	104.1	.160	.141
Jeremy PeñaSS	4	1	1	3	0	0	.207/.288/.379	103.6	.230	.405
Cam SmithRF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.205/.279/.333	107.1	.204	.218
Mauricio Dubón2B	3	0	2	0	0	0	.182/.250/.273	97.8	.358	.343
Chas McCormickLF	2	0	1	0	1	1	.250/.438/.250	96	.473	.441
Bench
Jose AltuveDH	3	0	0	0	0	0	.303/.338/.439	91.8	.184	.181
Yordan AlvarezLF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.222/.338/.315
Totals	32	3	7	3	2	5	-	-	-	-

HR:Peña (9th off Muñoz, 2 on, 2 out)

2B:Dubón

TB:11

RBI:Peña 3

CS:McCormick

GIDP:Diaz

Team LOB:4

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Michael SianiCF	1	0	1	0	0	0	.222/.300/.222	70.1	.727

Pitching

Houston Astros

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Framber ValdezL	4.0	10	7	7	1	3	0	89-55	88.9	4.91
Bennett Sousa	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	27-18	90.5	0.00
Luis Contreras	2.0	3	1	1	1	2	1	35-21	87.3	9.00
Totals	8.0	14	8	8	2	8	1	151-94	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Sousa 1-1

Pitches-strikes:Valdez 89-55; Sousa 27-18; Contreras 35-21

Groundouts-flyouts:Valdez 5-4; Sousa 2-1; Contreras 2-1

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Sonny GrayW	7.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	92-58	87.6	3.13

Bot 3 • STL

0-1

Willson Contreras grounds into a force out, shortstop Jeremy Peña to second baseman Mauricio Dubón. Lars Nootbaar scores. Luken Baker out at 2nd. Willson Contreras to 1st.

EV: 94.7 mph6 ftLA: -22°

Bot 4 • STL

0-3

Pedro Pagés doubles (4) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Yordan Alvarez. Brendan Donovan scores. Jordan Walker scores.

EV: 101.2 mph251 ftLA: 14°

0-4

Lars Nootbaar singles on a line drive to center fielder Chas McCormick. Pedro Pagés scores.

EV: 70.2 mph205 ftLA: 23°

Bot 5 • STL

0-5

Nolan Arenado doubles (6) on a line drive to left fielder Yordan Alvarez. Willson Contreras scores. Nolan Arenado to 3rd. Nolan Arenado advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by shortstop Jeremy Peña.

EV: 74.4 mph211 ftLA: 21°

0-6

Brendan Donovan doubles (5) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Cam Smith. Nolan Arenado scores. Brendan Donovan to 3rd. Brendan Donovan advances to 3rd, on a fielding error by right fielder Cam Smith.

EV: 104.5 mph342 ftLA: 21°

0-7

Nolan Gorman out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Chas McCormick. Brendan Donovan scores.

EV: 103.8 mph392 ftLA: 34°

Bot 7 • STL

0-8

Nolan Arenado homers (2) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 100.3 mph💣 379 ftLA: 30°

Top 9 • HOU

3-8

Jeremy Peña homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field. Jake Meyers scores. Zach Dezenzo scores.

EV: 103.6 mph💣 407 ftLA: 29°

Bench
Lars NootbaarLF	3	1	2	1	1	0	.279/.405/.410	102.6	.696	.663
Willson Contreras1B	4	1	1	1	0	0	.164/.215/.262	107.6	.354	.330
Nolan Arenado3B	4	2	3	2	0	0	.316/.409/.526	102.9	.465	.551
Sonny GrayP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Ryan FernandezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Roddery MuñozP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-