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St. Louis Cardinals 3 – 5 Arizona Diamondbacks

MLB · July 18, 2026 · Final
🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)

Post-Game Recap

The Arizona Diamondbacks took down the St. Louis Cardinals tonight, five to three, and honestly this one was over before St. Louis ever got started.

Arizona came out swinging from the jump. Ketel Marte and Gabriel Moreno were on base all night, and the Diamondbacks punished Cardinals starter Trey May early and often. A wild pitch in the third — actually, May threw two of them — and suddenly Arizona had runners crossing the plate without even putting the ball in play. Nolan Arenado then doubled to left to score two more, and just like that it was four to nothing through three innings. The Cardinals were in a hole they dug themselves.

The damage didn't stop there. A Marte single in the fourth pushed it to five to nothing, and at that point Chase Anderson and the Arizona bullpen just had to hold serve.

St. Louis tried to rally. Jordan Walker singled home Wetherholt in the sixth to get the Cardinals on the board, and a fielder's choice brought in Burleson to make it five to two. Then in the ninth, Alec Crooks went four hundred forty-three feet to right center for a solo shot that at least made it respectable. But respectable doesn't win ballgames.

Moreno went two for three with two runs scored for Arizona, and Marte added two hits and a walk. The Cardinals simply could not survive that third inning collapse, and the Diamondbacks never looked back.

That's your post-game report. Sports Desk, signing off.

AI-generated post-game report composed from the official play-by-play and box score.

Who Scored — Scoring Timeline

  1. McCann singled to right, Moreno scored, Arenado to third. P2 · 0–1
  2. Marte scored on May wild pitch. P3 · 0–2
  3. Marte scored on May wild pitch. P3 · 0–2
  4. Arenado doubled to left, Kepler scored and Moreno scored. P3 · 0–4
  5. Marte singled to left, Waldschmidt scored, Marte to second. P4 · 0–5
  6. Walker singled to center, Wetherholt scored, Burleson to second. P6 · 1–5
  7. Winn grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Burleson scored, Nootbaar out at second, Walker to third. P6 · 2–5
  8. Crooks homered to right center (443 feet). P9 · 3–5

Complete Play-by-Play

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Top of the 1st inning P1
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to JJ Wetherholt P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P1
Wetherholt grounded out to second. P1
P1
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to Ivan Herrera P1
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P1
Herrera flied out to right. P1
P1
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to Alec Burleson P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P1
Burleson grounded out to first. P1
P1
Middle of the 1st inning P1
Bottom of the 1st inning P1
Dustin May pitches to Ketel Marte P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P1
Pitch 4 : Ball 4 P1
Marte walked. P1
P1
Dustin May pitches to Geraldo Perdomo P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P1
Perdomo grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Marte out at second. P1
P1
Dustin May pitches to Corbin Carroll P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Looking P1
Carroll struck out looking. P1
P1
End of the 1st inning P1
Top of the 2nd inning P2
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to Jordan Walker P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P2
Walker grounded out to third. P2
P2
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to Lars Nootbaar P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2
Nootbaar grounded out to first. P2
P2
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to Masyn Winn P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2
Winn singled to left. P2
P2
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to Nathan Church P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking P2
Church struck out looking. P2
P2
Middle of the 2nd inning P2
Bottom of the 2nd inning P2
Dustin May pitches to Gabriel Moreno P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P2
Moreno singled to right. P2
P2
Dustin May pitches to Max Kepler P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2
Kepler fouled out to third. P2
P2
Dustin May pitches to Nolan Arenado P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2
Arenado singled to left, Moreno to second. P2
P2
Dustin May pitches to Tim Tawa P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P2
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Swinging P2
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P2
Tawa struck out swinging. P2
P2
Dustin May pitches to James McCann P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2
McCann singled to right, Moreno scored, Arenado to third. P2
P2
Dustin May pitches to Ryan Waldschmidt P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P2
Waldschmidt struck out swinging. P2
P2
End of the 2nd inning P2
Top of the 3rd inning P3
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to Jose Fermin P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3
Fermín grounded out to third. P3
P3
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to Pedro Pages P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Looking P3
Pagés struck out looking. P3
P3
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to JJ Wetherholt P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P3
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P3
Wetherholt grounded out to shortstop. P3
P3
Middle of the 3rd inning P3
Bottom of the 3rd inning P3
Dustin May pitches to Ketel Marte P3
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P3
Marte singled to right. P3
P3
Dustin May pitches to Geraldo Perdomo P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P3
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Looking P3
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P3
Perdomo walked, Marte to second. P3
P3
Dustin May pitches to Corbin Carroll P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3
Carroll grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Perdomo out at second, Marte to third. P3
P3
Dustin May pitches to Gabriel Moreno P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P3
Marte scored on May wild pitch. P3
Marte scored on May wild pitch. P3
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P3
Moreno singled to left. P3
P3
Dustin May pitches to Max Kepler P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P3
Pitch 4 : Ball 4 P3
Kepler walked, Moreno to second. P3
P3
Dustin May pitches to Nolan Arenado P3
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P3
Arenado doubled to left, Kepler scored and Moreno scored. P3
P3
Dustin May pitches to Tim Tawa P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
Tawa struck out swinging. P3
P3
End of the 3rd inning P3
Top of the 4th inning P4
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to Ivan Herrera P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 8 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 9 : Ball In Play P4
Herrera lined out to second. P4
P4
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to Alec Burleson P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P4
Burleson singled to right. P4
P4
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to Jordan Walker P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P4
Walker grounded out to third, Burleson to second. P4
P4
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to Lars Nootbaar P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P4
Nootbaar flied out to center. P4
P4
Middle of the 4th inning P4
Bottom of the 4th inning P4
Dustin May pitches to James McCann P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P4
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P4
McCann struck out swinging. P4
P4
Dustin May pitches to Ryan Waldschmidt P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4
Waldschmidt doubled to center. P4
P4
Dustin May pitches to Ketel Marte P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P4
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4
Marte singled to left, Waldschmidt scored, Marte to second. P4
P4
Dustin May pitches to Geraldo Perdomo P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P4
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4
Perdomo flied out to left. P4
P4
Dustin May pitches to Corbin Carroll P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P4
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P4
Carroll walked. P4
P4
Dustin May pitches to Gabriel Moreno P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P4
Moreno flied out to right. P4
P4
End of the 4th inning P4
Top of the 5th inning P5
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to Masyn Winn P5
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P5
Winn hit by pitch. P5
P5
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to Nathan Church P5
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P5
Church grounded into fielder's choice to second, Winn out at second. P5
P5
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to Jose Fermin P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P5
Fermín flied out to left. P5
P5
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to Pedro Pages P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Looking P5
Pagés struck out looking. P5
P5
Middle of the 5th inning P5
Bottom of the 5th inning P5
Dustin May pitches to Max Kepler P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P5
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 8 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 9 : Ball 3 P5
Pitch 10 : Strike 3 Swinging P5
Kepler struck out swinging. P5
P5
Dustin May pitches to Nolan Arenado P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P5
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P5
Arenado flied out to left. P5
P5
Dustin May pitches to Tim Tawa P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P5
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 7 : Ball In Play P5
Tawa lined out to center. P5
P5
End of the 5th inning P5
Top of the 6th inning P6
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to JJ Wetherholt P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P6
Wetherholt singled to center. P6
P6
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to Ivan Herrera P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P6
Herrera popped out to shortstop. P6
P6
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to Alec Burleson P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P6
Burleson singled to right, Wetherholt to second. P6
P6
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to Jordan Walker P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P6
Walker singled to center, Wetherholt scored, Burleson to second. P6
P6
Brandon Pfaadt pitches to Lars Nootbaar P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Swinging P6
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P6
Nootbaar singled to right, Walker to second, Burleson to third. P6
P6
Thompson relieved Pfaadt P6
Ryan Thompson pitches to Masyn Winn P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P6
Winn grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Burleson scored, Nootbaar out at second, Walker to third. P6
P6
Ryan Thompson pitches to Nathan Church P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Winn stole second. P6
Winn stole second. P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P6
Church popped out to shortstop. P6
P6
Middle of the 6th inning P6
Bottom of the 6th inning P6
Graceffo relieved May P6
Gordon Graceffo pitches to James McCann P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P6
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P6
McCann struck out swinging. P6
P6
Gordon Graceffo pitches to Ryan Waldschmidt P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P6
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P6
Waldschmidt struck out swinging. P6
P6
Gordon Graceffo pitches to Ketel Marte P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P6
Marte grounded out to second. P6
P6
End of the 6th inning P6
Top of the 7th inning P7
Loaisiga relieved Thompson P7
Jonathan Loaisiga pitches to Jose Fermin P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 6 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 7 : Ball 3 P7
Pitch 8 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 9 : Ball 4 P7
Fermín walked. P7
P7
Torres hit for Pagés P7
Jonathan Loaisiga pitches to Bryan Torres P7
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P7
Torres lined out to center. P7
P7
Jonathan Loaisiga pitches to JJ Wetherholt P7
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P7
Wetherholt singled to left, Fermín to second. P7
P7
Jonathan Loaisiga pitches to Ivan Herrera P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P7
Herrera struck out swinging. P7
P7
Garcia relieved Loaisiga P7
Brandyn Garcia pitches to Alec Burleson P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P7
Burleson lined out to right. P7
P7
Middle of the 7th inning P7
Bottom of the 7th inning P7
Crooks catching. P7
Bruihl relieved Graceffo P7
Justin Bruihl pitches to Geraldo Perdomo P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P7
Perdomo flied out to right. P7
P7
Justin Bruihl pitches to Corbin Carroll P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7
Carroll grounded out to first. P7
P7
Justin Bruihl pitches to Gabriel Moreno P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Swinging P7
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 8 : Ball 4 P7
Moreno walked. P7
P7
Justin Bruihl pitches to Max Kepler P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P7
Kepler flied out to shortstop. P7
P7
End of the 7th inning P7
Top of the 8th inning P8
Barrosa in center field. P8
Ginkel relieved Garcia P8
Kevin Ginkel pitches to Jordan Walker P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P8
Walker flied out to center. P8
P8
Kevin Ginkel pitches to Lars Nootbaar P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P8
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P8
Nootbaar struck out swinging. P8
P8
Kevin Ginkel pitches to Masyn Winn P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P8
Pitch 4 : Ball 4 P8
Winn walked. P8
P8
Kevin Ginkel pitches to Nathan Church P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P8
Church lined out to center. P8
P8
Middle of the 8th inning P8
Bottom of the 8th inning P8
Svanson relieved Bruihl P8
Matt Svanson pitches to Nolan Arenado P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P8
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P8
Arenado lined out to left. P8
P8
Matt Svanson pitches to Tim Tawa P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P8
Tawa grounded out to second. P8
P8
Matt Svanson pitches to James McCann P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P8
McCann grounded out to second. P8
P8
End of the 8th inning P8
Top of the 9th inning P9
Vargas at first base. P9
Sewald relieved Ginkel P9
Paul Sewald pitches to Jose Fermin P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P9
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Looking P9
Fermín struck out looking. St Louis Cardinals challenged: call on the field was upheld. P9
P9
Paul Sewald pitches to Jimmy Crooks P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P9
Crooks homered to right center (443 feet). P9
P9
Paul Sewald pitches to JJ Wetherholt P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P9
Wetherholt struck out swinging. P9
P9
Paul Sewald pitches to Ivan Herrera P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P9
Herrera lined out to right. P9
P9