St. Louis Cardinals 2 – 3 Los Angeles Angels

MLB · July 21, 2026 · Final

🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)

Post-Game Recap

The Los Angeles Angels walked out of tonight's contest with a three-to-two victory over the St. Louis Cardinals, and the way this one finished, Cardinals fans are going to be replaying that ninth inning for a while.

St. Louis came out swinging early. In the second, Walker got things moving, Church singled him home to right, and then Jordan grounded one to third that brought Nootbaar across — Cardinals up two-nothing and looking comfortable. Jo Adell gave the Angels a pulse in the third with a three-hundred-eighty-nine-foot shot to left center, but St. Louis still held that two-to-one edge heading into the late innings.

Then the ninth happened. Grissom doubled to right, Peraza scored to tie it at two — and that call was reviewed and upheld, so the Cardinals had no reprieve there. And then, the gut punch: Adell, who already had the homer, got hit by a pitch with Siri on third, and just like that Siri crossed the plate and the Angels led three-to-two. That was the ballgame.

Adell was the story for Los Angeles — the home run, the hit-by-pitch that forced in the winner, he was at the center of both rallies. On the St. Louis side, Herrera went oh-for-four with four strikeouts, and the Cardinals lineup simply could not generate anything after that second inning.

Adell delivered when it mattered most, and the Angels stole this one in the final frame. 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

Church singled to right, Walker scored, Nootbaar to third. P2 · 1–0
Jordan grounded out to third, Nootbaar scored, Church to second. P2 · 2–0
Adell homered to left center (389 feet). P3 · 2–1
Grissom doubled to right, Peraza scored, Siri to third. Umpire review: call on the field was upheld. P9 · 2–2
Adell hit by pitch, Siri scored, Lowe to second, Grissom to third. P9 · 2–3

Complete Play-by-Play

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Top of the 1st inning P1

Jose Soriano pitches to JJ Wetherholt P1

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P1

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P1

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P1

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P1

Wetherholt grounded out to second. P1

Jose Soriano pitches to Ivan Herrera P1

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P1

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 4 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P1

Herrera struck out swinging. P1

Jose Soriano pitches to Alec Burleson P1

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P1

Burleson grounded out to second. P1

Middle of the 1st inning P1

Bottom of the 1st inning P1

Kyle Leahy pitches to Zach Neto P1

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P1

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking P1

Neto struck out looking. Los Angeles Angels challenged: call on the field was upheld. P1

Kyle Leahy pitches to Mike Trout P1

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P1

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P1

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P1

Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P1

Trout grounded out to second. P1

Kyle Leahy pitches to Nolan Schanuel P1

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P1

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P1

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P1

Schanuel grounded out to second. P1

End of the 1st inning P1

Top of the 2nd inning P2

Jose Soriano pitches to Jordan Walker P2

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2

Walker doubled to left. P2

Jose Soriano pitches to Lars Nootbaar P2

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2

Nootbaar singled to left, Walker to third. P2

Jose Soriano pitches to Masyn Winn P2

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P2

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P2

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P2

Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P2

Winn struck out swinging. P2

Jose Soriano pitches to Nathan Church P2

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P2

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P2

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2

Church singled to right, Walker scored, Nootbaar to third. P2

Jose Soriano pitches to Blaze Jordan P2

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P2

Jordan grounded out to third, Nootbaar scored, Church to second. P2

Jose Soriano pitches to Jimmy Crooks P2

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P2

Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P2

Crooks struck out swinging. P2

Middle of the 2nd inning P2

Bottom of the 2nd inning P2

Kyle Leahy pitches to Jorge Soler P2

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P2

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P2

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P2

Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P2

Soler struck out swinging. P2

Kyle Leahy pitches to Vaughn Grissom P2

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2

Grissom grounded out to second. P2

Kyle Leahy pitches to Josh Lowe P2

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2

Lowe grounded out to second. P2

End of the 2nd inning P2

Top of the 3rd inning P3

Jose Soriano pitches to JJ Wetherholt P3

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P3

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 4 : Automatic Ball - Pitch Timer Violation 2 P3

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P3

Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P3

Wetherholt walked. P3

Jose Soriano pitches to Ivan Herrera P3

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P3

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P3

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P3

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P3

Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P3

Herrera struck out swinging, Wetherholt stole second. P3

Jose Soriano pitches to Alec Burleson P3

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3

Burleson grounded out to third. P3

Jose Soriano pitches to Jordan Walker P3

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3

Walker grounded out to shortstop. P3

Middle of the 3rd inning P3

Bottom of the 3rd inning P3

Kyle Leahy pitches to Jo Adell P3

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P3

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P3

Adell homered to left center (389 feet). P3

Kyle Leahy pitches to Denzer Guzman P3

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P3

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P3

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 8 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 9 : Ball In Play P3

Guzman grounded out to shortstop. P3

Kyle Leahy pitches to Logan O'Hoppe P3

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P3

O'Hoppe popped out to first. P3

Kyle Leahy pitches to Zach Neto P3

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P3

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P3

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P3

Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 8 : Ball In Play P3

Neto singled to center. P3

Kyle Leahy pitches to Mike Trout P3

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P3

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P3

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P3

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 6 : Ball 3 P3

Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Swinging P3

Trout struck out swinging. P3

End of the 3rd inning P3

Top of the 4th inning P4

Jose Soriano pitches to Lars Nootbaar P4

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P4

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P4

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P4

Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P4

Pitch 7 : Ball 3 P4

Pitch 8 : Ball In Play P4

Nootbaar grounded out to shortstop. P4

Jose Soriano pitches to Masyn Winn P4

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P4

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P4

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4

Winn flied out to right. P4

Jose Soriano pitches to Nathan Church P4

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4

Church singled to center, Church out stretching at second. Los Angeles Angels challenged: call on the field was overturned. P4

Middle of the 4th inning P4

Bottom of the 4th inning P4

Kyle Leahy pitches to Nolan Schanuel P4

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P4

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Swinging P4

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P4

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P4

Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P4

Schanuel singled to right. P4

Kyle Leahy pitches to Jorge Soler P4

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4

Soler lined out to left. P4

Kyle Leahy pitches to Vaughn Grissom P4

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P4

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P4

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P4

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P4

Grissom grounded into double play, third to second to first, Schanuel out at second. P4

End of the 4th inning P4

Top of the 5th inning P5

Jose Soriano pitches to Blaze Jordan P5

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P5

Jordan grounded out to shortstop. P5

Jose Soriano pitches to Jimmy Crooks P5

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P5

Crooks flied out to center. P5

Jose Soriano pitches to JJ Wetherholt P5

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P5

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P5

Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P5

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Swinging P5

Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P5

Wetherholt struck out swinging. P5

Middle of the 5th inning P5

Bottom of the 5th inning P5

Kyle Leahy pitches to Josh Lowe P5

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P5

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P5

Pitch 4 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P5

Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P5

Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Looking P5

Lowe struck out looking. P5

Kyle Leahy pitches to Jo Adell P5

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P5

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P5

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P5

Adell grounded out to shortstop. P5

Kyle Leahy pitches to Denzer Guzman P5

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5

Guzman grounded out to third. P5

End of the 5th inning P5

Top of the 6th inning P6

Jose Soriano pitches to Ivan Herrera P6

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P6

Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P6

Herrera struck out swinging. P6

Jose Soriano pitches to Alec Burleson P6

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P6

Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P6

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P6

Burleson flied out to center. P6

Jose Soriano pitches to Jordan Walker P6

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P6

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P6

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P6

Walker lined out to center. P6

Middle of the 6th inning P6

Bottom of the 6th inning P6

Kyle Leahy pitches to Logan O'Hoppe P6

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P6

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P6

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P6

Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P6

O'Hoppe grounded out to third. P6

Kyle Leahy pitches to Zach Neto P6

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P6

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P6

Neto fouled out to first. P6

Kyle Leahy pitches to Mike Trout P6

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P6

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P6

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P6

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P6

Trout grounded out to third. P6

End of the 6th inning P6

Top of the 7th inning P7

Jose Soriano pitches to Lars Nootbaar P7

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P7

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P7

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P7

Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Looking P7

Nootbaar struck out looking. P7

Jose Soriano pitches to Masyn Winn 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 : Strike 2 Foul P7

Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P7

Winn popped out to second. P7

Jose Soriano pitches to Nathan Church P7

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P7

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P7

Church flied out to left. P7

Middle of the 7th inning P7

Bottom of the 7th inning P7

Stanek relieved Leahy P7

Ryne Stanek pitches to Nolan Schanuel P7

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P7

Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P7

Pitch 4 : Ball 4 P7

Schanuel walked. P7

Ryne Stanek pitches to Jorge Soler P7

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P7

Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Looking P7

Soler struck out looking. P7

Ryne Stanek pitches to Vaughn Grissom P7

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P7

Grissom popped out to first. P7

Ryne Stanek pitches to Josh Lowe P7

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P7

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P7

Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P7

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P7

Lowe lined out to left. P7

End of the 7th inning P7

Top of the 8th inning P8

Natera Jr. relieved Soriano P8

Samy Natera Jr. pitches to Blaze Jordan P8

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P8

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P8

Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P8

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P8

Jordan flied out to center. P8

Samy Natera Jr. pitches to Jimmy Crooks P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P8

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P8

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 4 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P8

Crooks struck out swinging. P8

Samy Natera Jr. pitches to JJ Wetherholt P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P8

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P8

Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P8

Wetherholt struck out swinging. P8

Middle of the 8th inning P8

Bottom of the 8th inning P8

Soriano relieved Stanek P8

George Soriano pitches to Jo Adell P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P8

Adell singled to left. P8

George Soriano pitches to Denzer Guzman P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P8

Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Looking P8

Guzman struck out looking. P8

Meckler hit for O'Hoppe P8

George Soriano pitches to Wade Meckler P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P8

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P8

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P8

Meckler lined out to first. P8

George Soriano pitches to Zach Neto P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P8

Neto flied out to right. P8

End of the 8th inning P8

Top of the 9th inning P9

Heineman catching. P9

Fermin relieved Natera Jr. P9

Jose Fermin pitches to Ivan Herrera P9

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P9

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P9

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P9

Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P9

Herrera struck out swinging. P9

Jose Fermin pitches to Alec Burleson P9

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P9

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P9

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P9

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P9

Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P9

Burleson struck out swinging. P9

Jose Fermin pitches to Jordan Walker P9

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P9

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P9

Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P9

Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P9

Walker walked. P9

Jose Fermin pitches to Lars Nootbaar P9

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9

Walker stole second. P9

Walker stole second. St Louis Cardinals challenged: call on the field was upheld. P9

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P9

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P9

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P9

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P9

Nootbaar flied out to left. P9

Middle of the 9th inning P9

Bottom of the 9th inning P9

O'Brien relieved Soriano P9

Riley O'Brien pitches to Mike Trout P9

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P9

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P9

Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Looking P9

Trout struck out looking. P9

Riley O'Brien pitches to Nolan Schanuel P9

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P9

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P9

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P9

Schanuel singled to right. P9

Peraza ran for Schanuel P9

Riley O'Brien pitches to Jorge Soler P9

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P9

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P9

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P9

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P9

Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P9

Soler hit by pitch, Peraza to second. P9

Siri ran for Soler P9

Riley O'Brien pitches to Vaughn Grissom P9

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P9

Grissom doubled to right, Peraza scored, Siri to third. Umpire review: call on the field was upheld. P9

Riley O'Brien pitches to Josh Lowe P9

Pitch 1 : Automatic Ball - IBB 1 P9

Pitch 2 : Automatic Ball - IBB 2 P9

Pitch 3 : Automatic Ball - IBB 3 P9

Pitch 4 : Automatic Ball - IBB 4 P9

Lowe intentionally walked. P9

Riley O'Brien pitches to Jo Adell P9

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P9

Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P9

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P9

Adell hit by pitch, Siri scored, Lowe to second, Grissom to third. P9