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Cincinnati Reds 4 – 2 St. Louis Cardinals

MLB · July 25, 2026 · Final
🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)

Post-Game Recap

The Cincinnati Reds took down the St. Louis Cardinals tonight, four to two, and it was a game that flipped twice before the Reds finally took control for good.

Cincinnati drew first blood in the fourth when Tyler Stephenson lashed a ground rule double to score JD Bleday and push Joey Steer to third — one nothing, Reds in front. But St. Louis answered in the fifth, and they answered emphatically. Iván Herrera and Jordan's double to left plated two runs, and just like that the Cardinals were ahead two to one.

That lead held into the seventh, and that's where this game changed permanently. Eugenio Suárez stepped in and absolutely crushed one — four hundred and thirty-five feet to left center, a two-run shot that put Cincinnati back on top three to two. That was the turning point, full stop. Suárez finished two for four with a walk, two RBIs, and that home run doing all the heavy lifting.

The Reds put it away in the ninth when Spencer Stewart singled to left to score Elly De La Cruz and make it four to two. Stewart was quietly excellent all night — two hits in five at-bats, a run scored, and that insurance knock when it mattered most.

St. Louis couldn't manufacture anything late, and Cincinnati walked out of here with a clean two-run win built on one massive swing from Suárez. 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. Stephenson hit a ground rule double, Bleday scored, Steer to third. P4 · 1–0
  2. Jordan doubled to left, Church scored and Herrera scored. P5 · 1–2
  3. Suárez homered to left center (435 feet), Stewart scored. P7 · 3–2
  4. Stewart singled to left, De La Cruz scored. P9 · 4–2

Complete Play-by-Play

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Top of the 1st inning P1
Dustin May pitches to Elly De La Cruz P1
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P1
De La Cruz lined out to shortstop. P1
P1
Dustin May pitches to Sal Stewart 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 : Ball In Play P1
Stewart grounded out to shortstop. P1
P1
Dustin May pitches to JJ Bleday P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P1
Bleday struck out swinging. P1
P1
Middle of the 1st inning P1
Bottom of the 1st inning P1
Rhett Lowder pitches to JJ Wetherholt P1
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P1
Wetherholt grounded out to shortstop. P1
P1
Rhett Lowder pitches to Jordan Walker P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P1
Walker struck out swinging. P1
P1
Rhett Lowder pitches to Alec Burleson P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P1
Burleson struck out swinging. P1
P1
End of the 1st inning P1
Top of the 2nd inning P2
Dustin May pitches to Eugenio Suarez P2
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P2
Suárez grounded out to third. P2
P2
Dustin May pitches to Nathaniel Lowe P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P2
Lowe struck out swinging. P2
P2
Dustin May pitches to Spencer Steer P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Looking P2
Steer struck out looking. P2
P2
Middle of the 2nd inning P2
Bottom of the 2nd inning P2
Rhett Lowder pitches to Ivan Herrera P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2
Herrera grounded out to third. P2
P2
Rhett Lowder pitches to Lars Nootbaar P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2
Nootbaar flied out to left. P2
P2
Rhett Lowder pitches to Masyn Winn P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P2
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Looking P2
Winn struck out looking. P2
P2
End of the 2nd inning P2
Top of the 3rd inning P3
Dustin May pitches to Tyler Stephenson P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P3
Stephenson singled to left. P3
P3
Dustin May pitches to Dane Myers P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
Myers struck out swinging. P3
P3
Dustin May pitches to Edwin Arroyo P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3
Arroyo singled to left, Stephenson to second. P3
P3
Dustin May pitches to Elly De La Cruz P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
De La Cruz struck out swinging. P3
P3
Dustin May pitches to Sal Stewart P3
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P3
Stewart lined out to center. P3
P3
Middle of the 3rd inning P3
Bottom of the 3rd inning P3
Rhett Lowder pitches to Nathan Church P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P3
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 8 : Ball In Play P3
Church grounded out to shortstop. P3
P3
Rhett Lowder pitches to Blaze Jordan P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 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 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 10 : Ball In Play P3
Jordan grounded out to first. P3
P3
Rhett Lowder pitches to Jimmy Crooks P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P3
Crooks flied out to center. P3
P3
End of the 3rd inning P3
Top of the 4th inning P4
Dustin May pitches to JJ Bleday P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
Bleday singled to center. P4
P4
Dustin May pitches to Eugenio Suarez P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 6 : Ball 3 P4
Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Swinging P4
Suárez struck out swinging. P4
P4
Dustin May pitches to Nathaniel Lowe P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P4
Lowe flied out to center. P4
P4
Dustin May pitches to Spencer Steer P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P4
Pitch 4 : Ball 4 P4
Steer walked, Bleday to second. P4
P4
Dustin May pitches to Tyler Stephenson P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P4
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P4
Stephenson hit a ground rule double, Bleday scored, Steer to third. P4
P4
Dustin May pitches to Dane Myers 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
Myers grounded out to shortstop. P4
P4
Middle of the 4th inning P4
Bottom of the 4th inning P4
Rhett Lowder pitches to JJ Wetherholt P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P4
Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P4
Wetherholt walked. P4
P4
Rhett Lowder pitches to Jordan Walker P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P4
Walker grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Wetherholt out at second. P4
P4
Rhett Lowder pitches to Alec Burleson P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P4
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P4
Burleson struck out swinging. P4
P4
End of the 4th inning P4
Top of the 5th inning P5
Dustin May pitches to Edwin Arroyo P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P5
Arroyo flied out to right. P5
P5
Dustin May pitches to Elly De La Cruz P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P5
De La Cruz singled to right. P5
P5
Dustin May pitches to Sal Stewart P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P5
De La Cruz stole second. P5
De La Cruz stole second. P5
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P5
Stewart struck out swinging. P5
P5
Dustin May pitches to JJ Bleday P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P5
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P5
Bleday struck out swinging. P5
P5
Middle of the 5th inning P5
Bottom of the 5th inning P5
Rhett Lowder pitches to Ivan Herrera P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P5
Herrera hit by pitch. P5
P5
Rhett Lowder pitches to Lars Nootbaar P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Herrera stole second. P5
Herrera stole second. P5
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5
Nootbaar flied out to left, Herrera to third. P5
P5
Rhett Lowder pitches to Masyn Winn P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P5
Winn grounded out to shortstop. P5
P5
Rhett Lowder pitches to Nathan Church P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Swinging P5
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P5
Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P5
Church walked. P5
P5
Rhett Lowder pitches to Blaze Jordan P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P5
Jordan doubled to left, Church scored and Herrera scored. P5
P5
Rhett Lowder pitches to Jimmy Crooks P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5
Crooks grounded out to second. P5
P5
End of the 5th inning P5
Top of the 6th inning P6
Dustin May pitches to Eugenio Suarez P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P6
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P6
Suárez singled to center. P6
P6
Dustin May pitches to Nathaniel Lowe P6
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6
Lowe singled to center, Suárez to second. P6
P6
Dustin May pitches to Spencer Steer P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6
Steer bunt popped out to pitcher. P6
P6
Dustin May pitches to Tyler Stephenson P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P6
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P6
Stephenson hit by pitch, Lowe to second, Suárez to third. P6
P6
Dustin May pitches to Dane Myers P6
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6
Myers popped out to first. P6
P6
Dustin May pitches to Edwin Arroyo P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P6
Arroyo flied out to center. P6
P6
Middle of the 6th inning P6
Bottom of the 6th inning P6
Ferguson relieved Lowder P6
Caleb Ferguson pitches to JJ Wetherholt P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P6
Wetherholt walked. P6
P6
Caleb Ferguson pitches to Jordan Walker P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6
Walker fouled out to first. P6
P6
Caleb Ferguson pitches to Alec Burleson P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Swinging P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 6 : Ball 3 P6
Wetherholt to second on passed ball by Stephenson. P6
Wetherholt to second on passed ball by Stephenson. P6
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 8 : Ball In Play P6
Burleson grounded out to second, Wetherholt to third. P6
P6
Garcia relieved Ferguson P6
Julian Garcia pitches to Ivan Herrera P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Looking P6
Herrera struck out looking. P6
P6
End of the 6th inning P6
Top of the 7th inning P7
Soriano relieved May P7
George Soriano pitches to Elly De La Cruz P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P7
De La Cruz lined out to second. P7
P7
George Soriano pitches to Sal Stewart P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P7
Stewart singled to left. P7
P7
George Soriano pitches to JJ Bleday P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P7
Bleday struck out swinging. P7
P7
George Soriano pitches to Eugenio Suarez P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P7
Suárez homered to left center (435 feet), Stewart scored. P7
P7
George Soriano pitches to Nathaniel Lowe P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P7
Lowe singled to center. P7
P7
George Soriano pitches to Spencer Steer P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P7
Steer grounded into fielder's choice to third, Lowe out at second. P7
P7
Middle of the 7th inning P7
Bottom of the 7th inning P7
Burke relieved Garcia P7
Brock Burke pitches to Lars Nootbaar P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7
Nootbaar grounded out to first. P7
P7
Brock Burke pitches to Masyn Winn P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P7
Winn flied out to center. P7
P7
Velázquez hit for Church P7
Brock Burke pitches to Nelson Velazquez P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking P7
Velázquez struck out looking. P7
P7
End of the 7th inning P7
Top of the 8th inning P8
Nootbaar in center field. P8
Velázquez in left field. P8
Stanek relieved Soriano P8
Ryne Stanek pitches to Tyler Stephenson P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P8
Stephenson struck out swinging. P8
P8
Ryne Stanek pitches to Dane Myers P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 6 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Swinging P8
Myers struck out swinging. P8
P8
Ryne Stanek pitches to Edwin Arroyo P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P8
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P8
Arroyo grounded out to first. P8
P8
Middle of the 8th inning P8
Bottom of the 8th inning P8
Antone relieved Burke P8
Tejay Antone pitches to Blaze Jordan P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P8
Jordan popped out to first. P8
P8
Tejay Antone 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 : Ball In Play P8
Crooks doubled to center. P8
P8
Fermín ran for Crooks P8
Tejay Antone pitches to JJ Wetherholt P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P8
Wetherholt struck out swinging. P8
P8
Tejay Antone pitches to Jordan Walker P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P8
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P8
Walker popped out to second. P8
P8
End of the 8th inning P8
Top of the 9th inning P9
Pagés catching. P9
Gastelum relieved Stanek P9
Luis Gastelum pitches to Elly De La Cruz P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P9
Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P9
De La Cruz walked. P9
P9
Luis Gastelum pitches to Sal Stewart P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P9
De La Cruz stole second. P9
De La Cruz stole second. P9
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P9
De La Cruz to third on wild pitch by Gastelum. P9
De La Cruz to third on wild pitch by Gastelum. P9
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P9
Stewart singled to left, De La Cruz scored. P9
P9
Luis Gastelum pitches to JJ Bleday P9
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P9
Bleday grounded out to second, Stewart to second. P9
P9
Luis Gastelum pitches to Eugenio Suarez P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P9
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P9
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P9
Suárez walked. P9
P9
Hayes ran for Suárez P9
Luis Gastelum pitches to Nathaniel Lowe P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P9
Lowe grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, Hayes out at second. P9
P9
Middle of the 9th inning P9
Bottom of the 9th inning P9
Hayes at third base. P9
Pagán relieved Antone P9
Emilio Pagan pitches to Alec Burleson P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P9
Burleson flied out to center. P9
P9
Emilio Pagan pitches to Ivan Herrera P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Looking P9
Herrera struck out looking. P9
P9
Emilio Pagan pitches to Lars Nootbaar P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P9
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P9
Nootbaar struck out swinging. P9
P9
End of the 9th inning P9