COL 8, STL 6 | Aug 8, 2026 | The Best Box Score

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Saturday, August 8, 2026•Busch Stadium•87°F, Clear

COL

Rockies

STL

Cardinals

Final

WIN

Parker Mushinski

LOSS

Matthew Liberatore

SAVE

Jordan Romano

The Rockies defeated the Cardinals 8-6.

★Jake McCarthy2 HR, 3 RBI

★Iván Herrera3-for-5, 1 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 8: Jordan Walker homers (23) on a fly ball to left center field.

Weather: 87°F, ClearWind: 3 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 11:15 PM UTCT: 3:09Att: 29,204Venue: Busch Stadium

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91.3%C

16 missed calls

+1.4% COL

+0.42 runs STL

Win Probability

STL WinCOL Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
COL	1	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	8	11	0
STL	2	0	0	0	1	1	0

Game 823021 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Colorado Rockies

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jake McCarthyLF	5	4	4	3	0	0	.305/.341/.516	105.3	.587	.895
Kyle Karros3B	2	1	0	1	1	0	.267/.366/.422	101.5	.202	.367
Cole CarriggCF	5	2	2	2	0	1	.296/.379/.506	100.7	.266	.355
Hunter GoodmanC	4	0	1	1	0	1	.252/.319/.539	95.7	.295	.283
TJ Rumfield1B	3	0	2	1	1	0	.299/.377/.464	95.2	.416	.379
Willi Castro2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.263/.332/.425	110.4	.300	.272
Jordan BeckRF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.200/.238/.337	110	.339	.363
Mickey MoniakDH	2	0	0	0	0	0	.277/.316/.568	87.6	.070	.063
Ezequiel TovarSS	3	1	1	0	1	1	.206/.253/.332	102.7	.141	.135
Bench
Tyler FreemanDH	2	0	0	0	0	0	.247/.317/.314	99.5	.294	.277
Kyle FreelandP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	34	8	11	8	3	5	-	-	-	-

HR:McCarthy (1st off Liberatore, 0 on, 0 out); McCarthy (6th off Gastelum, 1 on, 2 out)

2B:Carrigg 2

TB:19

RBI:McCarthy 3; Carrigg 2; Goodman; Rumfield; Karros

SB:McCarthy 2; Carrigg; Karros 2

SF:Karros

GIDP:McCarthy

Team LOB:4

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
JJ Wetherholt2B	5	0	1	0	0	1	.246/.349/.383	104.6	.353

Pitching

Colorado Rockies

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Kyle Freeland	4.1	5	3	1	3	3	0	101-64	86.5	6.63
Juan Mejia	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	13-6	94.4	5.29
Jimmy Herget	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	15-9	84.7	6.75
Parker MushinskiW	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	20-12	88.3	0.00
Brennan BernardinoH	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	14-9	83.2	2.64
Jordan RomanoS	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	22-17	88.3	6.62
Totals	9.0	10	6	4	6	5	1	185-117	-	-

WP:Mejia

HBP:Pereira (by Freeland)

Inherited runners-scored:Mejia 3-1; Mushinski 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Freeland 101-64; Mejia 13-6; Herget 15-9; Mushinski 20-12; Bernardino 14-9; Romano 22-17

Groundouts-flyouts:Freeland 6-5; Mejia 1-1; Herget 1-1; Mushinski 0-4; Bernardino 1-1; Romano 1-1

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Matthew LiberatoreL	5.0	9	5	5	2	3	1	94-61	88.4	5.15

Top 1 • COL

1-0

Jake McCarthy homers (12) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 104.0 mph💣 420 ftLA: 29°

Bot 1 • STL

1-2

José Fermín doubles (11) on a ground ball to left fielder Jake McCarthy. Iván Herrera scores. Alec Burleson scores.

EV: 99.1 mph53 ft0

Top 3 • COL

4-2

Hunter Goodman singles on a fly ball to right fielder Jordan Walker. Cole Carrigg scores.

EV: 72.1 mph210 ftLA: 49°

3-2

Cole Carrigg doubles (12) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Nathan Church. Jake McCarthy scores. Kyle Karros scores.

EV: 100.7 mph378 ftLA: 25°

Top 5 • COL

5-2

TJ Rumfield singles on a ground ball to left fielder Everson Pereira. Cole Carrigg scores.

EV: 95.2 mph26 ftLA: -4°

Bot 5 • STL

5-3

Masyn Winn out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Cole Carrigg. Iván Herrera scores.

EV: 89.0 mph290 ftLA: 20°

Top 6 • COL

7-3

Jake McCarthy homers (13) on a fly ball to center field. Ezequiel Tovar scores.

EV: 105.3 mph💣 417 ftLA: 29°

Bot 6 • STL

7-4

Iván Herrera singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Jake McCarthy. Everson Pereira scores.

EV: 101.2 mph183 ftLA: 9°

Bot 8 • STL

7-5

Jordan Walker homers (23) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 107.3 mph💣 432 ftLA: 31°

Top 9 • COL

8-5

Kyle Karros out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Everson Pereira. Jake McCarthy scores.

EV: 101.5 mph370 ftLA: 21°

Bot 9 • STL

8-6

Nathan Church singles on a line drive to right fielder Jordan Beck. José Fermín scores.

EV: 84.0 mph203 ftLA: 16°

Bench
Blaze Jordan3B	2	0	1	0	0	0	.255/.279/.372	90.6	.104	.094
Everson PereiraLF	2	1	0	0	1	0	.220/.293/.427	90.6	.153	.155
Matthew LiberatoreP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Luis GastelumP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Peter StrzeleckiP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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Batting

Colorado Rockies

St. Louis Cardinals

Pitching

Colorado Rockies

St. Louis Cardinals

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