Wednesday, July 29, 2026 · · Busch Stadium

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61-46 · L10 7-3

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53-54 · L10 2-8

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Season matchup

CHC leads 18 of 19 categories

CHC Metric STL
Offense
5.21 2nd Runs scored per game 4.40 16th
.758 4th Team On-Base Plus Slugging .695 26th
133 10th Team Home Runs 112 22nd
.250 9th Team Batting Average .239 20th
22.7 1st Total position-player WAR 10.3 22nd
Pitching
4.39 11th Runs allowed per game 4.52 16th
4.20 14th Team Earned Run Average 4.21 16th
1.27 11th Team Walks + Hits per Inning 1.35 20th
827 25th Team Strikeouts 825 26th
5.5 23rd Rotation WAR 7.9 17th
1.7 22nd Bullpen WAR 1.2 24th
Roster
12.0 1st Combined WAR of the club's three best position players 8.2 12th
4.8% 4th Share of plate appearances given to sub-replacement hitters 24.2% 26th
52.9% 23rd Share of position-player WAR from the top three 79.6% 5th
29.4 8th Plate-appearance-weighted batting age 25.9 29th
Results
.570 5th Winning percentage .495 18th
88 5th Run differential -13 15th
.578 5th Pythagorean winning percentage .488 15th
.593 3rd Winning percentage in one-run games .529 12th
.577 8th Home winning percentage .466 22nd
.564 6th Road winning percentage .531 9th

2026 regular-season totals, each with the club's league rank. The greener side holds the edge; descriptive metrics (roster age, WAR concentration) have no better direction and are left uncalled.

Probable pitchers

CHC

Matthew Boyd

STL

Dustin May

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