Philadelphia Phillies Defeat St. Louis Cardinals 6-4, Improve to 73-58

Final result

Philadelphia Phillies defeated St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 in 9 innings.

MLB data listed St. Louis Cardinals at 66-66 (.500).

MLB data listed Philadelphia Phillies at 73-58 (.557).

How the game changed

Scoring by inning: 1st — St. Louis Cardinals 1 run; 4th — St. Louis Cardinals 1 run; 5th — St. Louis Cardinals 1 run; 7th — St. Louis Cardinals 1 run; 9th — Philadelphia Phillies 6 runs.

Kyle Schwarber (Philadelphia Phillies): 1 hit, 2 RBI, 1 home run, 1 run. Edmundo Sosa (Philadelphia Phillies): 2 hits, 3 RBI, 1 run. José Fermín (St. Louis Cardinals): 1 hit, 1 RBI, 1 home run, 1 run. Cristopher Sánchez (Philadelphia Phillies): 6.2 innings and 7 strikeouts. Alec Burleson (St. Louis Cardinals): 2 hits, 2 RBI, 0 runs. Kyle Leahy (St. Louis Cardinals): 4.0 innings and 4 strikeouts.

José Fermín hit a home run for St. Louis Cardinals in the top of the 5th (1 RBI). Kyle Schwarber hit a home run for Philadelphia Phillies in the bottom of the 9th (2 RBI).

Season and playoff context

This was Game 3 of 3 in the regular-season series.

In the 2026 standings, the St. Louis Cardinals were 66-66, 3rd in the division, 16.0 games back in the division, 6th in the wild-card standings, 5.5 wild-card games back, elimination number 16, wild-card elimination number 26.

In the 2026 standings, the Philadelphia Phillies were 73-58, 2nd in the division, 2.5 games back in the division, 2nd in the wild-card standings, 2.0 games ahead in the wild-card race, wild-card leader, elimination number 30.

Official game sources

• MLB Stats API game feed
• MLB Stats API box score
• MLB Stats API line score
• MLB Stats API standings