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St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds Starting Lineups — August 17, 2026

Batting orders, positions, season stats, splits against the opposing starter's hand and batter-versus-pitcher history with sample size for both clubs.

1:40 PM ET · Great American Ball ParkFinal lineups locked · Aug 17, 10:40 AM ETStats updated Sep 7, 6:08 AM ET

St. Louis Cardinals

72–72 · 3rd NL Central

Official

StarterKent Emanuel

HandLHP

L / R bats1 L / 8 R

OPS vs hand.715 vs LHP

Cincinnati Reds

69–74 · 5th NL Central

Official

StarterQuinn Mathews

HandLHP

L / R bats0 L / 7 R / 2 S

OPS vs hand.755 vs LHP

St. Louis Cardinals batting order

Official lineupvs LHP Kent Emanuel

#HitterPosH-ScoreAVGOBPOPSHROPS vs HandBvP

1Joshua BáezRLF—.247.309.89871.156No MLB historyNo MLB history

1Joshua Báez LF · R.247 / .309 / .898 · 7 HRvs hand 1.156 · No MLB history · No MLB—H-Score

2Iván HerreraRDH68.251.361.75016.791No MLB historyNo MLB history

2Iván Herrera DH · R.251 / .361 / .750 · 16 HRvs hand .791 · No MLB history · No MLB68H-Score

3Jordan WalkerRRF83.284.339.83428.915No MLB historyNo MLB history

3Jordan Walker RF · R.284 / .339 / .834 · 28 HRvs hand .915 · No MLB history · No MLB83H-Score

4Alec BurlesonL1B83.283.345.80921.5430-for-1 · 1 PAVery small sample

4Alec Burleson 1B · L.283 / .345 / .809 · 21 HRvs hand .543 · 0-for-1 · 1 PA · Very small83H-Score

5José FermínRLF46.242.306.6616.771No MLB historyNo MLB history

5José Fermín LF · R.242 / .306 / .661 · 6 HRvs hand .771 · No MLB history · No MLB46H-Score

6Masyn WinnRSS49.238.314.6405.770No MLB historyNo MLB history

6Masyn Winn SS · R.238 / .314 / .640 · 5 HRvs hand .770 · No MLB history · No MLB49H-Score

7Blaze JordanR3B52.247.276.6583.823No MLB historyNo MLB history

7Blaze Jordan 3B · R.247 / .276 / .658 · 3 HRvs hand .823 · No MLB history · No MLB52H-Score

8Everson PereiraRRF53.235.309.7485.831No MLB historyNo MLB history

8Everson Pereira RF · R.235 / .309 / .748 · 5 HRvs hand .831 · No MLB history · No MLB53H-Score

9Pedro PagésRC32.212.263.5764.4900-for-1 · 1 PAVery small sample

9Pedro Pagés C · R.212 / .263 / .576 · 4 HRvs hand .490 · 0-for-1 · 1 PA · Very small32H-Score

Cincinnati Reds batting order

Official lineupvs LHP Quinn Mathews

#HitterPosH-ScoreAVGOBPOPSHROPS vs HandBvP

1Elly De La CruzSSS83.280.360.852231.055No MLB historyNo MLB history

1Elly De La Cruz SS · S.280 / .360 / .852 · 23 HRvs hand 1.055 · No MLB history · No MLB83H-Score

2Sal StewartR1B81.268.338.82131.902No MLB historyNo MLB history

2Sal Stewart 1B · R.268 / .338 / .821 · 31 HRvs hand .902 · No MLB history · No MLB81H-Score

3Tyler StephensonRC72.249.330.75515.683No MLB historyNo MLB history

3Tyler Stephenson C · R.249 / .330 / .755 · 15 HRvs hand .683 · No MLB history · No MLB72H-Score

4Eugenio SuárezRDH56.209.303.72121.713No MLB historyNo MLB history

4Eugenio Suárez DH · R.209 / .303 / .721 · 21 HRvs hand .713 · No MLB history · No MLB56H-Score

5Dane MyersRCF55.269.360.7436.880No MLB historyNo MLB history

5Dane Myers CF · R.269 / .360 / .743 · 6 HRvs hand .880 · No MLB history · No MLB55H-Score

6Michael TogliaS1B—.115.179.3710.533No MLB historyNo MLB history

6Michael Toglia 1B · S.115 / .179 / .371 · 0 HRvs hand .533 · No MLB history · No MLB—H-Score

7Matt McLainR2B51.190.286.63615.796No MLB historyNo MLB history

7Matt McLain 2B · R.190 / .286 / .636 · 15 HRvs hand .796 · No MLB history · No MLB51H-Score

8Noelvi MarteRRF29.189.229.5506.542No MLB historyNo MLB history

8Noelvi Marte RF · R.189 / .229 / .550 · 6 HRvs hand .542 · No MLB history · No MLB29H-Score

9Ke'Bryan HayesR3B38.153.213.4635.539No MLB historyNo MLB history

9Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B · R.153 / .213 / .463 · 5 HRvs hand .539 · No MLB history · No MLB38H-Score