St. Louis Cardinals next game, TV channel, schedule and season stats

When the Cardinals play next

The next St. Louis Cardinals game is at the Cincinnati Reds on Thu, Mar 25, with the start time still to be set, on the road at Great American Ball Park. For that game neither club has named a starting pitcher yet.

Over the 2026 regular season the Cardinals finished 77-85, 4th in the National League Central, 26 games behind the leader.

How to watch Cardinals games

The TV channel for the next Cardinals game has not been confirmed. National networks usually announce their picks a few days out, and in the postseason MLB often sets the Cardinals channel only when the previous round ends. This Cardinals page refreshes every morning, so the channel shows up here once it is listed.

The Cardinals radio network posts its station list closer to first pitch.

Upcoming Cardinals schedule

The 11 upcoming Cardinals dates break down into 5 at Busch Stadium and 6 on the road. The next home game is against the Kansas City Royals on Thu, Apr 1, time to be announced. TV channels in the table are the ones MLB lists today, and empty slots fill in as networks announce their Cardinals picks.

The Cardinals season in numbers

Record

77-85

Division

4 of 5

Run diff.

-29

Expected wins

78

Home

38-43

Road

39-42

The St. Louis Cardinals put 720 runs on the board and gave up 749, a run differential of -29. That works out to 4.44 runs scored and 4.62 allowed per game, against a league average of 4.48 for each side. Based on those runs, a typical team would have won about 78 games, so the Cardinals finished 1 win below that mark. That is close enough to say the Cardinals record reflects how well they actually played.

Split by venue, the Cardinals posted 38-43 at home and 39-42 on the road. Unusually, the Cardinals won more games away from home than at Busch Stadium. Against left-handed starters they were 26-22, against right-handers 51-63, and they closed the regular season 2-8 over the last ten games, ending on a 4-game losing streak.

Recent form: the last 10 games

In their last 10 regular-season games the Cardinals went 2-8, scoring 3.2 and allowing 4.8 runs per game. 5 of those 10 games finished above 9 total runs, 3 were decided by a single run, and the widest margin was 9-1 at home against WSH. The chart plots each of those Cardinals games, runs scored above the line and runs allowed below it.

The Cardinals in the first inning

51.2% of Cardinals games ended the first inning scoreless, compared with 49.4% across the league. The Cardinals scored in the first inning 29.6% of the time and allowed a first-inning run in 31.5% of games. That is close to the league norm. The NRFI Lab puts the Cardinals next to every other team and starter on the same split.

How to read the Cardinals numbers

For anyone pricing a Cardinals game: the run differential and expected wins say more about team quality than the raw record, the home and road split shows how much Busch Stadium helps, and the last-ten totals show whether recent Cardinals games have run high or low. With 3 one-run games in the last ten, the Cardinals are a good example of why the run line at -1.5 or +1.5 can price very differently from the moneyline. None of these Cardinals figures predicts a single game, and no bet is ever a sure thing.

Busch Stadium, home of the Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals play their home games at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO, at an elevation of 460 feet. Games there averaged 8.43 total runs, an index of 0.94 against the league average, close to neutral. At Busch Stadium, wind direction and temperature change how far the ball carries, so the game-day forecast matters. The ballpark scoring page ranks all 30 parks.

Cardinals injured list

1 player is on the Cardinals injured list: Max Rajcic (P, IL 60-Day). The list comes from the Cardinals 40-man roster and refreshes every morning.