Current-feed record
+20wins for Cardinals
55% Cardinals · 45% Astros
The split has held steady across the schedule change: 7-5 since 2023.
Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals H2H Record
Interleague
Houston Astros
St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinals lead Astros117to97since 2002
Current-feed record from 2002 through 2026.
2026 season series: Cardinals lead 3-0
Data updated 5 min read
At a glance
Current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026
Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals insights
Recent form
9-11last 20
Cardinals on a 4-game streak
Cardinals won 7-5 on Apr 19, 2026
Where it matters
13Postseason games
13 postseason games across 2 postseasons since 2002.
Schedule context
- Cardinals built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 110 of 202 decided meetings (54%).
- Since the schedule balanced out they are 7-5, or 58% to Cardinals.
Astros vs Cardinals postseason head-to-head record
Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals have a verified postseason subset inside the current-feed record. The playoff games are included in the overall total, not added on top of it.
- Postseason record
- Astros 7-6
- 13 postseason games since 2002
- Playoff share
- 6.1%
- Share of recorded meetings in this feed
- Regular season
- 201
- Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
97W
117W
HOU
STL
45%55%
Houston AstrosSt. Louis Cardinals
Recent Games
Last 10 Games
Apr 19
HOU 5-7 STL
STLApr 18
HOU 5-7 STL
STLApr 17
HOU 4-9 STL
STLApr 16
STL 4-1 HOU
STLApr 15
STL 0-2 HOU
HOUApr 14
STL 8-3 HOU
STLJun 5
HOU 2-4 STL
STLJun 4
HOU 8-5 STL
HOUJun 3
HOU 7-4 STL
HOUJun 29
STL 0-14 HOU
HOU| Date | Home | Away | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2026 | HOU | STL | 5–7 | STL |
| Apr 18, 2026 | HOU | STL | 5–7 | STL |
| Apr 17, 2026 | HOU | STL | 4–9 | STL |
| Apr 16, 2025 | STL | HOU | 4–1 | STL |
| Apr 15, 2025 | STL | HOU | 0–2 | HOU |
| Apr 14, 2025 | STL | HOU | 8–3 | STL |
| Jun 5, 2024 | HOU | STL | 2–4 | STL |
| Jun 4, 2024 | HOU | STL | 8–5 | HOU |
| Jun 3, 2024 | HOU | STL | 7–4 | HOU |
| Jun 29, 2023 | STL | HOU | 0–14 | HOU |
Last Meeting
Apr 19, 2026Final
HOU
5
HOME
STL
7
AWAY
Cardinalswon by2runs
Cardinals' 4th straight in this series·Game 214 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
St. Louis Cardinals: 4 consecutive wins
4
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.3 runs on average
3.3runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
HOU-Neutral
Last 1040%
Archive since 200245.3%
STL-Neutral
Last 1060%
Archive since 200254.7%
Last 10 Results
HOU / STL
Record since 2002
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season201 games
90
111
Postseason13 games
7
6
Houston Astros Biggest Win
18–1+17 runs
Sep 20, 2007
St. Louis Cardinals Biggest Win
14–2+12 runs
Jun 7, 2012
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
| Season ↓ | HOU ↕ | STL ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 2011 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 2010 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2009 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2008 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 2007 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 2006 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 2005 | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| 2004 | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| 2003 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2002 | 6 | 13 | 19 |
All 18 seasons are shown in the table above.
Home / Away Split
AWAY
41-63
HOU
AWAY
54-56
STL
Betting Context
Betting context since 2002
How this pairing has settled: run margins, totals and break-even prices derived from its historical record. These are final-score frequencies, not results against a closing line. We do not hold historical sportsbook prices for these games.
One-run games
26.6%
Share of the 214 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.
Won by 2 or more
73.4%
A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.3.
Average total
8.6runs
Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.
Home side wins
55.6%
Share of decided meetings won by the listed home team.
Totals ladder
Where the combined score landed against the half-run lines a book normally posts. Half runs cannot push, so every meeting falls on one side.
| Line | Over | Under | Over rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 115 | 99 | 53.7% |
| 8.5Closest to even | 101 | 113 | 47.2% |
| 9.5 | 84 | 130 | 39.3% |
Fair price from the base rate
The decimal price that corresponds exactly to each club's win share in this archive. It describes the record and does not estimate the next game.
St. Louis Cardinals
117 W · 54.7%1.83
Houston Astros
97 W · 45.3%2.21
A base rate is not a forecast. Starting pitchers, lineups, injuries and venue all matter more to a single game than a multi-season head-to-head record.
Last 20 meetings vs full history
One-run games
5%vs 26.6% full archive
-21.6% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
95%vs 73.4% full archive
+21.6% in the last 20
Average total
9.6 runsvs 8.6 runs full archive
+1 runs in the last 20
Seasons 2013 to 2026. The comparison shows whether the last 20 final scores differ from the longer archive, without assigning a cause or predicting what comes next.
View the break-even percentages in another odds format with the odds converter, or compare current prices for Cardinals and Astros in the oddsmatcher.
Questions about this record: Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
What is the Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals postseason record?
The postseason subset contains 13 games: Houston Astros have 7 wins and St. Louis Cardinals have 6 wins. Those games are already included in the current-feed record since 2002.
How do recent Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals results compare with the record since 2002?
St. Louis Cardinals have won 6 of the latest 10 decided meetings. St. Louis Cardinals lead the decided record 117-97. The recent window is a subset of the current-feed record since 2002, so the page reports the two separately.
Methodology & Data Sources
Current MLB game logs come from the balldontlie API and cover the 2002 season onward. Scores and schedule anomalies are checked against the official MLB Stats API. Spring training is excluded, while results from earlier franchise identities are merged into the current club.
The betting context summarizes completed final scores only. It contains no sportsbook closing lines and summarizes only completed games. Report a possible error through our contact page with the matchup and game date.
Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API
Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals have met 214 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.