MLB · 2026
Cincinnati Reds5th NL Central - .480 pct vThu 20 Aug, 12:40 PM EDT St. Louis Cardinals3rd NL Central - .508 pct
Match resultCincinnati 52%St. Louis 48%
What this game means
The two ways this game can go. Pick a result to see where it leaves every race each club is in.
At projected kickoff, this game is expected to move their regular-season chances by 2% on average. The result scenarios below are conditional on today's forecast cutoff, showing where each result leads from this forecast.
The result is worth up to 8 points in the Playoffs race.
St. Louis Cardinals
Playoffs10%
Cincinnati winPlayoffsSt. Louis Cardinals10%13%▲ +3
St. Louis winPlayoffsSt. Louis Cardinals10%21%▲ +11
The race they're in
Two races at once: their division, and the wild card behind it.
NL Central · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-LPCTGB
1MilwaukeeDivision90%78-49.614-3St. LouisDivision<1%65-63.50813.55CincinnatiDivision<1%61-66.48017The wild card · top 6 in the National League qualify