Cardinals Flex Their Power with Three Homers to Beat Astros Again

Thinking they would be a team with limited power that would have to scratch and claw for runs most nights, the Cardinals collectively made a vow in Spring Training to run the bases with reckless abandon and to outhustle foes all over the diamond. While that strategy has worked wonders for the Cards throughout a start that has been surprising to some, they replaced it on Saturday night and flexed their considerable muscles as a lineup. Masyn Winn, José Fermín and Alec Burleson hit towering homers, Nolan Gorman stayed hot at the plate with two more RBI and Andre Pallante pitched five solid innings as the Cardinals hung on to beat the Astros 7-5 in Houston for their fourth straight victory.

“Burly had a good wing, Masyn hit the two-run homer and Fermin contributed as well with his homer and Gorman drives in two – so up and down that lineup we did some things well,” Cardinals' manager Oliver Marmol said to Cardinals. TV. The @Cardinals are the only team without a loss when scoring first this season!

pic. twitter. com/JpW36Qx5lM — MLB (@MLB) April 19, 2026 Buoyed by the power of Jordan Walker and his eight homers, the Cardinals got flashes of power from others to lock up another series victory on Saturday.

Burleson hit a 408-foot homer in Daikin Park’s second deck and Winn delighted his Houston-based friends and family in the crowd by smashing a 373-foot. Fermín concluded a gritty, 10-pitch at bat with a 370-foot blast into the left-field seats. “It’s a lot of fun right now,” Fermin said after his first homer of the season.