Do the Cardinals score in the first inning often?

The Cardinals have scored in the first inning in 29% of their 158 games this season (46 of 158), 17th in MLB.

Are the Cardinals a good NRFI or YRFI team?

Cardinals bats score in the 1st 29% of the time, and their pitching allows a first-inning run 32% of the time — so their games tend to sit near a coin flip.

How do the Cardinals score in the first inning at home vs on the road?

26% of the time at home and 32% on the road this season.

Cardinals

First-inning scoring · #17 in MLB

The Cardinals have scored in the first inning 29% of the time this 2026 season — 17th in MLB. That's 26% at home and 32% on the road. Over their last 10, they've put a run on the board in the 1st 2 times. On the other side, Cardinals pitching allows a first-inning run 32% of the time (0.59 runs allowed per game).

Split	G	Score rate	Runs/1st
Overall	158	29%	0.52
Home	77	26%	0.43
Away	81	32%	0.60
Last 10	10	20%	0.20
Allowed (1st)	158	32%	0.59

vs Handedness

Informational splits — not model inputs.

vs	G	Score rate	Runs/1st
vs LHP	45	36%	0.64
vs RHP	105	24%	0.43

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