UPDATE: The Reds and Cardinals will not play Sunday after inclement weather forced another postponement at Great American Ball Park. The game will be made up as the first half of a split doubleheader on Monday, August 17, 2026, with first pitch scheduled for 1:40 p.m. ET. Fans holding tickets for Sunday’s game can use the same ticket for the makeup date, with no exchange necessary. It is another weather hit to a messy weekend series after Friday’s game was also postponed and folded into Saturday’s doubleheader.
The Cardinals and Reds will have to wait out the Cincinnati sky before finishing their NL Central weekend. Sunday’s game at Great American Ball Park has been delayed due to inclement weather, adding another weather wrinkle to a series that has already been pushed around by rain. The matchup was scheduled for 1:40 p.m. ET, with storms in the forecast around first pitch and more rain possible through the afternoon.
St. Louis and Cincinnati already had Friday’s game postponed, forcing a Saturday split doubleheader, and Sunday was supposed to be the series reset after a long, choppy day at the ballpark. The Cardinals took the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader 8-1 before the Reds answered in 11 innings, 7-6, so both clubs entered Sunday with bullpen usage, lineup management and game-state urgency already baked into the weekend.
The immediate baseball question is how long the delay lasts and whether conditions allow the scheduled pitching plans to stay intact. A short delay mostly changes routine. A longer delay can scramble starter usage, warmup timing, bullpen availability and pinch-hit decisions, especially after both clubs already played 20 innings Saturday. With thunderstorms listed in the early-afternoon window and another storm chance around 4 p.m. ET, this is not a clean weather spot.
