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Pirates vs Cardinals

Final · Fri Aug 28 · 8:15 PM ET · Busch Stadium

Pittsburgh PiratesPirates65-71
1
FinalAug 28, 2026
St. Louis CardinalsCardinals68-68
4
TVKMOV-TVStreamMLB.TVCardinals.TV

Closing line

US sportsbook at first pitch
Moneyline
PIT−112
STL+105
Run line
PIT −1.5+144
STL +1.5−175
Total O/U
Over 7.5−108
Under 7.5−112
  • Run line: Cardinals +1.5 covered.
  • Total O/U: under 7.5 (5 runs).

Recap

The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Aug 28, 2026 to move to 68-68.

The game was played before 22,964.

Score by inning

Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals, score by inning
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PIT0000100001
STL00210001x4

W: Mathews (1-2) · L: Jones (2-6) · S: Stanek (2-2)

Scoring plays

Bottom 3

  1. STLHome runCrooks homered to right (416 feet), Gorman scored.0-2

Bottom 4

  1. STLSacrifice flyChurch hit sacrifice fly to center, Walker scored.0-3

Top 5

  1. PITSingleTriolo singled to left, Mangum scored, Triolo to second, Davis to third.1-3

Bottom 8

  1. STLRunWalker scored on error, Báez safe at first on throwing error by shortstop Gonzalez.1-4

Team stats

PITSTL
Hits
6
8
Home Runs
0
1
Runs Batted In
1
3
Walks
2
1
Strikeouts
11
8
Runners Left On Base
10
12
Errors
3
0

Player stats

Pirates · Batting

PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Jared Triolo SS2-3302100017.246.319.311
Jacob Gonzalez SS0-110000003.211.261.354
Esmerlyn Valdez RF0-4400000217.244.357.526
Bryan Reynolds DH0-3300001119.261.369.422
Oneil Cruz CF2-4402000217.261.349.486
Nick Gonzales 3B1-3301001015.305.366.393
Rafael Flores Jr. C0-4400000212.233.317.521
Jake Mangum LF0-3310000115.285.343.373
Nick Yorke 3B1-2201000110.214.278.286
Brandon Lowe 2B0-110000014.248.316.469
Henry Davis C0-220000019.166.263.293
Spencer Horwitz 1B0-110000004.253.355.392

Pirates · Pitching

PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jared Jones P4.273316186-584.8386
Evan Sisk P1.100001014-92.5714
Gregory Soto P1.00000006-43.266
Yohan Ramirez P1.011001015-123.1115

Cardinals · Batting

PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
JJ Wetherholt SS0-4400000214.244.345.373
Ivan Herrera DH0-4400000017.243.358.375
Alec Burleson 1B0-4400000117.290.353.481
Jordan Walker RF3-4423000110.290.348.504
Jose Fermin LF2-4402000112.243.311.363
Nathan Church CF0-3300100012.241.286.372
Joshua Baez LF1-440100019.163.222.449
Ramon Urias 2B0-000000000.159.272.333
Nolan Gorman 3B1-3311001117.193.278.330
Jimmy Crooks C1-3311210113.174.247.326

Cardinals · Pitching

PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Quinn Mathews P5.2511170102-635.03102
Ryan Fernandez P2.000012026-163.7226
Caleb Ferguson P0.11000002-25.182
Ryne Stanek P1.000002012-74.4212

Game info

VenueBusch Stadium, St. Louis, MO
Attendance22,964
OfficialsHome Plate Umpire: Nick Mahrley · First Base Umpire: Marvin Hudson · Second Base Umpire: Willie Traynor · Third Base Umpire: Tripp Gibson
TVKMOV-TV · local

Last and next games

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Head to head

  • Next meeting: W 5-4 at STLSun Aug 30
  • PIT 2, STL 4Mon Apr 27
  • PIT 7, STL 11Tue Apr 28
  • PIT 4, STL 5Wed Apr 29
  • PIT 5, STL 10Thu Apr 30
  • PIT 6, STL 9Tue May 19
  • PIT 7, STL 0Wed May 20
  • PIT 6, STL 2Thu May 21

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