St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates

STL 4 — 2 PIT
Final — 2026-04-27
MVP: Wilber Dotel 4.0 IP, 3 K, 0 ER

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2. Wilber Dotel led the way with 4.0 IP, 3 K, 0 ER. Ryan Fernandez earned the win and Dennis Santana took the loss. George Soriano recorded the save.

123456789 RHE
STL 000000004 460
PIT 110000000 280
WP Ryan Fernandez (1-0)
LP Dennis Santana (2-2, B, 2)

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: O'Hearn singled to right, Lowe scored. (0-1)
Bot 2: Mangum singled to right, Gonzales scored. (0-2)
Top 9: Pagés homered to left (381 feet). (1-2)
Top 9: Wetherholt homered to right center (408 feet). (2-2)
Top 9: Fermín doubled to left, Scott II scored and Burleson scored, Walker to third. (4-2)

STL — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Wetherholt 2B4110011000 .238.359.429.788
Herrera DH3000000110 .232.398.404.802
Burleson 1B4120000000 .255.333.396.729
Walker RF3000000120 .275.357.549.906
Gorman 3B2000000000 .220.291.341.632
Winn SS4000000000 .253.333.368.701
Church LF4000000020 .254.295.479.774
Saggese 3B3000000020 .170.228.208.436
Pages C3110011000 .255.311.455.766
Fermin LF2021002000 .276.333.448.781
Scott CF0100000000 .191.243.206.449
Urias 3B0000000000 .180.288.360.648
Soriano P0000000000 .000.000.000.000

PIT — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Horwitz 1B4010000010 .257.367.365.732
Lowe 2B3100000110 .240.336.510.846
Reynolds RF4000000000 .233.375.359.734
O'Hearn 1B3010001110 .316.407.484.891
Ozuna DH4000000010 .161.228.247.475
Gonzales 3B4131000010 .323.364.376.740
Griffin SS4000000000 .213.273.300.573
Mangum LF3020001011 .274.328.306.634
Davis C3010000010 .169.269.220.489
Cook CF0000000000 .273.273.273.546

STL — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
May 6.0722220 95-60 5.281.28
Fernandez 2.0000040 23-16 1.591.35W, 1-0
Soriano 1.0100010 21-17 4.381.17S, 1

PIT — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
Montgomery 1.0000010 7-6 3.651.20
Lawrence 1.0000010 9-6 5.141.95
Dotel 4.0000030 44-32 1.351.38
Sisk 0.2100000 16-10 2.001.18
Mattson 0.1000010 3-3 1.131.56
Soto 1.0100000 18-11 1.841.07
Santana 0.2444202 27-15 3.291.51L, 2-2, B, 2
Sanders 0.1000010 5-4 12.001.73

Venue: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (9,787)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Chris Segal, First Base Umpire: Erich Bacchus, Second Base Umpire: Laz Diaz, Third Base Umpire: Brian O'Nora

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