Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals

PIT 6 — 2 STL

Final — 2026-05-21

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 6-2. Braxton Ashcraft led the way with 7.0 IP, 9 K, 1 ER. Braxton Ashcraft earned the win and Dustin May took the loss.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	6	10	0
STL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	0

WP Braxton Ashcraft (3-2)

LP Dustin May (3-5)

Scoring Plays

Top 1: Lowe homered to left (342 feet). (1-0)

Bot 3: Herrera homered to left center (408 feet). (1-1)

Top 4: Mangum grounded into fielder's choice to second, Griffin scored, Ozuna out at second. (2-1)

Top 6: Ozuna singled to left, Horwitz scored and Griffin scored. (4-1)

Top 7: Davis homered to left (375 feet). (5-1)

Top 7: Reynolds grounded out to shortstop, Cruz scored, Lowe to second. (6-1)

Bot 8: Walker singled to left, Herrera scored, Burleson to second. (6-2)

PIT — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Cruz	CF	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	.257	.324	.455	.779
Lowe	2B	4	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	.256	.348	.558	.906
Reynolds	LF	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	.244	.372	.378	.750
Horwitz	1B	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.277	.384	.431	.815
Griffin	SS	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.278	.331	.407	.738
Ozuna	DH	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	.187	.280	.310	.590
Mangum	RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	.259	.330	.282	.612
Triolo	3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.259	.306	.293	.599
Davis	C	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	.143	.250	.265	.515

STL — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Wetherholt	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.239	.357	.413	.770
Herrera	DH	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	.262	.386	.426	.812
Burleson	1B	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	.290	.359	.468	.827
Walker	RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.295	.366	.563	.929
Gorman	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.228	.313	.367	.680
Winn	SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.245	.328	.340	.668
Fermin	LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.302	.327	.629
Pages	C	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.265	.362	.627
Scott	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.240	.261	.501
Pozo	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.286	.536

PIT — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Ashcraft	7.0	4	1	1	2	9	1	98-68	2.89	1.16	W, 3-2
Dotel	1.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	29-20	2.35	1.38
Montgomery	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8-7	3.79	1.20

STL — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
May	5.1	6	4	4	2	7	1	91-62	5.00	1.28	L, 3-5
Graceffo	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	1.69	1.08
Bruihl	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	1	16-11	5.24	1.38
Svanson	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	19-13	9.12	1.75
Pushard	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-6	6.23	1.43

Venue: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri (27,705)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: James Hoye, First Base Umpire: Tyler Jones, Second Base Umpire: D.J. Reyburn, Third Base Umpire: John Libka

Broadcast: CATV | SNPT | ESUN

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