Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals

PIT 1 — 4 STL

Final — 2026-08-28

MVP: Quinn Mathews 5.2 IP, 1 ER, 7 K

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1. Quinn Mathews led the way with 5.2 IP, 1 ER, 7 K. Quinn Mathews earned the win and Jared Jones took the loss. Ryne Stanek recorded the save.

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

WP Quinn Mathews

LP Jared Jones

SV Ryne Stanek

Scoring Plays

Bot 3: Jimmy Crooks homers (5) on a fly ball to right field. Nolan Gorman scores. (0-2)

Bot 4: Nathan Church out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Oneil Cruz. Jordan Walker scores. (0-3)

Top 5: Jared Triolo singles on a line drive to left fielder Joshua Báez. Jake Mangum scores. Henry Davis to 3rd. Jared Triolo to 2nd. (1-3)

Bot 8: Joshua Báez reaches on a throwing error by shortstop Jacob Gonzalez. Jordan Walker scores. (1-4)

PIT — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
(gpid=sa:694378)	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.261	.354	.615
Yorke	3B	2	0	1	0	0	1	.214	.278	.286	.564
Horwitz	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.355	.392	.747
Lowe	2B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.248	.316	.469	.785
Reynolds	DH	3	0	0	0	1	1	.261	.369	.422	.791
Cruz	CF	4	0	2	0	0	2	.261	.349	.486	.835
Triolo	SS	3	0	2	1	0	0	.246	.319	.311	.630
Valdez	RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.244	.357	.526	.883
Mangum	LF	3	1	0	0	0	1	.285	.343	.373	.716
Davis	C	2	0	0	0	0	1	.166	.263	.293	.556
Gonzales	3B	3	0	1	0	1	0	.305	.366	.393	.759
Flores	C	4	0	0	0	0	2	.233	.317	.521	.838

STL — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Gorman	3B	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	.193	.278	.330	.608
Walker	RF	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	.290	.348	.504	.852
Church	CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.241	.286	.372	.658
Fermin	LF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.243	.311	.363	.674
Wetherholt	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.244	.345	.373	.718
Burleson	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.290	.353	.481	.834
Urias	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.272	.333	.605
Baez	LF	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.163	.222	.449	.671
Herrera	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.358	.375	.733
Crooks	C	3	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	.174	.247	.326	.573

PIT — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Jones	4.2	7	3	3	1	6	1	86-58	4.83	1.28	L
Sisk	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	14-9	2.57	1.21
Soto	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-4	3.26	1.10
Ramirez	1.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	15-12	3.11	1.29

STL — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Fernandez	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	26-16	3.72	1.24	H
Ferguson	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	2-2	5.18	1.70	H
Mathews	5.2	5	1	1	1	7	102-63	5.03	1.58	W
Stanek	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	12-7	4.42	1.40	S

Venue: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals

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