St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates

STL 1 — 2 PIT

Final — 2026-09-24

MVP: Paul Skenes 6.1 IP, 1 ER, 8 K

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 2-1. Paul Skenes led the way with 6.1 IP, 1 ER, 8 K. Luke Weaver earned the win and Ryne Stanek took the loss. Mason Montgomery recorded the save.

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

WP Luke Weaver

LP Ryne Stanek

SV Mason Montgomery

Scoring Plays

Top 1: Alec Burleson homers (24) on a fly ball to right center field. (1-0)

Bot 1: Brandon Lowe singles on a line drive to left fielder Bryan Torres. Oneil Cruz scores. (1-1)

Bot 8: Spencer Horwitz out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Nathan Church. Ronny Simon scores. (1-2)

STL — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Walker	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.271	.330	.467	.797
Torres	LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.232	.308	.335	.643
Church	CF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.295	.371	.666
Fermin	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.253	.315	.363	.678
Wetherholt	2B	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	.246	.344	.371	.715
Burleson	1B	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	.279	.343	.464	.807
Saggese	3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.238	.302	.364	.666
(gpid=sa:699024)	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.282	.322	.459	.781
Winn	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.233	.309	.319	.628
Herrera	C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.244	.356	.382	.738

PIT — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Horwitz	1B	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.247	.345	.367	.712
Simon	RF	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	.276	.323	.379	.702
Lowe	2B	3	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	.262	.332	.493	.825
Reynolds	LF	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.261	.365	.422	.787
Cruz	CF	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	.280	.367	.489	.856
Triolo	3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.311	.306	.617
Mangum	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.275	.332	.365	.697
Cook	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.208	.235	.443
Davis	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.166	.268	.308	.576
(gpid=sa:804606)	SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	.270	.322	.393	.715
O'Hearn	DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.265	.332	.444	.776
Gonzales	3B	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.301	.365	.388	.753

STL — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Leahy	2.0	3	1	1	0	3	37-25	3.66	1.34
Graceffo	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	4-4	2.73	1.06
Stanek	1.0	0	1	0	2	0	21-10	4.02	1.34	L
(gpid=sa:687309)	3.1	3	0	0	3	3	74-42	4.38	1.30
(gpid=sa:802408)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	17-13	6.43	2.00

PIT — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Skenes	6.1	3	1	1	2	8	1	96-60	3.82	1.13
Soto	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	18-13	3.68	1.18
Weaver	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-3	2.73	0.96	W
Montgomery	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	17-10	2.55	1.01	S
Ramirez	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-4	2.90	1.18

Venue: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates

Scoring Plays

STL — Batting

PIT — Batting

STL — Pitching

PIT — Pitching

Related Coverage

Key Players

Teams