The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 on Apr 8, 2025 at PNC Park.
Final · PNC Park
Top performers
- Victor Scott II went 2-for-5 with 2 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Sonny Gray pitched 5.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 1 earned run with 4 strikeouts.
- Bryan Reynolds went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Pirates.
- Paul Skenes pitched 6.0 innings for the Pirates, allowing 5 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
St. Louis Cardinals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Scott II | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Willson Contreras | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Alec Burleson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Masyn Winn | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan Walker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pedro Pages | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Arenado | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brendan Donovan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Gray | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Kyle Leahy | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Steven Matz | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Maton | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| JoJo Romero | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
Pittsburgh Pirates box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Pham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bryan Reynolds | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Frazier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Endy Rodriguez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Bart | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oneil Cruz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew McCutchen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Skenes | 6.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Chase Shugart | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Mayza | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
Before and after
- Cardinals · 2025 season · Previous Apr 7, 2025: STL 4, PIT 8 · Next Apr 9, 2025: STL 1, PIT 2
- Pirates · 2025 season · Previous Apr 7, 2025: STL 4, PIT 8 · Next Apr 9, 2025: STL 1, PIT 2