The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on May 6, 2025 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Ke'Bryan Hayes went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Pirates.
- Paul Skenes pitched 6.0 innings for the Pirates, allowing 2 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Alec Burleson went 1-for-3 with 2 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Matthew Liberatore pitched 7.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 1 earned run with 8 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Reynolds | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew McCutchen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oneil Cruz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jared Triolo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Henry Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Adam Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Bart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
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 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Dennis Santana | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| David Bednar | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan Arenado | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Brendan Donovan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masyn Winn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lars Nootbaar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Yohel Pozo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Scott II | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Willson Contreras | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Liberatore | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Steven Matz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gordon Graceffo | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Before and after
- Pirates · 2025 season · Previous May 5, 2025: PIT 3, STL 6 · Next May 7, 2025: PIT 0, STL 5
- Cardinals · 2025 season · Previous May 5, 2025: PIT 3, STL 6 · Next May 7, 2025: PIT 0, STL 5