The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Athletics 5-1 on Sep 3, 2025 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Nick Kurtz went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Athletics.
- Jeffrey Springs pitched 6.0 innings for the Athletics, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Nolan Gorman went 3-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Matthew Liberatore pitched 5.1 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 0 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
Athletics 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shea Langeliers | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brent Rooker | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zack Gelof | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Lawrence Butler | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jacob Wilson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Kurtz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Tyler Soderstrom | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Darell Hernaiz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Colby Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Cortes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Springs | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Elvis Alvarado | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willson Contreras | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Saggese | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lars Nootbaar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nolan Gorman | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Herrera | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Masyn Winn | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jordan Walker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pedro Pages | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Victor Scott II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
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 | 5.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Kyle Leahy | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| JoJo Romero | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
Before and after
- Athletics · 2025 season · Previous Sep 2, 2025: ATH 1, STL 2 · Next Sep 5, 2025: ATH 10, LAA 4
- Cardinals · 2025 season · Previous Sep 2, 2025: ATH 1, STL 2 · Next Sep 5, 2025: SF 8, STL 2