The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-6 on May 19, 2026 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Bryan Reynolds went 1-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Pirates.
- Mitch Keller pitched 5.2 innings for the Pirates, allowing 4 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Ivan Herrera went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Matthew Liberatore pitched 4.2 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 4 earned runs with 9 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Lowe | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Gonzales | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bryan Reynolds | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Oneil Cruz | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jared Triolo | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Konnor Griffin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Marcell Ozuna | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Henry Davis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Endy Rodriguez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Horwitz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Mangum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 36 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitch Keller | 5.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Gregory Soto | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Evan Sisk | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Mason Montgomery | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 7.2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Herrera | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Jordan Walker | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Church | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Gorman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Victor Scott II | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pedro Pages | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Saggese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 30 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Liberatore | 4.2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| JoJo Romero | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gordon Graceffo | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Riley O'Brien | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Soriano | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryne Stanek | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 10.0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
Before and after
- Pirates · 2026 season · Previous May 17, 2026: PHI 6, PIT 0 · Next May 20, 2026: PIT 7, STL 0
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous May 17, 2026: KC 2, STL 0 · Next May 20, 2026: PIT 7, STL 0