The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 on May 21, 2026 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Brandon Lowe went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Pirates.
- Braxton Ashcraft pitched 7.0 innings for the Pirates, allowing 1 earned run with 9 strikeouts.
- Ivan Herrera went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Dustin May pitched 5.1 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 4 earned runs with 7 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Oneil Cruz | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Brandon Lowe | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Marcell Ozuna | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Mangum | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jared Triolo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Konnor Griffin | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Horwitz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Henry Davis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 36 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braxton Ashcraft | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Wilber Dotel | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mason Montgomery | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Fermin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Walker | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ivan Herrera | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Nolan Gorman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pedro Pages | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Victor Scott II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masyn Winn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Yohel Pozo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dustin May | 5.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Matt Svanson | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Bruihl | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gordon Graceffo | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
Before and after
- Pirates · 2026 season · Previous May 20, 2026: PIT 7, STL 0 · Next May 22, 2026: PIT 2, TOR 6
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous May 20, 2026: PIT 7, STL 0 · Next May 22, 2026: STL at CIN