The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 on Aug 28, 2026 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Jared Triolo went 2-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Pirates.
- Jared Jones pitched 4.2 innings for the Pirates, allowing 3 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Jimmy Crooks went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Quinn Mathews pitched 5.2 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 1 earned run 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oneil Cruz | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Esmerlyn Valdez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rafael Flores Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bryan Reynolds | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jared Triolo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Mangum | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Gonzales | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Henry Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Yorke | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer Horwitz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Gonzalez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jared Jones | 4.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Evan Sisk | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gregory Soto | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yohan Ramirez | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan Walker | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alec Burleson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Joshua Baez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ivan Herrera | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Gorman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan Church | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Crooks | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinn Mathews | 5.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Ryan Fernandez | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Caleb Ferguson | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
Before and after
- Pirates · 2026 season · Previous Aug 26, 2026: PIT 0, SD 3 · Next Aug 29, 2026: PIT 6, STL 2
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous Aug 27, 2026: BAL 5, STL 7 · Next Aug 29, 2026: PIT 6, STL 2