The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 on Aug 29, 2026 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Rafael Flores Jr. went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Pirates.
- Carmen Mlodzinski pitched 3.1 innings for the Pirates, allowing 0 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Joshua Baez went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Kyle Leahy pitched 3.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 1 earned run with 3 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 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer Horwitz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan Reynolds | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jared Triolo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jake Mangum | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacob Gonzalez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Gonzales | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rafael Flores Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Brandon Lowe | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Team | 37 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmen Mlodzinski | 3.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lake Bachar | 2.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Luke Weaver | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gregory Soto | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Montgomery | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Evan Sisk | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Walker | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Fermin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nathan Church | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Wetherholt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joshua Baez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nolan Gorman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ivan Herrera | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alec Burleson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jimmy Crooks | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Saggese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ramon Urias | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Leahy | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Brycen Mautz | 3.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Cade Winquest | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Fernandez | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 2 |
Before and after
- Pirates · 2026 season · Previous Aug 28, 2026: PIT 1, STL 4 · Next Aug 30, 2026: PIT 5, STL 4
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous Aug 28, 2026: PIT 1, STL 4 · Next Aug 30, 2026: PIT 5, STL 4