The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Aug 30, 2026 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Pirates.
- Braxton Ashcraft pitched 5.0 innings for the Pirates, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Ivan Herrera went 2-for-5 with 2 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Matthew Liberatore pitched 5.2 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 3 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Reynolds | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brandon Lowe | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jared Triolo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Oneil Cruz | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Esmerlyn Valdez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Yorke | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jake Mangum | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rafael Flores Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Spencer Horwitz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 36 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
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 | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Kirby Yates | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Luke Weaver | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mason Montgomery | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Camilo Doval | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Yohan Ramirez | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Walker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nolan Gorman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Fermin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Thomas Saggese | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alec Burleson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nathan Church | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ramon Urias | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bryan Torres | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Joshua Baez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
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 | 5.2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| Gordon Graceffo | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Luis Gastelum | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryne Stanek | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 2 |
Before and after
- Pirates · 2026 season · Previous Aug 29, 2026: PIT 6, STL 2 · Next Sep 1, 2026: SF 12, PIT 13
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous Aug 29, 2026: PIT 6, STL 2 · Next Sep 1, 2026: STL 13, LAD 8