Pittsburgh Pirates
67 - 71 .486
F
August 30, 2026, 2:15 PM
Busch Stadium
Busch Stadium
700 Clark Street, St. Louis, MO, 63102
4
St. Louis Cardinals
68 - 70 .493| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| ST. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
W: Braxton Ashcraft
(W, 14-5)
5.0 IP, 2 ER, 3 K, BB
L: Matthew Liberatore
(L, 5-13)
5.2 IP, 3 ER, 9 K, 2 BB
S: Mason Montgomery
(S, 7)
1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BB
Top Performers
Saggese
3-4 | 2 R
Torres, B
2-2 | BB, RBI, R
Cruz, O
1-4 | 2B, BB, K
Pittsburgh Pirates Batting
| # | Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | 2B | 3B | SB | BB | K | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jared Triolo SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .247 |
| 2 | Oneil Cruz DH | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .263 |
| 3 | Bryan Reynolds LF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .262 |
| 4 | Rafael Flores Jr. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .222 |
| 5 | Brandon Lowe 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .251 |
| 6 | Esmerlyn Valdez RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .244 |
| Billy Cook CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .180 | |
| 7 | Jake Mangum CF-RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .287 |
| 8 | Spencer Horwitz 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .247 |
| 9 | Nick Yorke 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .206 |
| Totals | 36 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15 | .252 |
BATTING
2B Lowe, B (27, Liberatore) Cruz, O (11, Liberatore).
HR Valdez, Es (16, 2nd inning off Liberatore, 1 on, 0 out) Triolo (3, 5th inning off Liberatore, 0 on, 0 out).
TB Cruz, O 2 Lowe, B 3 Mangum Reynolds, B 2 Triolo 4 Valdez, Es 4.
RBI Lowe, B (82) Triolo (26) Valdez, Es 2 (44).
2-out RBI Lowe, B.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out Flores Jr. Lowe, B Valdez, Es.
Team RISP 2-for-9.
Team LOB 8.
BASERUNNING
SB Cruz, O 2 (24, 2nd base off Liberatore/Herrera, 2nd base off Gastelum, L/Herrera).
Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC | S | B | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braxton Ashcraft(W, 14-5) | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 71 | 50 | 21 | 3.59 |
| Kirby Yates(H, 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3.40 |
| Camilo Doval(H, 6) | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 4.13 |
| Yohan Ramírez(H, 7) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3.10 |
| Luke Weaver(H, 17) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2.26 |
| Mason Montgomery(S, 7) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3.07 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 125 | 84 | 41 | 4.19 |
Pitching/Game Notes:
Pitch timer violations Liberatore (pitcher).
ABS Challenge Herrera 2 (Ball-Overturned to Strike, Ball-Confirmed) Flores Jr. 2 (Ball-Confirmed, Ball-Overturned to Strike) Urías, R (Strike-Confirmed).
Pitches-strikes Ashcraft, B 71-50 Yates 8-6 Doval 19-9 Ramírez 6-4 Weaver 10-8 Montgomery, M 11-7 Liberatore 107-65 Stanek 5-5 Gastelum, L 26-11 Graceffo 34-20.
Groundouts-flyouts Ashcraft, B 7-4 Yates 0-1 Doval 0-1 Ramírez 0-1 Weaver 1-0 Montgomery, M 2-0 Liberatore 3-4 Stanek 0-0 Gastelum, L 0-1 Graceffo 3-0.
Batters faced Ashcraft, B 22 Yates 3 Doval 6 Ramírez 1 Weaver 4 Montgomery, M 3 Liberatore 26 Stanek 1 Gastelum, L 6 Graceffo 7.
Inherited runners-scored Ramírez 2-0 Stanek 1-0.
Umpires HP: Willie Traynor. 1B: Tripp Gibson. 2B: Nick Mahrley. 3B: Marvin Hudson.
Weather 92 degrees, Sunny.
Wind 9 mph, Out To LF.
First pitch 1:16 PM.
T 2:53.
Att 23,459.
Venue Busch Stadium.
August 30, 2026