Major League Baseball

FINAL
St. Louis Cardinals 6
–
Pittsburgh Pirates 5
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PIT20030005
PNC Park

Top Performers

STL

  • Paul Goldschmidt 1B H-AB 2-4 · AB 4 · R 1
  • Brad Miller DH H-AB 0-3 · AB 3 · R 0
  • Paul DeJong 3B H-AB 0-3 · AB 3 · R 0
  • Tommy Edman 2B H-AB 1-4 · AB 4 · R 1

PIT

  • Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B H-AB 1-3 · AB 3 · R 1
  • Colin Moran 1B H-AB 0-3 · AB 3 · R 0
  • Josh Bell DH H-AB 0-0 · AB 0 · R 0
  • Erik Gonzalez SS H-AB 0-2 · AB 2 · R 0

Head to Head

STL wins series 3-1

Injuries

Pittsburgh Pirates

  • Mitch Keller 60-Day-IL
  • Endy Rodriguez 60-Day-IL

St. Louis Cardinals

  • Richard Fitts Day-To-Day
  • Hunter Dobbins Out
  • Max Rajcic 60-Day-IL

Lineups

Confirmed

PIT

  1. Adam FrazierLF20
  2. Ke'Bryan Hayes3B3
  3. Colin MoranDH79
  4. Gregory PolancoRF25
  5. Bryan ReynoldsCF10
  6. Kevin Newman2B27
  7. JT RiddleCF57
  8. Jose Osuna1B36
  9. John Ryan MurphyC18

Substitutes

  1. Erik GonzalezSS59
  2. Jason MartinPR51
  3. Josh BellPH56

STL

  1. Kolten Wong2B16
  2. Tommy Edman3B25
  3. Paul Goldschmidt1B48
  4. Brad MillerDH15
  5. Paul DeJongSS18
  6. Matt Carpenter3B13
  7. Yadier MolinaC4
  8. Tyler O'NeillLF9
  9. Harrison BaderCF9

Substitutes

  1. Dylan CarlsonRF5

Play by Play

  1. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul

    39909 7th Inning
  2. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    39909 7th Inning
  3. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul

    39909 7th Inning
  4. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul

    33213 7th Inning
  5. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    33213 7th Inning
  6. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    36151 7th Inning
  7. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul

    36151 7th Inning
  8. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    40865 7th Inning
  9. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul

    40865 7th Inning
  10. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul

    33213 6th Inning
  11. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul

    33213 6th Inning
  12. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    33213 6th Inning
  13. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul

    33213 6th Inning
  14. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul

    33213 6th Inning
  15. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul

    33213 6th Inning
  16. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    33213 6th Inning
  17. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    33213 6th Inning
  18. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    33213 6th Inning
  19. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul

    33213 6th Inning
  20. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul

    40865 6th Inning
  21. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul

    40865 6th Inning
  22. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    40865 6th Inning
  23. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    40865 6th Inning
  24. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    33213 5th Inning
  25. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul

    41061 5th Inning
  26. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    33305 5th Inning
  27. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    33305 5th Inning
  28. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    41061 4th Inning
  29. End Batter/Pitcher 6-5
    31340 4th Inning
  30. Play Result 6-5

    Hayes singled to right, Murphy scored, Osuna scored and Frazier scored on fielding error by right fielder Edman, Hayes to second.

    31340 4th Inning
  31. Error 6-5

    Hayes singled to right, Murphy scored, Osuna scored and Frazier scored on fielding error by right fielder Edman, Hayes to second.

    31340 4th Inning
  32. Single 6-5

    Pitch 5 : Ball In Play

    31340 4th Inning
  33. Foul Ball 6-2

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    31340 4th Inning
  34. Foul Ball 6-2

    Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul

    31340 4th Inning
  35. Ball 6-2

    Pitch 2 : Ball 2

    31340 4th Inning
  36. Ball 6-2

    Pitch 1 : Ball 1

    31340 4th Inning
  37. Foul Out 6-2

    Pitch 2 : Ball In Play

    31340 4th Inning
  38. Foul Ball 6-2

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    33305 4th Inning
  39. End Batter/Pitcher 6-2
    33305 4th Inning
  40. Play Result 6-2

    Wong grounded out to shortstop, Molina scored, O'Neill to second.

    33305 4th Inning
  41. Ground Out 6-2

    Pitch 5 : Ball In Play

    33305 4th Inning
  42. Ball 5-2

    Pitch 4 : Ball 2

    33305 4th Inning
  43. Foul Ball 5-2

    Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul

    33305 4th Inning
  44. Ball 5-2

    Pitch 2 : Ball 1

    33305 4th Inning
  45. Foul Ball 5-2

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul

    33305 4th Inning
  46. Foul Ball 5-2

    Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul

    31340 3rd Inning
  47. Foul Ball 5-2

    Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul

    31340 3rd Inning
  48. Foul Ball 5-2

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    31340 3rd Inning
  49. Foul Ball 5-2

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul

    33305 3rd Inning
  50. End Batter/Pitcher 5-2
    33305 3rd Inning
  51. Play Result 5-2

    DeJong hit sacrifice fly to left, Goldschmidt scored.

    33305 3rd Inning
  52. Sacrifice Fly 5-2

    Pitch 3 : Ball In Play

    33305 3rd Inning
  53. Ball 4-2

    Pitch 2 : Ball 2

    33305 3rd Inning
  54. Ball 4-2

    Pitch 1 : Ball 1

    33305 3rd Inning
  55. Foul Ball 4-2

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    33305 3rd Inning
  56. End Batter/Pitcher 4-2
    33305 3rd Inning
  57. Play Result 4-2

    Goldschmidt doubled to left, Edman scored.

    33305 3rd Inning
  58. Double 4-2

    Pitch 4 : Ball In Play

    33305 3rd Inning
  59. Ball 3-2

    Pitch 3 : Ball 1

    33305 3rd Inning
  60. Strike Looking 3-2

    Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking

    33305 3rd Inning
  1. End Inning 6-5

    End of the 7th inning

    7th Inning
  2. End Batter/Pitcher 6-5
    39909 7th Inning
  3. Play Result 6-5

    Murphy flied out to left.

    39909 7th Inning
  4. Fly Out 6-5

    Pitch 3 : Ball In Play

    39909 7th Inning
  5. Ball 6-5

    Pitch 2 : Ball 2

    39909 7th Inning
  6. Ball 6-5

    Pitch 1 : Ball 1

    39909 7th Inning
  7. Start Batter/Pitcher 6-5

    Ryan Helsley pitches to John Ryan Murphy

    39909 7th Inning
  8. Play Result 6-5

    Martin ran for González

    7th Inning
  9. End Batter/Pitcher 6-5
    39909 7th Inning
  10. Play Result 6-5

    Bell walked, González to second, Newman to third.

    39909 7th Inning
  11. Ball 6-5

    Pitch 4 : Ball 4

    39909 7th Inning
  12. Ball 6-5

    Pitch 3 : Ball 3

    39909 7th Inning
  13. Ball 6-5

    Pitch 2 : Ball 2

    39909 7th Inning
  14. Ball 6-5

    Pitch 1 : Ball 1

    39909 7th Inning
  15. Start Batter/Pitcher 6-5

    Ryan Helsley pitches to Josh Bell

    39909 7th Inning
  16. Play Result 6-5

    Bell hit for Osuna

    7th Inning
  17. End Batter/Pitcher 6-5
    39909 7th Inning
  18. Play Result 6-5

    González safe at first on throwing error by shortstop DeJong, Newman to second.

    39909 7th Inning
  19. Error 6-5

    González safe at first on throwing error by shortstop DeJong, Newman to second.

    39909 7th Inning
  20. Batter Reached On Error - Batter To First 6-5

    Pitch 3 : Ball In Play

    39909 7th Inning
  21. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul

    39909 7th Inning
  22. Strike Swinging 6-5

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging

    39909 7th Inning
  23. Start Batter/Pitcher 6-5

    Ryan Helsley pitches to Erik Gonzalez

    39909 7th Inning
  24. End Batter/Pitcher 6-5
    39909 7th Inning
  25. Play Result 6-5

    Newman walked.

    39909 7th Inning
  26. Ball 6-5

    Pitch 7 : Ball 4

    39909 7th Inning
  27. Ball 6-5

    Pitch 6 : Ball 3

    39909 7th Inning
  28. Ball 6-5

    Pitch 5 : Ball 2

    39909 7th Inning
  29. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul

    39909 7th Inning
  30. Ball 6-5

    Pitch 3 : Ball 1

    39909 7th Inning
  31. Foul Ball 6-5

    Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul

    39909 7th Inning
  32. Strike Looking 6-5

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking

    39909 7th Inning
  33. Start Batter/Pitcher 6-5

    Ryan Helsley pitches to Kevin Newman

    39909 7th Inning
  34. End Batter/Pitcher 6-5
    39909 7th Inning
  35. Play Result 6-5

    Reynolds lined out to shortstop.

    39909 7th Inning
  36. Line Out 6-5

    Pitch 2 : Ball In Play

    39909 7th Inning
  37. Strike Swinging 6-5

    Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging

    39909 7th Inning
  38. Start Batter/Pitcher 6-5

    Ryan Helsley pitches to Bryan Reynolds

    39909 7th Inning
  39. Play Result 6-5

    Helsley relieved Reyes

    39909 7th Inning
  40. End Batter/Pitcher 6-5
    33213 7th Inning

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