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Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals

· Major League Baseball
Pittsburgh Pirates
59-76, 20-46 Away
Final
1 - 4
St. Louis Cardinals
66-69, 37-32 Home

Jordan Walker homers in 3-run 7th inning to help Cardinals beat Pirates 4-1

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals: Game Highlights

Miles Mikolas allowed one run on four hits and a walk and struck out five in five innings.

Kyle Leahy (4-1) recorded four strikeouts in two scoreless innings of relief, Riley O’Brien pitched a scoreless eighth and JoJo Romero pitched the ninth for his fifth save.

Pirates rookie Braxton Ashcraft allowed one run on four hits and recorded five strikeouts in a career-best 5 2/3 innings before being replaced by Yohan Ramírez (1-2).

Iván Herrera lined a double to left field, scoring Lars Nootbaar to tie the game at 1 in the bottom of the third inning.

Tommy Pham lined his eighth home run of the season 440 feet over the left-field bullpen in the first inning to put Pittsburgh ahead 1-0.

Key moment Masyn Winn was hit by a pitch from Ramírez to lead off the seventh and scored on Saggese’s double to the right-center field wall to put St. Louis ahead 2-1. Walker then hit the next pitch into the left-center field bleachers for his fifth home run of the season to extend the Cardinals’ lead to 4-1.

Key stat Ashcraft is 1-0 with a 1.19 ERA over 19 innings in four starts since joining the starting rotation on Aug. 9 versus Cincinnati.

Up next RHP Paul Skenes (8-9, 2.09 ERA) starts for the Pirates in the opener of a three-game series Friday night at Boston, which has not named a starter. Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (6-11, 4.27) opposes RHP Zack Littell (9-8, 3.62) to open a three-game series in Cincinnati Friday night.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Kiner-Falefa popped out to second.
9th Inning Peguero grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Triolo out at second.
9th Inning Triolo singled to left.
9th Inning Romero relieved O'Brien
9th Inning Triolo hit for Suwinski
8th Inning Winn fouled out to third.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
2 Hit By Pitch 1
10 Ground Balls 10
9 Strikeouts 7
1 Runs Batted In 4
1 Sacrifice Hit 0
5 Hits 7
1 Stolen Bases 0
3 Walks 2
0 Catcher Interference 0
1 Runs 4
1 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
30 At Bats 30
1 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
14 Runners Left On Base 8
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 3
12 Fly Balls 13
0 Caught Stealing 0
156 Pitches 117
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 0
1 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
9 Total Bases 13
36 Plate Appearances 33
162.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
2 Extra Base Hits 4
2.7 Runs Created 4.1
.167 Batting Average .233
1.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.300 Slugging Percentage .433
.267 Secondary Average .267
.286 On Base Percentage .303
.586 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .736
0.8 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.8
2.7 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 4.8
15.0 Batter Rating 32.0
30.0 At Bats Per Home Run 30.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
4.33 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.55
.133 Isolated Power .200
0.33 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.29
.083 Walks Per Plate Appearance .061
.100 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .033
2.0 Runs Produced 8.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.4 Patience Ratio 0.5
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.3
68.3 MLB Rating 80.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Busch Stadium

Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 18,894 | Capacity:
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