Pittsburgh Pirates

3rdin NL Central · 80-77

YES!

Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals

76-81 0 – 2

80-77

Final · Tue, Sep 22

Game Details

PNC Park (Pittsburgh) · 11,375 fans · MLB.TV, Cardinals.TV

Recap

Jones takes perfect game into the 6th, Pirates top Cardinals 2-0 for 5th straight win

Jared Jones allowed one hit over seven dominant innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates inched closer to the franchise's first winning season in eight years with a 2-0 win over St. Louis on Tuesday night.

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Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
STL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		2	5	0

Win Probability · Pittsburgh Pirates

first pitchnow: 100%

Game Leaders

St. Louis Cardinals

Nathan Church · 1-3Batting
Andre Pallante · 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 2 K (L, 12-8)Pitching

Pittsburgh Pirates

Konnor Griffin · 2-4Batting
Jared Jones · 7.0 IP, 0 ER, 9 K (W, 5-6)Pitching

2026 National League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Milwaukee	103	59	.636	-	W5
Chicago	89	73	.549	14	W1
Pittsburgh	82	80	.506	21	W1
St. Louis	77	85	.475	26	L4
Cincinnati	75	87	.463	28	L1

Scoring

Bot 7th

WP Horwitz scored on Winquest wild pitch, Griffin out at third on runner's fielder's choice.0–2

Bot 6th

1B O'Hearn singled to left, Cruz scored.0–1

Team Stats

St. Louis CardinalsPittsburgh Pirates

Batting

1 Hits 5

0 Home Runs 0

2 Walks 3

14 Strikeouts 4

0 Stolen Bases 1

6 Left on Base 17

Pitching & Fielding

130 Pitches Thrown 125

1 Errors 0

0 Double Plays 0

Box Score

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Batting

Player	AB	H	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
J. Wetherholt2B	4	0	0	3	.240	19	.339	.365
I. HerreraDH	4	0	0	4	.245	19	.356	.385
A. Burleson1B	4	0	0	0	.280	10	.345	.463
J. WalkerRF	3	0	0	0	.273	5	.331	.471
L. BernalC	3	0	0	2	.299	14	.341	.494
B. TorresLF	3	0	0	2	.235	15	.308	.340
T. Saggese3B	2	0	1	1	.243	17	.303	.372
N. ChurchCF	3	1	0	1	.253	11	.297	.375
M. WinnSS	2	0	1	1	.234	15	.309	.319
Team	28	1	2	14		125

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
A. Pallante(L, 12-8)	6.0	3	1	1	2	2	89-58	3.61
J. Bruihl	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	19-9	3.69
C. Winquest	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	22-15	4.63
Team	8.0	5	2	2	3	4	130-82

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
K. GriffinSS	4	0	2	0	0	1	.271	20	.324	.397
B. Lowe2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.260	12	.330	.489
B. ReynoldsLF	3	0	1	0	0	0	.262	10	.365	.425
O. CruzCF	3	1	0	0	1	1	.278	19	.366	.486
R. Flores Jr.C	3	0	0	0	1	1	.279	18	.351	.544
R. O'HearnDH	4	0	1	1	0	1	.264	18	.330	.441
R. SimonRF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.294	13	.333	.412
B. CookRF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	0	.208	.235
S. Horwitz1B	2	1	1	0	1	0	.249	8	.349	.370
J. Gonzalez3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.221	6	.273	.353
J. Triolo3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.240	6	.311	.306
Team	29	2	5	1	3	4		130

Pitching

Player	IP	H	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Jones(W, 5-6)	7.0	1	0	9	86-63	3.87
L. Weaver(H, 23)	1.0	0	1	3	21-14	2.75
G. Soto(S, 16)	1.0	0	1	2	18-8	3.72
Team	9.0	1	2	14	125-85

Injury Report

Pittsburgh Pirates

Oneil Cruz CFDay-To-Day
Mitch Keller SP60-Day-IL
Braxton Ashcraft SP15-Day-IL
Esmerlyn Valdez RF10-Day-IL
Isaac Mattson RP15-Day-IL

St. Louis Cardinals

Tekoah Roby SPDay-To-Day
Richard Fitts SPDay-To-Day
Masyn Winn SSOut
Blaze Jordan 3B10-Day-IL
Joshua Baez LF10-Day-IL

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