St. Louis Cardinals

4thin NL Central · 77-82

Ugh, no.

St. Louis Cardinals lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates

77-82 1 – 2

81-78

Final · Thu, Sep 24

Game Details

PNC Park (Pittsburgh) · 15,822 fans · MLB.TV, Cardinals.TV

Recap

Pirates beat the Cardinals 2-1 to secure their first non-losing season since 2018

Ronny Simon raced home on Spencer Horwitz's eighth inning sacrifice fly and the Pittsburgh Pirates assured themselves of the club's first non-losing season in eight years with a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.

Recap via ESPN

PNC Park · Pittsburgh

Line Score

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

Win Probability · St. Louis Cardinals

first pitchnow: 0%

Game Leaders

St. Louis Cardinals

Alec Burleson · 1-4, HR, 1 RBI, 1 RBatting
Ryne Stanek · 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 K (L, 2-3)Pitching

Pittsburgh Pirates

Oneil Cruz · 2-4, 1 RBatting
Luke Weaver · 0.1 IP, 0 ER, 1 K (W, 4-1)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 8th

SF Horwitz hit sacrifice fly to center, Simon scored.1–2

Bot 1st

1B Lowe singled to left, Cruz scored.1–1

Top 1st

HR Burleson homered to right center (395 feet).1–0

Team Stats

St. Louis CardinalsPittsburgh Pirates

Batting

5 Hits 7

1 Home Runs 0

2 Walks 5

13 Strikeouts 8

0 Stolen Bases 2

11 Left on Base 19

Pitching & Fielding

153 Pitches Thrown 142

2 Errors 0

0 Double Plays 3

Box Score

St. Louis Cardinals ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
J. Wetherholt2B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.246	7	.344	.371
I. HerreraC	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.244	15	.356	.382
A. Burleson1B	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	.279	17	.343	.464
J. WalkerRF	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.271	19	.330	.467
L. BernalDH	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.282	25	.322	.459
B. TorresLF	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.232	9	.308	.335
J. FerminPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.253	7	.315	.363
T. Saggese3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.238	16	.302	.364
N. ChurchCF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.251	10	.295	.371
M. WinnSS	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.233	17	.309	.319
Team	31	1	5	1	1	2	13		142

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
K. Leahy	2.0	3	1	1	0	3	37-25	3.66
C. Hjerpe	3.1	3	0	0	3	3	74-42	4.38
G. Graceffo	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	4-4	2.73
B. Mautz	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	17-13	6.43
R. Stanek(L, 2-3)	1.0	0	1	0	2	0	21-10	4.02
Team	8.0	7	2	1	5	8	153-94

Pittsburgh Pirates ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
O. CruzCF	4	1	2	0	0	0	.280	15	.367	.489
K. GriffinSS	4	0	2	0	0	1	.270	20	.322	.393
B. Lowe2B	3	0	1	1	1	2	.262	17	.332	.493
R. O'HearnDH	3	0	0	0	1	1	.265	17	.332	.444
N. Gonzales3B	3	0	1	0	1	0	.301	13	.365	.388
J. Triolo3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	0	.311	.306
R. SimonRF	3	1	1	0	1	1	.276	22	.323	.379
B. CookRF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	0	.208	.235
S. Horwitz1B	3	0	0	1	0	0	.247	21	.345	.367
J. MangumLF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.275	6	.332	.365
B. ReynoldsLF	0	0	0	0	1	0	.261	4	.365	.422
H. DavisC	4	0	0	0	0	2	.166	18	.268	.308
Team	30	2	7	2	5	8		153

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
P. Skenes	6.1	3	1	1	2	8	1	96-60	3.82
Y. Ramirez	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-4	2.90
G. Soto	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	18-13	3.68
L. Weaver(W, 4-1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-3	2.73
M. Montgomery(S, 17)	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	17-10	2.55
Team	9.0	5	1	1	2	13	1	142-90