Game Recap
Final
Thursday, September 24, 2026
St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates
STL
St. Louis Cardinals
75-83 · W1
1
Final
PIT
Pittsburgh Pirates
78-80 · L1
2
Pittsburgh Pirates beat St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 at PNC Park. Luke Weaver earned the win; Ryne Stanek took the loss. Mason Montgomery recorded the save.
Linescore
| 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 |
Scoring Summary
▲ 1st
Alec Burleson homers (24) on a fly ball to right center field.
1-0
▼ 1st
Brandon Lowe singles on a line drive to left fielder Bryan Torres. Oneil Cruz scores.
1-1
▼ 8th
Spencer Horwitz out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Nathan Church. Ronny Simon scores.
1-2
Key Performers
Alec Burleson
STL
1-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 R
Brandon Lowe
PIT
1-3, 1 RBI
Spencer Horwitz
PIT
0-3, 1 RBI
JJ Wetherholt
STL
2-4, 1 2B
Batting
| STL | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Torres LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Jordan Walker RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Nathan Church CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| José Fermín PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| JJ Wetherholt 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Alec Burleson 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Thomas Saggese 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Leo Bernal DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - |
| Masyn Winn SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Iván Herrera C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Totals | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| PIT | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Horwitz 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Ronny Simon RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Brandon Lowe 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Bryan Reynolds LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Oneil Cruz CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Jared Triolo 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Jake Mangum LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Billy Cook RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Henry Davis C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Konnor Griffin SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Ryan O'Hearn DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Nick Gonzales 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Totals | 30 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
Pitching
| STL | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leahy | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 37-25 | 3.66 |
| Hjerpe | 3.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 74-42 | 4.38 |
| Graceffo | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-4 | 2.73 |
| Mautz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17-13 | 6.43 |
| Stanek (L, 2-3) | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21-10 | 4.02 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| PIT | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skenes | 6.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 96-60 | 3.82 |
| Ramírez | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6-4 | 2.90 |
| Soto, G | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18-13 | 3.68 |
| Weaver (W, 4-1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5-3 | 2.73 |
| Montgomery, M (S, 17) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17-10 | 2.55 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 |