Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals
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Cardinals beat Pirates 4-1 as Quinn Mathews gets his first MLB win
Mathews (1-2) threw 102 pitches in the longest of his four starts. He struck out seven for the second time and walked one in his first outing at home.
Ryan Fernandez followed Mathews with two scoreless innings. Fernandez left after a two-out walk to Brian Reynolds in the eighth and Caleb Ferguson got the final out when Reynolds was hit on the foot on a single through the infield by Oneil Cruz. Ryne Stanek struck out two in the ninth for his second save.
Nolan Gorman had a one-out double off Jacob Jones (2-6) in the third and Crooks followed with his fifth home run of the season for a 2-0 lead.
Jordan Walker and José Fermín singled leading off the fourth, and Nathan Church hit a sacrifice fly for a 3-0 advantage.
Jared Triolo had two of Pittsburgh's six hits and drove in a run with a two-out single in the fifth.
Walker singled and scored on a two-out throwing error by shortstop Jacob Gonzalez for a run in the eighth.
Jones surrendered three runs on seven hits with a walk and six strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings.
St. Louis (68-68) improves to 6-2 on the season against the Pirates (65-71), who have scored five runs in their last four games.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Mangum struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Flores Jr. struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Gonzales flied out to right. |
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9th Inning | Stanek relieved Ferguson |
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9th Inning | Urías at second base. |
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9th Inning | Fermín in left field. |
Statistics
 PIT |
 STL |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 7 | Ground Balls | 13 |
| 11 | Strikeouts | 8 |
| 1 | Runs Batted In | 3 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 6 | Hits | 8 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 2 | Walks | 1 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 1 | Runs | 4 |
| 1 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 1 |
| 31 | At Bats | 33 |
| 0 | Home Runs | 1 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 10 | Runners Left On Base | 12 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 0 | Doubles | 2 |
| 13 | Fly Balls | 13 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 142 | Pitches | 121 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 3 | Pinch At Bats | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
| 6 | Total Bases | 13 |
| 34 | Plate Appearances | 35 |
| 0.0 | Projected Home Runs | 162.0 |
| 0 | Extra Base Hits | 3 |
| 1.2 | Runs Created | 3.5 |
| .194 | Batting Average | .242 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .194 | Slugging Percentage | .394 |
| .065 | Secondary Average | .182 |
| .265 | On Base Percentage | .257 |
| .458 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .651 |
| 0.5 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 1.0 |
| 1.2 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 3.6 |
| 10.0 | Batter Rating | 29.0 |
| 0.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 33.0 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 4.18 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.46 |
| .000 | Isolated Power | .152 |
| 0.18 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.13 |
| .059 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .029 |
| -.129 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | -.061 |
| 2.0 | Runs Produced | 7.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 0.8 |
| 0.3 | Patience Ratio | 0.4 |
| 0.3 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
| 64.8 | MLB Rating | 79.3 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 22,964 | Capacity:
2026 National League Central Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Milwaukee |
- | 59 | L1 | 0.6242038 | 98 |
 Chicago |
10.5 | 69 | W2 | 0.5576923 | 87 |
| Pittsburgh |
18 | 77 | W5 | 0.50955415 | 80 |
| St. Louis |
22 | 81 | L1 | 0.48407644 | 76 |
 Cincinnati |
25.5 | 84 | L2 | 0.46153846 | 72 |