Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

67-71, 33-39 Away

Final

68-70, 34-38 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
J. TrioloSS	1-4	1	1	1	.247
O. CruzDH	1-4	2	0	0	.263
B. ReynoldsLF	2-5	0	0	0	.262
R. Flores Jr.C	0-4	0	0	0	.222
B. Lowe2B	2-4	1	0	1	.251
E. ValdezRF	1-4	1	1	2	.244
B. CookCF	0-0	0	0	0	.180
J. MangumCF-RF	1-4	0	0	0	.287
S. Horwitz1B	0-3	0	0	0	.247
N. Yorke3B	0-4	0	0	0	.206

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
B. Ashcraft	5.0	6	2	1	3	71-50	3.59
K. Yates	1.0	0	0	0	1	8-6	3.40
C. Doval	0.2	2	2	2	1	19-9	4.13
Y. Ramirez	0.1	0	0	0	0	6-4	3.10
L. Weaver	1.0	1	0	0	1	10-8	2.26
M. Montgomery	1.0	0	0	0	0	11-7	3.07

According to ESPN Analytics

PIT

STL

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Busch Stadium

4:15 AM, 31 August 2026

St. Louis, Missouri

Attendance: 23,459

Game Time:2:53

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Willie Traynor
First Base Umpire - Tripp Gibson
Second Base Umpire - Nick Mahrley
Third Base Umpire - Marvin Hudson

Esmerlyn Valdez and Jared Triolo homer in Pirates' 5-4 win over Cardinals

— Esmerlyn Valdez and Jared Triolo homered, Brandon Lowe added an RBI single and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Sunday.

Aug 31, 2026, 07:23 am - AP


PIT
STL

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

Scoring Summary

		PIT	STL
2nd	Valdez homered to right (355 feet), Lowe scored.	2	0
3rd	Cruz scored on error, Lowe safe at first on fielding error by third baseman Urías.	3	0
5th	Triolo homered to left (412 feet).	4	0
5th	Herrera singled to center, Saggese scored, Torres to second.	4	1
5th	Burleson singled to right, Torres scored, Herrera to second.	4	2
7th	Lowe singled to left, Cruz scored, Flores Jr. to second.	5	2
7th	Torres hit sacrifice fly to center, Urías scored.	5	3
7th	Herrera doubled to left, Saggese scored.	5	4

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Pirates
1
Cardinals
4

Game 1

29/8

Pirates
6
Cardinals
2

Game 2

30/8

Pirates
5
Cardinals
4

Game 3

31/8

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	85	52	.620	-	L1
Chicago	77	59	.566	7.5	W1
St. Louis	68	70	.493	17.5	L2
Pittsburgh	67	71	.486	18.5	W2
Cincinnati	64	72	.471	20.5	L1

Ezequiel Durán leads the way as Rangers snap 4-game skid by beating Brewers 7-4

— Ezequiel Durán homered, doubled and drove in three runs to help the Texas Rangers avoid a sweep by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 7-4 on Sunday.

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Glasnow goes 7 innings to lead Dodgers to 6-1 win over Tigers

— Tyler Glasnow gave up two hits and one run in seven innings and Freddie Freeman scored three runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Detroit Tigers 6-1 on Sunday.

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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

Esmerlyn Valdez and Jared Triolo homer in Pirates' 5-4 win over Cardinals

B. Ashcraft14-5

M. Liberatore5-13

M. Montgomery7

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