St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Final

MLB

STL Team page

5 — 1

PIT Team page

DateSeptember 23, 2026

VenuePNC Park

STL 36%

PIT 64%

Pittsburgh is the preferred side at home, with advantages in current form and the projected starting matchup. The Pirates have gone 5-1 over their last seven, while St. Louis is 1-4 in its last five. Lake Bachar is listed with a 3.56 ERA and 1.14 WHIP, compared with Matthew Liberatore’s 5.36 ERA and 1.49 WHIP; that gap gives Pittsburgh a better chance to control the early innings. The Pirates’ season offense has also been more productive, batting .254 with a .736 OPS, while the Cardinals are at .241 and .695. St. Louis can still make this competitive, but the combination of Pittsburgh’s home setting, stronger recent results and better numbers from the listed starters points to a Pirates win over the full game.

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Key Stats

2026 season · Team stats

St. Louis Cardinals

.241

AVG

.314

OBP

.695

OPS

161

4.28

ERA

1.35

WHIP

4.48

R/G

8.0

K/9

Pittsburgh Pirates

.254

AVG

.331

OBP

.736

OPS

181

4.16

ERA

1.30

WHIP

4.78

R/G

9.3

K/9

Key Players

St. Louis Cardinals

.802OPS

.808OPS

.741OPS

4.08ERA

Pittsburgh Pirates

.819OPS

.852OPS

.771OPS

2.59ERA

Boxscore

Scoring by period

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
STL	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	5
PIT	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Team stats

STL Stat PIT

5 R 1

10 H 6

0 E 0

0 HR 1

4 BB 1

10 SO 9

22 LOB 10

2 SB 0

1 ER 5

0 DP 0

STL

St. Louis Cardinals

Batting

St. Louis Cardinals Batting
Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
JJ Wetherholt 2B Starter	3-4	4	1	3	1	1	1	19	.244	.343	.368
Ivan Herrera DH Starter	0-3	3	1	0	0	1	0	14	.244	.357	.383
Alec Burleson 1B Starter	1-5	5	1	1	1	0	3	26	.279	.344	.461
Jordan Walker RF Starter	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	1	12	.273	.330	.470
Leo Bernal C Starter	1-4	4	0	1	1	0	1	19	.296	.337	.481
Nolan Gorman 3B Starter	1-3	3	0	1	0	1	1	18	.188	.274	.314
Jose Fermin LF Starter	2-4	4	1	2	0	0	1	13	.254	.316	.364
Nathan Church CF Starter	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	20	.251	.295	.371
Masyn Winn SS Starter	1-3	3	1	1	1	1	2	25	.235	.310	.321
Victor Scott II LF	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.269	.252

Pitching

St. Louis Cardinals Pitching
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Matthew Liberatore P Starter	5.2	6	1	1	0	6	1	81-53	5.23	81
Luis Gastelum P	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20-13	4.29	20
Ryne Stanek P	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-7	4.09	11
George Soriano P	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	17-13	4.23	17

PIT

Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting

Pittsburgh Pirates Batting
Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Konnor Griffin SS Starter	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.267	.320	.392
Rafael Flores Jr. C Starter	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.271	.342	.529
Bryan Reynolds LF Starter	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	20	.261	.364	.422
Brandon Lowe 2B Starter	2-4	4	1	2	1	1	0	1	10	.262	.331	.494
Nick Gonzales DH Starter	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	12	.301	.364	.388
Ronny Simon RF Starter	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	.273	.310	.382
Ryan O'Hearn 1B Starter	2-3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	13	.267	.333	.448
Jared Triolo 3B Starter	1-3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	16	.241	.311	.306
Jake Mangum CF Starter	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	.277	.334	.367

Pitching

Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Lake Bachar P Starter	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	30-18	3.49	30
Brandon Eisert P	0.2	2	3	3	1	1	18-8	5.65	18
Khristian Curtis P	3.2	5	2	2	1	3	71-45	4.71	71
Antwone Kelly P	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	33-20	4.41	33
Kirby Yates P	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	14-9	3.32	14