MLB

Pittsburgh 1, at St. Louis 4

Friday, August 28, 2026 · Final

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Pittsburgh Pirates

82-80 · W1 · #13 (1304 ELO -3)

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 63

St. Louis Cardinals

77-85 · L4 · #22 (1276 ELO +3)

0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 80

Busch Stadium III · St. Louis, MO

Attendance: 22,964

Umpires: Nick Mahrley [HP], Marvin Hudson [1B], Willie Traynor [2B], Tripp Gibson [3B]

Cardinals ride Mathews, Crooks to win over Pirates

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Interstat) — Jimmy Crooks hit a two-run homer and Quinn Mathews earned the win as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 on Friday night at Busch Stadium. Crooks homered in the third inning with Nolan Gorman aboard. Jordan Walker scored on Nathan Church’s sacrifice fly in the fourth to make it 3-0. Jared Triolo’s run-scoring single in the fifth trimmed the gap for Pittsburgh, but St. Louis answered in the eighth when Joshua Báez reached on shortstop Jacob Gonzalez’s throwing error, allowing Walker to score. Mathews (1-2) allowed five hits and one earned run… Read more...

Top Statlines

Quinn Mathews STL 5.2ip 5h 1er 7k
Ryne Stanek STL 1.0ip 0h 0er 2k
Ryan Fernandez STL 2.0ip 0h 0er 2k

Forecasting

ELO Probability PIT 52.6%

Spread PIT -1.5

Projected Score PIT 5 STL 3

Over/Under 8 (Under)