St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

77-82, 39-39 Away

Final

81-78, 44-37 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
J. Wetherholt2B	2-4	0	0	0	.246
I. HerreraC	1-4	0	0	0	.244
A. Burleson1B	1-4	1	1	1	.279
J. WalkerRF	0-3	0	0	0	.271
L. BernalDH	0-4	0	0	0	.282
B. TorresLF	0-2	0	0	0	.232
J. FerminPH	0-1	0	0	0	.253
T. Saggese3B	0-3	0	0	0	.238
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Saggese struck out looking. 4th: Saggese flied out to left. 7th: Saggese hit by pitch. 9th: Saggese struck out swinging.
N. ChurchCF	1-3	0	0	0	.251
M. WinnSS	0-3	0	0	0	.233

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
K. Leahy	2.0	3	1	0	3	37-25	3.66
C. Hjerpe	3.1	3	0	3	3	74-42	4.38
G. Graceffo	0.2	0	0	0	1	4-4	2.73
B. Mautz	1.0	1	0	0	1	17-13	6.43
R. Stanek	1.0	0	0	2	0	21-10	4.02

According to ESPN Analytics

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PNC Park

5:35 PM, 24 September 2026

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 15,822

Game Time:2:39

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Scott Barry
First Base Umpire - Tom Hanahan
Second Base Umpire - Ron Kulpa
Third Base Umpire - John Bacon

Pirates beat the Cardinals 2-1 to secure their first non-losing season since 2018

— Ronny Simon raced home on Spencer Horwitz's eighth inning sacrifice fly and the Pittsburgh Pirates assured themselves of the club's first non-losing season in eight years with a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.

Sep 24, 2026, 08:33 pm - AP


STL
PIT

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

Scoring Summary

		STL	PIT
1st	Burleson homered to right center (395 feet).	1	0
1st	Lowe singled to left, Cruz scored.	1	1
8th	Horwitz hit sacrifice fly to center, Simon scored.	1	2

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Cardinals
0
Pirates
2

Game 1

22/9

Cardinals
5
Pirates
1

Game 2

23/9

Cardinals
1
Pirates
2

Game 3

24/9

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	103	59	.636	-	W5
Chicago	89	73	.549	14	W1
Pittsburgh	82	80	.506	21	W1
St. Louis	77	85	.475	26	L4
Cincinnati	75	87	.463	28	L1

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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

Pirates beat the Cardinals 2-1 to secure their first non-losing season since 2018

L. Weaver4-1

R. Stanek2-3

M. Montgomery17

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