Pirates survive Cardinals 5-4.

Final · MLB · Sun Aug 30, 1:15 PM CDT

Probable pitchers: Braxton Ashcraft (PIT) vs Matthew Liberatore (STL)
TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh, Cardinals.TV Presented by bet365
Where: Busch Stadium

Pirates survive Cardinals 5-4. Pirates took the lead for good in the 2nd.

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

Win: Braxton Ashcraft. Loss: Matthew Liberatore. Save: Mason Montgomery. Home runs: Triolo (PIT), Valdez, Es (PIT).

By the numbers: Hits PIT 8, STL 9; Errors PIT 0, STL 1; Left on base PIT 16, STL 16.

Team stats

	PIT	STL
Hits	8	9
Errors	0	1
Left on base	16	16
Home runs	2	0
Walks	4	3
Strikeouts	15	6

Box score

Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR
Triolo SS	4	1	1	1	1	2	1
Cruz, O DH	4	2	1	0	1	1	0
Reynolds, B LF	5	0	2	0	0	2	0
Flores Jr. C	4	0	0	0	1	2	0
Lowe, B 2B	4	1	2	1	0	1	0
Valdez, Es RF	4	1	1	2	0	1	1
Cook, B CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mangum RF	4	0	1	0	0	2	0
Horwitz 1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	0
Yorke 3B	4	0	0	0	0	3	0
Totals	36	5	8	4	4	15	2

Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	NP
Ashcraft, B (W)	5.0	6	2	2	1	3	71
Yates	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	8
Doval	0.2	2	2	2	2	1	19
Ramírez	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Weaver	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	10
Montgomery, M (S)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	11
Totals	9.0	9	4	4	3	6	125

St. Louis Cardinals

Batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Torres, B LF	2	1	2	1	1	0
Báez PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Herrera C	5	0	2	2	0	0
Burleson 1B	4	0	1	1	1	0
Walker, J RF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Gorman DH	4	0	0	0	0	0
Fermín 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Church CF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Urías, R 3B	3	1	0	0	1	2
Saggese SS	4	2	3	0	0	0
Totals	35	4	9	4	3	6

Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	NP
Liberatore (L)	5.2	6	4	3	2	9	2	107
Stanek	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5
Gastelum, L	1.0	1	1	1	2	2	0	26
Graceffo	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	34
Totals	9.0	8	5	4	4	15	2	172

Play-by-play

Top 1st 4

0 out PIT Jared Triolo walks.
1 out PIT Oneil Cruz grounds into a force out, second baseman José Fermín to shortstop Thomas Saggese. Jared Triolo out at 2nd. Oneil Cruz to 1st.
2 out PIT Bryan Reynolds called out on strikes.
3 out PIT Rafael Flores Jr. flies out sharply to center fielder Nathan Church.

Bottom 1st 4

0 out STL Bryan Torres singles on a line drive to left fielder Bryan Reynolds.
1 out STL Iván Herrera grounds out to pitcher Braxton Ashcraft. Bryan Torres to 2nd.
2 out STL Alec Burleson grounds out, second baseman Brandon Lowe to first baseman Spencer Horwitz. Bryan Torres to 3rd.
3 out STL Jordan Walker called out on strikes.

Top 2nd 6

0 out PIT Brandon Lowe doubles (27) on a sharp fly ball to left fielder Bryan Torres.
0 out PIT Esmerlyn Valdez homers (16) on a fly ball to right field. Brandon Lowe scores. PIT 2, STL 0
0 out PIT Jake Mangum singles on a bunt ground ball to pitcher Matthew Liberatore.
1 out PIT Spencer Horwitz strikes out swinging.
2 out PIT Nick Yorke strikes out swinging.
3 out PIT Jared Triolo strikes out swinging.

Bottom 2nd 3

1 out STL Nolan Gorman grounds out to first baseman Spencer Horwitz.
2 out STL José Fermín flies out to center fielder Jake Mangum.
3 out STL Nathan Church flies out to right fielder Esmerlyn Valdez.

Top 3rd 5

0 out PIT Oneil Cruz doubles (11) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Nathan Church.
1 out PIT Iván Herrera challenged (pitch result), call on the field was overturned: Bryan Reynolds called out on strikes.
2 out PIT Rafael Flores Jr. strikes out swinging.
2 out PIT Brandon Lowe reaches on a fielding error by third baseman Ramón Urías. Oneil Cruz scores. PIT 3, STL 0
3 out PIT Esmerlyn Valdez grounds out, shortstop Thomas Saggese to first baseman Alec Burleson.

Bottom 3rd 5

1 out STL Ramón Urías called out on strikes.
1 out STL Thomas Saggese singles on a line drive to right fielder Esmerlyn Valdez.
1 out STL Bryan Torres singles on a ground ball to third baseman Nick Yorke. Thomas Saggese to 2nd.
2 out STL Iván Herrera grounds out, shortstop Jared Triolo to first baseman Spencer Horwitz. Thomas Saggese to 3rd. Bryan Torres to 2nd.
3 out STL Alec Burleson flies out to center fielder Jake Mangum.

Top 4th 3

1 out PIT Jake Mangum called out on strikes.
2 out PIT Spencer Horwitz flies out to center fielder Nathan Church.
3 out PIT Nick Yorke flies out to center fielder Nathan Church.

Bottom 4th 3

1 out STL Jordan Walker grounds out sharply, third baseman Nick Yorke to first baseman Spencer Horwitz.
2 out STL Nolan Gorman flies out sharply to right fielder Esmerlyn Valdez in foul territory.
3 out STL José Fermín strikes out swinging.

Top 5th 5

0 out PIT Jared Triolo homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. PIT 4, STL 0
1 out PIT Oneil Cruz flies out to left fielder Bryan Torres.
1 out PIT Bryan Reynolds singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Bryan Torres.
2 out PIT Rafael Flores Jr. grounds out, third baseman Ramón Urías to first baseman Alec Burleson. Bryan Reynolds to 2nd.
3 out PIT Brandon Lowe strikes out swinging.

Bottom 5th 7

1 out STL Nathan Church grounds out, second baseman Brandon Lowe to first baseman Spencer Horwitz.
2 out STL Ramón Urías grounds out sharply, third baseman Nick Yorke to first baseman Spencer Horwitz.
2 out STL Thomas Saggese singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Bryan Reynolds.
2 out STL Bryan Torres walks. Thomas Saggese to 2nd.
2 out STL Iván Herrera singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jake Mangum. Thomas Saggese scores. Bryan Torres to 2nd. PIT 4, STL 1
2 out STL Alec Burleson singles on a ground ball to right fielder Esmerlyn Valdez. Bryan Torres scores. Iván Herrera to 2nd. PIT 4, STL 2
3 out STL Jordan Walker pops out to first baseman Spencer Horwitz in foul territory.

Top 6th 4

1 out PIT Esmerlyn Valdez lines out to third baseman Ramón Urías.
2 out PIT Jake Mangum called out on strikes.
2 out PIT Spencer Horwitz walks.
3 out PIT Nick Yorke strikes out swinging.

Bottom 6th 3

1 out STL Nolan Gorman flies out sharply to right fielder Esmerlyn Valdez.
2 out STL José Fermín pops out to second baseman Brandon Lowe.
3 out STL Nathan Church strikes out swinging.

Top 7th 6

1 out PIT Jared Triolo called out on strikes.
1 out PIT Iván Herrera challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Oneil Cruz walks.
2 out PIT Bryan Reynolds flies out to left fielder Bryan Torres.
2 out PIT Rafael Flores Jr. walks.
2 out PIT Brandon Lowe singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Bryan Torres. Oneil Cruz scores. Rafael Flores Jr. to 2nd. PIT 5, STL 2
3 out PIT Esmerlyn Valdez strikes out swinging.

Bottom 7th 7

0 out STL Rafael Flores Jr. challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Ramón Urías walks.
0 out STL Thomas Saggese singles on a line drive to center fielder Jake Mangum. Ramón Urías to 3rd.
1 out STL Bryan Torres out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jake Mangum. Ramón Urías scores. PIT 5, STL 3
1 out STL Iván Herrera doubles (24) on a fly ball to left fielder Bryan Reynolds. Thomas Saggese scores. PIT 5, STL 4
1 out STL Alec Burleson walks.
2 out STL Jordan Walker strikes out swinging.
3 out STL Nolan Gorman flies out to right fielder Esmerlyn Valdez.

Top 8th 3

1 out PIT Jake Mangum grounds out, second baseman José Fermín to first baseman Alec Burleson.
2 out PIT Spencer Horwitz grounds out, third baseman Ramón Urías to first baseman Alec Burleson.
3 out PIT Nick Yorke strikes out swinging.

Bottom 8th 4

0 out STL José Fermín singles on a line drive to right fielder Jake Mangum.
1 out STL Nathan Church lines out to left fielder Bryan Reynolds.
2 out STL Ramón Urías strikes out swinging.
3 out STL Thomas Saggese grounds out, second baseman Brandon Lowe to first baseman Spencer Horwitz.

Top 9th 4

1 out PIT Jared Triolo grounds out, third baseman Ramón Urías to first baseman Alec Burleson.
2 out PIT Oneil Cruz strikes out swinging.
2 out PIT Bryan Reynolds singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jordan Walker.
3 out PIT Rafael Flores Jr. strikes out on a foul tip.

Bottom 9th 3

1 out STL Joshua Báez grounds out, third baseman Nick Yorke to first baseman Spencer Horwitz.
2 out STL Iván Herrera pops out to first baseman Spencer Horwitz.
3 out STL Alec Burleson grounds out sharply, second baseman Brandon Lowe to first baseman Spencer Horwitz.