Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals

PIT 6 — STL 2

Final — 2026-05-21

Game MVP: Braxton Ashcraft — 7.0 IP, 9 K, 1 ER

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	6	10	0
STL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	0

WP Braxton Ashcraft (3-2)

LP Dustin May (3-5)

Scoring Plays

Top 1: Lowe homered to left (342 feet). (0-1)

Bot 3: Herrera homered to left center (408 feet). (1-1)

Top 4: Mangum grounded into fielder's choice to second, Griffin scored, Ozuna out at second. (1-2)

Top 6: Ozuna singled to left, Horwitz scored and Griffin scored. (1-4)

Top 7: Davis homered to left (375 feet). (1-5)

Top 7: Reynolds grounded out to shortstop, Cruz scored, Lowe to second. (1-6)

Bot 8: Walker singled to left, Herrera scored, Burleson to second. (2-6)

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Braxton Ashcraft	7.0	4	1	1	2	9	1	98-68	2.89	W, 3-2
Wilber Dotel	1.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	29-20	2.35
Mason Montgomery	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8-7	3.79

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Dustin May	5.1	6	4	4	2	7	1	91-62	5.00	L, 3-5
Gordon Graceffo	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	1.69
Justin Bruihl	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	1	16-11	5.24
Matt Svanson	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	19-13	9.12
Matthew Pushard	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-6	6.23

Venue: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri (27,705)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: James Hoye, First Base Umpire: Tyler Jones, Second Base Umpire: D.J. Reyburn, Third Base Umpire: John Libka

Broadcast: CATV | SNPT | ESUN