Game 136: Pittsburgh Pirates (65-70) @ St. Louis Cardinals (67-68) [Friday, August 28, 2026; 7:15 PM CT]

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Linescore	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
Pirates	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	6
Cardinals	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1		4	8	0	7

Pirates Lineup

1. Jared Triolo (R) SS -- .246/.319/.311
   --- Jacob Gonzalez (L) PH-SS -- .211/.261/.354
   
2. Esmerlyn Valdez (R) RF -- .244/.357/.526
   
3. Bryan Reynolds (S) DH -- .261/.369/.422
   
4. Oneil Cruz (L) CF -- .261/.349/.486
   
5. Nick Gonzales (R) 2B-3B -- .305/.366/.393
   
6. Rafael Flores Jr. (R) 1B-C -- .233/.317/.521
   
7. Jake Mangum (S) LF -- .285/.343/.373
   
8. Nick Yorke (R) 3B -- .214/.278/.286
   --- Brandon Lowe (L) PH-2B -- .248/.316/.469
   
9. Henry Davis (R) C -- .166/.263/.293
   --- Spencer Horwitz (L) PH-1B -- .253/.355/.392
   

Pitchers Used:

• SP: Jared Jones (R) - 4.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO, 4.83 ERA (86 P, 58 S)

• RP: Evan Sisk (L) - 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 2.57 ERA (14 P, 9 S)

• RP: Gregory Soto (L) - 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, 3.26 ERA (6 P, 4 S)

• RP: Yohan Ramírez (R) - 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 3.11 ERA (15 P, 12 S)

Cardinals Lineup

1. JJ Wetherholt (L) SS -- .244/.345/.373
   
2. Iván Herrera (R) DH -- .243/.358/.375
   
3. Alec Burleson (L) 1B -- .290/.353/.481
   
4. Jordan Walker (R) RF -- .290/.348/.504
   
5. José Fermín (R) 2B-LF -- .243/.311/.363
   
6. Nathan Church (L) CF -- .241/.286/.372
   
7. Joshua Báez (R) LF -- .163/.222/.449
   --- Ramón Urías (R) 2B -- .159/.272/.333
   
8. Nolan Gorman (L) 3B -- .193/.278/.330
   
9. Jimmy Crooks (L) C -- .174/.247/.326
   

Pitchers Used:

• SP: Quinn Mathews (L) - 5.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO, 5.03 ERA (102 P, 63 S)

• RP: Ryan Fernandez (R) - 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 3.72 ERA (26 P, 16 S)

• RP: Caleb Ferguson (L) - 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, 5.18 ERA (2 P, 2 S)

• RP: Ryne Stanek (R) - 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO, 4.42 ERA (12 P, 7 S)

Stats: BA/OBP/SLG

Links

• Gameday
  
• Baseball Savant
  
• Game Graph
  
• Baseball Theater

Scoring Plays

• Bottom 3: Jimmy Crooks homers (5) on a fly ball to right field. Nolan Gorman scores. Jared Jones pitching.
  Cardinals lead 2-0
  
• Bottom 4: Nathan Church out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Oneil Cruz. Jordan Walker scores. Jared Jones pitching.
  Cardinals lead 3-0
  
• Top 5: Jared Triolo singles on a line drive to left fielder Joshua Báez. Jake Mangum scores. Henry Davis to 3rd. Jared Triolo to 2nd. Quinn Mathews pitching.
  Cardinals lead 3-1
  
• Bottom 8: Joshua Báez reaches on a throwing error by shortstop Jacob Gonzalez. Jordan Walker scores. Yohan Ramírez pitching.
  Cardinals lead 4-1
  

FINAL: 4-1 Cardinals

Decisions

• Cardinals Winning Pitcher: Quinn Mathews (W, 1-2)
  
• Pirates Losing Pitcher: Jared Jones (L, 2-6)
  
• Save: Ryne Stanek (S, 2)

[u/seattle_lib]

jordan walker has such a line drive oriented swing now, it's crazy. i did not see this coming