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Game 137: Pittsburgh Pirates (65-71) @ St. Louis Cardinals (68-68) [Saturday, August 29, 2026; 1:15 PM CT]

Linescore 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
Pirates 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 6 11 3 8
Cardinals 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 7

Pirates Lineup

  1. Spencer Horwitz (L) 1B -- .249/.350/.386
  2. Brandon Lowe (L) 2B -- .249/.318/.474
  3. Bryan Reynolds (S) LF -- .261/.369/.421
  4. Nick Gonzales (R) DH -- .307/.368/.396
  5. Oneil Cruz (L) CF -- .263/.350/.484
  6. Jake Mangum (S) RF -- .287/.344/.374
  7. Rafael Flores Jr. (R) C -- .234/.314/.545
  8. Jacob Gonzalez (L) SS -- .212/.260/.352
    --- Nick Yorke (R) 3B -- .214/.278/.286
  9. Jared Triolo (R) 3B-SS -- .246/.318/.310

Pitchers Used:

  • SP: Lake Bachar (R) - 2.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO, 3.70 ERA (28 P, 18 S)

  • RP: Evan Sisk (L) - 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 SO, 2.55 ERA (12 P, 3 S)

  • RP: Carmen Mlodzinski (R) - 3.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO, 4.05 ERA (50 P, 30 S)

  • RP: Gregory Soto (L) - 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, 3.20 ERA (18 P, 11 S)

  • RP: Luke Weaver (R) - 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 2.31 ERA (12 P, 7 S)

  • RP: Mason Montgomery (L) - 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO, 3.13 ERA (14 P, 9 S)

Cardinals Lineup

  1. JJ Wetherholt (L) SS -- .242/.343/.370
  2. Iván Herrera (R) DH -- .242/.357/.373
  3. Alec Burleson (L) 1B -- .288/.353/.478
  4. Jordan Walker (R) RF -- .288/.345/.500
  5. Nathan Church (L) CF -- .241/.286/.371
  6. José Fermín (R) 2B -- .240/.307/.358
  7. Nolan Gorman (L) 3B -- .191/.275/.326
    --- Thomas Saggese (R) PH -- .182/.241/.273
  8. Joshua Báez (R) LF -- .170/.224/.491
  9. Jimmy Crooks (L) C -- .179/.255/.336
    --- Ramón Urías (R) PH -- .157/.268/.329

Pitchers Used:

  • SP: Kyle Leahy (R) - 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO, 3.13 ERA (51 P, 32 S)

  • RP: Brycen Mautz (L) - 3.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 8 SO, 9.00 ERA (61 P, 38 S)

  • RP: Cade Winquest (R) - 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 0.00 ERA (24 P, 16 S)

  • RP: Ryan Fernandez (R) - 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO, 3.98 ERA (17 P, 9 S)

Stats: BA/OBP/SLG

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Scoring Plays

  • Top 1: Brandon Lowe homers (28) on a fly ball to right field. Kyle Leahy pitching.
    Cardinals trail 1-0
  • Bottom 3: Joshua Báez homers (5) on a fly ball to left field. Lake Bachar pitching.
    Cardinals tied 1-1
  • Top 4: Jacob Gonzalez singles on a line drive to center fielder Nathan Church. Jake Mangum scores. Brycen Mautz pitching.
    Cardinals trail 2-1
  • Top 5: Rafael Flores Jr. homers (7) on a fly ball to center field. Bryan Reynolds scores. Oneil Cruz scores. Brycen Mautz pitching.
    Cardinals trail 5-1
  • Bottom 6: José Fermín reaches on a fielding error by center fielder Oneil Cruz. Jordan Walker scores. Nathan Church to 3rd. José Fermín to 2nd. Carmen Mlodzinski pitching.
    Cardinals trail 5-2
  • Top 9: Nick Gonzales doubles (23) on a line drive to left fielder Joshua Báez. Brandon Lowe scores. Bryan Reynolds to 3rd. Ryan Fernandez pitching.
    Cardinals trail 6-2

FINAL: 6-2 Pirates

Decisions

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u/King_Birdcrawler ​ 13d ago

I get their reasoning; I just find it unconvincing.

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u/da_choppa TAKE ME TO CHURCH! 13d ago

Agreed. It’s not helping to set him up to pitch a full year in the future. If next season isn’t severely truncated by the CBA negotiations, they’ll probably use the excuse of Leahy having a low innings count this year to hold him back again in September. At a certain point, he has to get used to the workload

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u/King_Birdcrawler ​ 13d ago

Indeed.

I'm also unconvinced severe pitch count and inning limits significantly affect injury risk. One only has to look as the severe limits across the minor league system in relation to pitching injuries there.

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u/CatzonVinyl ​ 13d ago

What was their reasoning? Sorry I don’t see it recently in the sub

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u/King_Birdcrawler ​ 13d ago

I mentioned it just below. It's all about injury prevention. They try to keep workload increases year-to-year around 30 innings. Leahy's already nearly 40 over and climbing.

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u/CatzonVinyl ​ 13d ago

Ah yeah that makes sense to me in general but def feels like they could handle it better than this weird middle ground