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

12:35 PM, September 24, 2026Coverage: MLB.TV

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, 03:33 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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St. Louis CardinalsCardinalsSTL

(77-82)

(77-82, 39-39 Away)

(77-82)

Kyle Leahy

(10-5, 3.66)

-105

Pittsburgh PiratesPiratesPIT

(81-78)

(81-78, 44-37 Home)

(81-78)

Paul Skenes

(10-11, 3.82)

-164

Cardinals
0
Pirates
2

Game 1

9/22

Cardinals
5
Pirates
1

Game 2

9/23

Cardinals
1
Pirates
2

Game 3

9/24

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	100	59	.629	-	W2
Chicago	88	71	.553	12	W1
Pittsburgh	81	78	.509	19	W1
St. Louis	77	82	.484	23	L1
Cincinnati	74	85	.465	26	W1

Cubs clinch 2nd straight playoffs trip by beating Marlins 2-1 as Crow-Armstrong joins 40-40 club

— Pete Crow-Armstrong joined the 40-40 club by stealing his 40th base to go along with his major league-leading 45 home runs, and the Chicago Cubs...

White Sox clinch a playoff spot with a 9-1 rout of the Royals after back-to-back 100-loss seasons

— The Chicago White Sox became the first team to follow consecutive 100-loss seasons by reaching the playoffs on Thursday, throttling the Kansas City Royals 9-1 to ensure no worse than one of the three AL wild-card spots for the postseason.

Dodgers visit the Giants to start 3-game series

Los Angeles Dodgers (97-62, first in the NL West) vs. San Francisco Giants (65-94, fourth in the NL West)

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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

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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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