PIT vs STL — MainMarket Sports

Major League BaseballBusch Stadium · St. Louis, Missouri

Pittsburgh

Pirates

Final

Top hitters

PIT

AVG

.279▲

Nick Gonzales

Pittsburgh Pirates

1-4 · 1 RBI

xwOBA 54thvs RHP .325

STL

AVG

.291▼

Alec Burleson

St. Louis Cardinals

4-5 · 2B · HR · 1 RBI

xwOBA 94th

Season batting average · amber = strong vs today's starter · up/down arrow = hot/cold last 15 · MLB Stats API · hero Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Starting pitchers

PIT

Starter

Johan Oviedo

Pittsburgh Pirates · 1-0

4.0 IP, ER, 5 K, BB

3.60 ERA · 14 K · 1.20 WHIP

STL

Starter

Michael McGreevy

St. Louis Cardinals · 5-2

6.0 IP, 4 ER, 7 K, 2 BB

xwOBA 12th

4.43 ERA · 40 K · 1.19 WHIP

Season pitching · MLB Stats API · Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Contact quality

PIT6 R · .310 xBA

STL7 R · .384 xBA

The scoreboard matched the contact — STL both hit it harder and scored more.

Expected BA on balls in play · Baseball Savant

STL win3rd in the NL Central, 10½ GB

Looking ahead

The Cardinals sit 3rd in the NL Central, 10½ games back — coming off a loss, 4-6 over their last 10.
The Pirates sit 4th in the NL Central, 12½ games back — losers of 2 straight, 5-5 over their last 10.
STL wins series 5-2.
The Cardinals are up next home vs ATL (Jul 10-12).
The Pirates are up next home vs MIL (Jul 10-12).

Line score

Inn	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	9	2
STL	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	7	11	1

Statcast

Hardest hit · PIT
B. Reynolds · Home Run
110.8 mph · 1.000 xBA
Hardest hit · STL
A. Burleson · Single
108.3 mph · .710 xBA
Longest hit
B. Reynolds · Home Run
432 ft · 1.000 xBA
Best barrel
A. Burleson · Home Run
107.7 mph · .970 xBA
Fastest pitch
R. O'Brien · Sinker
98.7 mph

Game MVP · win probability

Alec Burleson
STL
+53%
Ronny Simon
PIT
+22%
Willson Contreras
STL
+17%

Scoring summary

Horwitz grounded out to shortstop, Simon scored, Reynolds to third.1st Inning1-0
Church hit sacrifice fly to left, Gorman scored.2nd Inning1-1
Reynolds homered to right (432 feet), N. Gonzales scored.3rd Inning3-1
Horwitz homered to right center (413 feet).3rd Inning4-1
Winn reached on infield single to third, Church scored.5th Inning4-2
Contreras singled to center, Winn scored and Burleson scored.5th Inning4-4
Gorman doubled to center, Contreras scored.5th Inning4-5
Saggese singled to left, Gorman scored.5th Inning4-6
N. Gonzales hit sacrifice fly to right, Suwinski scored, Bart to third.7th Inning5-6
Simon doubled to right, Peguero scored.9th Inning6-6
Burleson homered to center (409 feet).9th Inning6-7

Box score

Hitting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
R. Simon	2-5	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	23	.233	.250	.267
N. Gonzales	1-4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	16	.279	.321	.387
B. Reynolds	2-5	5	1	2	2	1	0	3	24	.246	.305	.410
S. Horwitz	1-2	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	9	.258	.329	.398
I. Kiner-Falefa	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.264	.302	.332
T. Pham	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	.265	.340	.384
J. Triolo	2-4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	15	.218	.311	.351
J. Suwinski	0-1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	12	.123	.286	.228
A. McCutchen	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.241	.331	.380
A. Canario	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.273	.315
J. Bart	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	13	.245	.350	.315
L. Peguero	0-3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	.206	.275	.413

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
J. Oviedo	4.0	3	1	1	1	5	0	53-35	3.60	53
A. Heaney	0.2	5	5	5	0	1	0	31-24	5.39	31
C. Holderman	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	19-12	8.24	19
Y. Ramirez	2.0	1	0	0	0	5	0	36-28	5.56	36
D. Santana	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	5-4	2.41	5

Win probability

PIT 0%STL 100%

Win probability over timeSTL win %

Biggest swing: Burleson homered to center (409 feet). (+45% STL)

Team stats

PITSTL

Hits

Runs

Home Runs

RBI

Stolen Bases

Walks

Strikeouts

Runners LOB

Statcast profile

PITSTL

8.83%

Barrel%

8.46%

43.61%

Hard-hit%

41.04%

.320

xwOBA

.310

Barrel% perfectly-struck balls — ideal exit velo + launch angle, near-automatic extra bases · Hard-hit% share of balls hit 95+ mph · xwOBA expected offensive value from contact quality (higher is better)

Season quality of contact · Baseball Savant