STL vs PIT — MainMarket Sports

Major League BaseballPNC Park · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

St. Louis

Cardinals

48-44 · 11-5 away

Final

Pittsburgh

Pirates

47-47 · 8-9 home

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Top hitters

STL

AVG

.284▲

2Alec Burlesonvs RHP .3173-5 · 3 RBI.277▼
3Pedro Pagés2-5.262▼
4JJ Wetherholt2-4 · HR · 1 RBI.256

PIT

AVG

.317▲

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

STL

Starter

Hunter Dobbins

St. Louis Cardinals · 0-0

4.1 IP, 3 ER, 4 K, 5 BB

Fastball Velo 68th

6.23 ERA · 4 K · 1.62 WHIP

PIT

Starter

Paul Skenes

Pittsburgh Pirates · 4-2

5.0 IP, 3 ER, 9 K, 0 BB

xwOBA 93rd

2.91 ERA · 39 K · 0.82 WHIP

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

Contact quality

STL10 R · .438 xBA

PIT5 R · .271 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 4-0.
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
STL	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	10	13	1
PIT	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	5	7	2

Statcast

Hardest hit · STL
J. Walker · Single
114 mph · .870 xBA
Hardest hit · PIT
B. Lowe · Home Run
110 mph · .990 xBA
Longest hit
B. Lowe · Home Run
416 ft · .990 xBA
Best barrel
B. Lowe · Home Run
110 mph · .990 xBA
Fastest pitch
R. Stanek · 4-Seam Fastball
99.3 mph

Game MVP · win probability

Bryan Reynolds
PIT
+17%
Gordon Graceffo
STL
+12%
Jordan Walker
STL
+11%

Scoring summary

Wetherholt homered to right (391 feet).1st Inning1-0
Walker homered to left (383 feet), Herrera scored.1st Inning3-0
Gorman singled to right, Burleson scored.3rd Inning4-0
Horwitz walked, Reynolds scored, Gonzales to second, O'Hearn to third.4th Inning4-1
Burleson singled to left, Wetherholt scored.5th Inning5-1
Reynolds doubled to left, Cruz scored and Mangum scored.5th Inning5-3
Lowe homered to right (416 feet).7th Inning5-4
Church doubled to center, Gorman scored and Winn scored.8th Inning7-4
Burleson singled to right, Church scored and Scott II scored, Herrera to third.8th Inning9-4
Walker singled to left, Herrera scored, Burleson to second.8th Inning10-4
Lowe doubled to right, Cruz scored on throwing error by right fielder Walker.9th Inning10-5

Box score

Hitting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J. Wetherholt	2-4	4	2	2	1	1	1	0	25	.256	.378	.479
I. Herrera	0-4	4	2	0	0	0	1	2	21	.239	.413	.413
A. Burleson	3-5	5	1	3	3	0	0	1	24	.277	.356	.445
J. Walker	2-5	5	1	2	3	1	0	1	18	.284	.354	.552
N. Gorman	2-5	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	20	.223	.291	.359
M. Winn	1-5	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	21	.253	.336	.354
N. Church	1-5	5	1	1	2	0	0	1	17	.235	.272	.435
P. Pages	2-5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	18	.262	.310	.431
V. Scott II	0-2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	16	.179	.244	.231

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
H. Dobbins	4.1	2	3	3	5	4	0	79-41	6.23	79
J. Bruihl	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	18-13	5.63	18
G. Graceffo	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	24-16	1.04	24
J. Romero	0.2	1	1	1	1	2	1	21-13	4.20	21
R. Stanek	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	15-10	8.31	15
M. Svanson	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	17-10	10.26	17

Win probability

STL 100%PIT 0%

Win probability over timePIT win %

Biggest swing: Walker homered to left (383 feet), Herrera scored. (+19% STL)

Team stats

STLPIT

Hits

Runs

Home Runs

RBI

Stolen Bases

Walks

Strikeouts

Runners LOB

Statcast profile

STLPIT

8.44%

Barrel%

7.77%

42.5%

Hard-hit%

40.6%

.330

xwOBA

.320

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