Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals AI Sports Picks & Predictions

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Pittsburgh PiratesPIT

1–4

Final

St. Louis CardinalsSTL

Busch Stadium

Team Season Averages

Pittsburgh PiratesLeads 15 of 18

St. Louis CardinalsLeads 3 of 18

Batting

4.87Runs per game4.44
0.252Batting average0.241
0.329On-base percentage0.317
0.404Slugging percentage0.383
0.733OPS0.699
1.17Home runs per game1.04
8.68Hits per game8.11
158Home runs141
111Stolen bases85

Pitching

4.22ERA4.24
1.32WHIP1.34
9.33Strikeouts per nine7.83
3.73Walks per nine3.40
4.19Runs allowed per game4.20
0.238Opponent batting average0.254
1249Pitching strikeouts1046
41Quality starts47
27Saves39

Highlighted values lead the matchup; for points allowed, turnovers and similar stats, lower is better.

Odds

Sportsbook	Spread (STL)	Total	PIT ML	STL ML
DDraftKings	+1.5	7.5	-112	+105
FFanDuel	+1.5	7.5	-112	+104
BBetMGM	+1.5	7.5	-118	-102
CCaesars	+1.5	7.5	-115	+105
BBetOnline	+1.5	7.5	-112	+102
BBetRivers	+1.5	7.5	-112	-103
BBetus	+1.5	7.5	-112	+102
BBovada	+1.5	7.5	-117	-103
FFanatics	+1.5	7.5	-115	-105
LLowVig	+1.5	7.5	-112	+102
MMyBookie	+1.5	7.5	-116	-102

Game Information

Busch Stadium

Stadium

Aug 28, 2026

8:15 PM EDT

Gametime weather

Clear sky

Wind 3 mph

82°

Lineups

PIT

Starters

STL

Starters

Rankings

Team	Offense	Defense
PIT	6th	22nd
STL	18th	19th

Matchup

PITSTL

65-70Record67-68
48.1%Win %49.6%
34-32Home record33-36
31-38Road record34-32
5-5Last 103-7
-1Streak1
+24Run diff-13
20-20Division22-21
2Rest days1 (B2B)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T
PIT	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
STL	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	—	4

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Oneil CruzCF	4	0	2	0	0
Esmerlyn ValdezRF	4	0	0	0	0
Rafael Flores Jr.C	4	0	0	0	0
Jake MangumCF	3	1	0	0	0
Jared TrioloSS	3	0	2	1	0
Nick Gonzales3B	3	0	1	0	1
Bryan ReynoldsLF	3	0	0	0	1
Nick Yorke3B	2	0	1	0	0
Henry DavisC	2	0	0	0	0
Brandon Lowe2B	1	0	0	0	0
Jacob GonzalezSS	1	0	0	0	0
Spencer Horwitz1B	1	0	0	0	0

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Jared JonesSP	4.2	7	3	3	1	6
Evan SiskRP	1.1	0	0	0	0	1
Gregory SotoRP	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Yohan RamirezRP	1.0	1	1	0	0	1

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB
Jose FerminLF	4	0	2	0	0	0
Joshua BaezLF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ivan HerreraDH	4	0	0	0	0	0
Alec Burleson1B	4	0	0	0	0	0
JJ Wetherholt2B	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan WalkerRF	4	2	3	0	0	0
Jimmy CrooksC	3	1	1	1	2	0
Nolan Gorman3B	3	1	1	0	0	1
Nathan ChurchCF	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ramon Urias3B	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Quinn MathewsSP	5.2	5	1	1	1	7
Ryan FernandezRP	2.0	0	0	0	1	2
Ryne StanekRP	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
Caleb FergusonRP	0.1	1	0	0	0	0

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Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals Player Props

Prop lines and results for the players in this game, by market.

Konnor Griffin
Home Runs: 1/19 over · last line 0.5
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Marcell Ozuna
Home Runs: 2/19 over · last line 0.5
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Matthew Liberatore
Strikeouts: 9/18 over · last line 5.5
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Oneil Cruz
Home Runs: 1/18 over · last line 0.5
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Andre Pallante
Outs: 9/17 over · last line 11.5
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Michael McGreevy
Hits Allowed: 9/17 over · last line 4.5
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Esmerlyn Valdez
Home Runs: 2/16 over · last line 0.5
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Henry Davis
Home Runs: 0/16 over · last line 0.5
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Mitch Keller
Outs: 6/15 over · last line 15.5
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Endy Rodriguez
Hits: 10/14 over · last line 0.5
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Kyle Leahy
Hits Allowed: 8/14 over · last line 2.5
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Bubba Chandler
Hits Allowed: 4/13 over · last line 4.5
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals: Final Score & Recap

The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 in this MLB game at Busch Stadium on Friday, August 28, 2026. The line score, team and player box scores, and scoring summary are in the Game Stats tab.

Team pages: Pittsburgh Pirates · St. Louis Cardinals

Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals Odds

DraftKings lists the St. Louis Cardinals at STL +1.5 on the run line, with the total set at 7.5. Moneylines are Pittsburgh Pirates -112 and St. Louis Cardinals +105. Those are the closing numbers; the odds table above compares every book we track.

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Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals — Common Questions

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