• Reynolds down looking. Game over. Five straight losses. Cardinals 6, Pirates 3
• Reynolds nearly just tied it with one swing of the bat. Goes right of the foul pole.
• Single to left for Cruz. Frazier held at third. Reynolds represents the tying run.
• Pham retired 4-3. Frazier advances to second.
• Leadoff single to center for Frazier.
• Ryan Helsley in to close this out.
• End of eighth inning: Wentz gets Nootbaar looking to strike out the side after the walk and double.
• Barrero strikes out swinging, too. Two big outs for Wentz. Now he needs to get Nootbaar to escape the jam.
• Scott down swinging for the first out.
• Pages doubles to left. Hit hard at Hayes.
• Wentz got ahead of Gorman 1-2 and then threw three straight out of the zone. Two of them were competitive pitches that Gorman refused to swing at before drawing the walk.
• Hayes strikes out swinging to strand Valdez at second.
• Two-out double to right for Valdez. Two-hit night for him.
• Bart grounds out 5-3.
• McCutchen grounds out to first.
• End of seventh inning: Contreras retired 5-3.
• Arenado pops out to Triolo in shallow left.
• One-out double for Donovan.
• Burleson flies out to right.
• Joey Wentz takes over for the Pirates.
• Reynolds lines out to center. Pirates strand two.
• Cruz strikes out looking at a 2-2 sinker right down the middle. Gotta punish that pitch in a two-strike count.
• Triolo walks to put two on for the top of the order.
• Burleson makes a nice sliding catch in foul territory to retire Frazier and Pham reaches on an error by Barrero at short.
• End of sixth inning: Call on the field stands. Cruz throws out Scott to complete the double play.
• Ferguson induces a flyout to center and Cruz throws home. Runner is called out, but the play is under review.
• Shugart is replaced by Ferguson. Shugart didn't record an out, allowing four runs on five hits and a walk.
• RUNS: Barrero hits a double to left that bounces and goes over the wall. Two runs score. Cardinals, 6-3
• And a single to right for Scott loads the bases.
• Man, not a good inning for Shugart. He allows another hit, this time a single to Pages. Two on, one out for Scott.
• Gorman singles off the glove of a leaping Frazier at second.
• HOMERUN: Contreras connects on a 2-2 sweeper down and in, sending it out to left for a two-run shot. Cardinals, 4-3
• A: 22,369
• One-out walk to Arenado.
• Borucki gets Donovan to ground out to first. Here comes Shugart.
• Borucki out to begin the sixth, but Chase Shugart is warming up. I'd imagine Borucki just faces the lefty in Donovan.
• Mlodzinski wasn't too happy when he was lifted before getting the final out of the fifth:
• Hayes grounds out 6-3 to end the top of the sixth. Clean inning for GordonGraceffo, who was recalled from Class AAA Memphis today.
• Valdez retired 4-3.
• Bart flies out to center.
• End of fifth inning: Burleson lines out to Triolo at short.
• Nootbaar draws a two-out walk.
• Mlodzinski faces 18 batters through 4 2/3 innings, coming up short of going five innings for the third time this season. He allowed two runs on four hits with two strikeouts. Didn't allow a walk and threw 53 of 88 pitches for strikes.
• End of third inning: Arenado pops out to Hayes in foul territory. Damage is done, though. Two homers on pitches in practically the exact same spot hurt Mlodzinski.
• Donovan retired 3-1.
• HOME RUN: Mlodzinski now second time through the order. Burleson attacks a first-pitch changeup that ends up in a similar spot to where Barrero's HR pitch was and goes deep to right-center field. All tied at 2-2
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• McCutchen retired 1-3 to end the top of the third.
• Reynolds flies out to left.
• Cruz hit with a pitch and is quickly caught trying to swipe second. His streak of consecutive stolen bases ends at 34.
• End of second inning: Mlodzinski gets Scott swinging with a 2-2 slider that runs in on him. He's still yet to give up a run in the first two innings this season.
• Mlodzinski hits Pages with a 2-1 sinker. Really seemed to lose control those last three pitches.
• Arenado advances to second on a passed ball. Just a ball that Bart can't glove and skips away.
• Gorman flies out to center.
• Contreras gives one a ride on the 10th pitch of the at-bat, but Reynolds has enough room to make the catch near the wall in right.
• Arenado singles on a line to left to lead off the second.
• Triolo is retired 6-3 on a nice sliding grab and throw by Barrero at short. That ends the top of the second.
• Pham, who entered tonight hitting .184, goes down swinging at a 2-2 curveball on the outer third. Two outs.
• Frazier gets a 3-2 slider down the middle and can't do anything with it. Flyout to center.
• End of first inning: Donovan flies out to right to conclude a 1-2-3 first for Mlodzinski, who threw seven of 13 pitches for strikes.
• Burleson lines out to Reynolds in right. Mlodzinski mixes in his slider for the first time tonight. Went fastball-sweeper to Nootbaar.
• Nootbaar pops out to Hayes in foul territory.
• Hayes is retired 5-3 to end the top half of the first.
• Bart walks and Valdez flies out to left.
• McCutchen pops out to the shortstop in shallow left.
• HOMERUN: Reynolds gets a 2-2 slider high in the zone and sends it out to right for a two-run shot. His fifth of the season. Pirates, 2-0
• Cruz legs out a short chopper to reach on an infield single.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Cardinals, 7:46 p.m. Eastern, MilesMikolas to OneilCruz, 60 degrees, partly cloudy
• Derek Shelton’s lineup:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF 2. Bryan Reynolds, RF 3. Andrew McCutchen, DH 4. Joey Bart, C 5. Enmanuel Valdez, 1B 6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 7. Adam Frazier, 2B 8. Tommy Pham, LF 9. Jared Triolo, SS
• Oliver Marmol's starting nine:
1. Lars Nootbaar, RF 2. Alec Burleson, DH 3. Brendan Donovan, LF 4. Nolan Arenado, 3B 5. Willson Contreras, 1B 6. Nolan Gorman, 2B 7. Pedro Pages, C 8. Victor Scott II, CF 9. Jose Barrero, SS
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José Negron
3:44 am - 05.05.2025St. LouisFinal: Cardinals 6, Pirates 3
• Who: Pirates (12-23) vs. Cardinals (16-19)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 36
• When: 7:45 p.m. Eastern
• Where: Busch Stadium
• Weather: 62°, partly cloudy
• Pitchers: RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (1-3, 6.58 ERA) vs. RHP Miles Mikolas (1-2, 4.66 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 861/862
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Cardinals
• Bet the game: Fanatics Sportsbooks
FOLLOW ALONG
• Reynolds down looking. Game over. Five straight losses. Cardinals 6, Pirates 3
• Reynolds nearly just tied it with one swing of the bat. Goes right of the foul pole.
• Single to left for Cruz. Frazier held at third. Reynolds represents the tying run.
• Pham retired 4-3. Frazier advances to second.
• Leadoff single to center for Frazier.
• Ryan Helsley in to close this out.
• End of eighth inning: Wentz gets Nootbaar looking to strike out the side after the walk and double.
• Barrero strikes out swinging, too. Two big outs for Wentz. Now he needs to get Nootbaar to escape the jam.
• Scott down swinging for the first out.
• Pages doubles to left. Hit hard at Hayes.
• Wentz got ahead of Gorman 1-2 and then threw three straight out of the zone. Two of them were competitive pitches that Gorman refused to swing at before drawing the walk.
• Hayes strikes out swinging to strand Valdez at second.
• Two-out double to right for Valdez. Two-hit night for him.
• Bart grounds out 5-3.
• McCutchen grounds out to first.
• End of seventh inning: Contreras retired 5-3.
• Arenado pops out to Triolo in shallow left.
• One-out double for Donovan.
• Burleson flies out to right.
• Joey Wentz takes over for the Pirates.
• Reynolds lines out to center. Pirates strand two.
• Cruz strikes out looking at a 2-2 sinker right down the middle. Gotta punish that pitch in a two-strike count.
• Triolo walks to put two on for the top of the order.
• Burleson makes a nice sliding catch in foul territory to retire Frazier and Pham reaches on an error by Barrero at short.
• End of sixth inning: Call on the field stands. Cruz throws out Scott to complete the double play.
• Ferguson induces a flyout to center and Cruz throws home. Runner is called out, but the play is under review.
• Shugart is replaced by Ferguson. Shugart didn't record an out, allowing four runs on five hits and a walk.
• RUNS: Barrero hits a double to left that bounces and goes over the wall. Two runs score. Cardinals, 6-3
• And a single to right for Scott loads the bases.
• Man, not a good inning for Shugart. He allows another hit, this time a single to Pages. Two on, one out for Scott.
• Gorman singles off the glove of a leaping Frazier at second.
• HOME RUN: Contreras connects on a 2-2 sweeper down and in, sending it out to left for a two-run shot. Cardinals, 4-3
• A: 22,369
• One-out walk to Arenado.
• Borucki gets Donovan to ground out to first. Here comes Shugart.
• Borucki out to begin the sixth, but Chase Shugart is warming up. I'd imagine Borucki just faces the lefty in Donovan.
• Mlodzinski wasn't too happy when he was lifted before getting the final out of the fifth:
• Hayes grounds out 6-3 to end the top of the sixth. Clean inning for Gordon Graceffo, who was recalled from Class AAA Memphis today.
• Valdez retired 4-3.
• Bart flies out to center.
• End of fifth inning: Burleson lines out to Triolo at short.
• Nootbaar draws a two-out walk.
• Mlodzinski faces 18 batters through 4 2/3 innings, coming up short of going five innings for the third time this season. He allowed two runs on four hits with two strikeouts. Didn't allow a walk and threw 53 of 88 pitches for strikes.
• Mlodzinski gets Barrero swinging and that'll be it for him. Borucki will enter to face Nootbaar.
• Mlodzinski got ahead of Scott 0-2 and then got him to fly out to center on a 3-2 pitch. One out.
• Mlodzinski gets the fifth.
• McCutchen lines out to left to end the top half of the fifth.
• Ryan Borucki is throwing in the bullpen. Cardinals have two lefties in Scott and Nootbaar due up in the fifth.
• Reynolds flies out to center.
• Cruz retired on a groundout to first.
• End of fourth inning: Mlodzinski retires Pages 5-3 to come away unscathed.
• Gorman grounds into a 3-6-4 double play.
• Contreras leads off the fourth with a single to right.
• Triolo grounds into an inning-ending double play. Just a killer.
• Pham walks to load the bases
• RUN: Frazier sends a single into center and Bart scores from second. Pirates, 3-2
• Hayes flies out to left.
• Valdez singles to right. Bart holds at second.
• Bart walks for the second time tonight.
• End of third inning: Arenado pops out to Hayes in foul territory. Damage is done, though. Two homers on pitches in practically the exact same spot hurt Mlodzinski.
• Donovan retired 3-1.
• HOME RUN: Mlodzinski now second time through the order. Burleson attacks a first-pitch changeup that ends up in a similar spot to where Barrero's HR pitch was and goes deep to right-center field. All tied at 2-2
• Nootbaar flies out to center.
• HOME RUN: Barrero, the Cardinals' No. 9 hitter, gets a 3-2 fastball middle in and sends it out to left for a solo shot. Pirates, 2-1
• McCutchen retired 1-3 to end the top of the third.
• Reynolds flies out to left.
• Cruz hit with a pitch and is quickly caught trying to swipe second. His streak of consecutive stolen bases ends at 34.
• End of second inning: Mlodzinski gets Scott swinging with a 2-2 slider that runs in on him. He's still yet to give up a run in the first two innings this season.
• Mlodzinski hits Pages with a 2-1 sinker. Really seemed to lose control those last three pitches.
• Arenado advances to second on a passed ball. Just a ball that Bart can't glove and skips away.
• Gorman flies out to center.
• Contreras gives one a ride on the 10th pitch of the at-bat, but Reynolds has enough room to make the catch near the wall in right.
• Arenado singles on a line to left to lead off the second.
• Triolo is retired 6-3 on a nice sliding grab and throw by Barrero at short. That ends the top of the second.
• Pham, who entered tonight hitting .184, goes down swinging at a 2-2 curveball on the outer third. Two outs.
• Frazier gets a 3-2 slider down the middle and can't do anything with it. Flyout to center.
• End of first inning: Donovan flies out to right to conclude a 1-2-3 first for Mlodzinski, who threw seven of 13 pitches for strikes.
• Burleson lines out to Reynolds in right. Mlodzinski mixes in his slider for the first time tonight. Went fastball-sweeper to Nootbaar.
• Nootbaar pops out to Hayes in foul territory.
• Hayes is retired 5-3 to end the top half of the first.
• Bart walks and Valdez flies out to left.
• McCutchen pops out to the shortstop in shallow left.
• HOME RUN: Reynolds gets a 2-2 slider high in the zone and sends it out to right for a two-run shot. His fifth of the season. Pirates, 2-0
• Cruz legs out a short chopper to reach on an infield single.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Cardinals, 7:46 p.m. Eastern, Miles Mikolas to Oneil Cruz, 60 degrees, partly cloudy
• Derek Shelton’s lineup:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF
2. Bryan Reynolds, RF
3. Andrew McCutchen, DH
4. Joey Bart, C
5. Enmanuel Valdez, 1B
6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
7. Adam Frazier, 2B
8. Tommy Pham, LF
9. Jared Triolo, SS
• Oliver Marmol's starting nine:
1. Lars Nootbaar, RF
2. Alec Burleson, DH
3. Brendan Donovan, LF
4. Nolan Arenado, 3B
5. Willson Contreras, 1B
6. Nolan Gorman, 2B
7. Pedro Pages, C
8. Victor Scott II, CF
9. Jose Barrero, SS
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