• That's game. Joey Bart lines out to center. Cardinals 2, Pirates 1
• Frazier and Valdez both ground out.
• Gordon Graceffo gets the ninth for St. Louis. He'll face AdamFrazier and EnmanuelValdez, who will hit for Canario and Gorski.
• End of eighth inning: Bednar gets Arenado swinging.
• Excellent play by Hayes behind the mound retires Donovan on a 5-3 groundout.
• Bednar gets Winn to line out to center.
• DavidBednar gets the eighth.
• Hayes flies out to deep right to end the top of the eighth.
• Two-out single to left for Cutch.
• Pirates need the top of their order to deliver here and it hasn't. Cruz strikes out swinging at two straight curveballs in the dirt and Reynolds grounds out on a changeup that looked just outside.
• End of seventh inning: Nootbaar goes down swinging and Scott is gunned down trying to steal second. Perfect throw from Davis there.
• One-out single for Scott.
• Skenes' final line: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 6 K. Threw 60 of 102 pitches for strikes.
• Walker retired 5-3.
• Dennis Santana enters.
• Davis pops out to short to end the inning.
• Two-out single for Peguero.
• Triolo lines out to left.
• Gorski strikes out swinging.
• End of sixth inning: Pozo retired 6-3.
• RUNS: Burleson sends a two-run double down the left-field line. First pitch fastball at 99 up in the zone. Pitch No. 101 of the night from Skenes. All of this comes with two outs. Cardinals, 2-1
• Call on the field stands. That's stolen base No. 15 for Cruz. I believe that ties him for the MLB lead alongside Chicago's Luis Robert.
• Looks like he got his left hand in. Ball was there in time, but Donovan didn't get the tag down fast enough.
• Cruz swipes second, but a challenge is coming.
• Cutch flies out to center, too.
• Reynolds flies out to center.
• Cruz walks to lead off the sixth.
• End of fifth inning: Skenes gets Nootbaar to line out to Cruz in center. I'd imagine he at least gets one more inning. He's at 83 pitches through five. Just a shame this offense is so putrid.
• Scott down swinging. That's six strikeouts for Skenes.
• Skenes' third walk of the night surrendered to Walker. Second of a four-pitch variety, too.
• Pozo retired 5-3.
• Davis strikes out on three pitches. Swung through a four-seamer up in the zone for strike three.
• Peguero hustled his way down the line, but he's retired 5-3.
• Triolo down swinging at a four-seamer way up and out of the zone.
• Sure, Skenes wants to be more efficient. I'm sure he's not going to be too happy about this, especially that 25-pitch second. But he's not even close to being the problem. Wouldn't be even the slightest bit concerned about him.
• End of fourth inning: Skenes needed that quick inning. Gets Burleson to ground out to second to end it. Only needed eight pitches. Now up to 66 through four.
• Contreras retired 6-3.
• Arenado strikes out swinging at a changeup on the lower third.
• Another 1-2-3 inning for Liberatore, as Gorski goes down looking at a 1-2 slider that looked a tad bit inside.
• Donovan ranges to his left and retires Canario 4-3.
• Hayes flies out to center.
• End of third inning: Donovan lines out to center. Three scoreless for Skenes, but he's up to 58 pitches. He threw 16 pitches in the inning. That's the least he's thrown in an inning so far tonight.
• Skenes picks up strikeout No. 4. Gets Winn swinging at a 98 mph four-seamer down the pipe. Went right after him.
• That doesn't help matters. Four-pitch walk to Nootbaar. Didn't really come close on the outer edge with two curveballs and two splinkers.
• Good start to that. Scott grounds out on the second pitch he sees.
• Skenes could certainly use a quick inning here.
• Cutch lines out to center to end the inning.
• Davis to second on a wild pitch. Runner in scoring position with two outs for Cutch.
• Reynolds down swinging for the second time.
• Cruz flies out to left near foul territory. Liberatore really working outside there. Two close called strikes before Cruz went chasing a slider.
• Davis draws a leadoff walk out of the nine spot. Looked like that may have clipped the top of the zone. Even Pozo thought it was the third strike. Was prepared to throw down to first.
• End of second inning: Skenes gets Walker swinging with a breaking ball out of the zone. He's already over 40 pitches through two innings.
• Walker granted a late time. Both Skenes and Shelton didn't like that.
Umpire calls timeout in the middle of Skenes' delivery, and Derek Shelton almost loses his mind pic.twitter.com/4HflCFkjnC
• Skenes got behind Burleson 3-1 and ends up striking him out on six pitches. Got a called strike and a swinging strike on the splinker. He's already matched the amount of strikeouts he had in his last outing against the Cubs.
• Leadoff walk to Contreras.
• Donovan is shifted perfectly and retires Peguero 4-3. A 1-2-3 inning for Liberatore.
• Triolo sends one back to Liberatore, who then throws to first to secure the second out.
• Gorski leads off the second with a groundout to first.
• A 17-pitch first for Skenes. Threw 12 strikes and leaned primarily on his fastball and sweeper with some sinkers, changeups and splinkers mixed in. Generated two whiffs with the sweeper and change.
• End of first inning: Skenes picks up his first strikeout by getting Arenado to swing through a 1-2 changeup down and out of the zone.
• Donovan sends a two-out single up the middle.
• Winn pops out to Hayes in foul territory.
• Winn's taking a beating here against Skenes. Fouled two pitches off his ankle it appears.
• Skenes gets Nootbaar to ground out to second.
• Canario, and his .211 slugging percentage, strikes out swinging to strand two runners.
• Hayes lines a single down the left-field line. Kicked off the wall in foul territory, keeping Cutch at second.
• Cutch draws a two-out walk. Probably should have walked on four pitches. Swung at a 3-0 pitch out of the zone and fouled it off.
• Liberatore making quick work of the Pirates here in the first. Reynolds also strikes out on three pitches. Looked at two in the zone and swung through a high fastball out of the zone.
• Quick first out as Cruz strikes out on three pitches. Strike three looked a bit questionable there.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Cardinals, 7:45 p.m. Eastern, MatthewLiberatore to OneilCruz, 68 degrees, cloudy
• Derek Shelton's lineup:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF 2. Bryan Reynolds, RF 3. Andrew McCutchen, DH 4. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 5. Alexander Canario, LF 6. Matt Gorski, 1B 7. Jared Triolo, SS 8. Liover Peguero, 2B 9. Henry Davis, C
• Oliver Marmol's starting nine:
1. Lars Nootbaar, LF 2. Masyn Winn, SS 3. Brendan Donovan, 2B 4. Nolan Arenado, 3B 5. Willson Contreras, DH 6. Alec Burleson, 1B 7. Yohel Pozo, C 8. Jordan Walker, RF 9. Victor Scott II, CF
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José Negron
5:49 am - 05.06.2025St. LouisFinal: Cardinals 2, Pirates 1
• Who: Pirates (12-24) vs. Cardinals (17-19)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 37
• When: 7:45 p.m. Eastern
• Where: Busch Stadium
• Weather: 68°, cloudy
• Pitchers: RHP Paul Skenes (3-3, 2.74 ERA) vs. LHP Matthew Liberatore (2-3, 3.44 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
• That's game. Joey Bart lines out to center. Cardinals 2, Pirates 1
• Frazier and Valdez both ground out.
• Gordon Graceffo gets the ninth for St. Louis. He'll face Adam Frazier and Enmanuel Valdez, who will hit for Canario and Gorski.
• End of eighth inning: Bednar gets Arenado swinging.
• Excellent play by Hayes behind the mound retires Donovan on a 5-3 groundout.
• Bednar gets Winn to line out to center.
• David Bednar gets the eighth.
• Hayes flies out to deep right to end the top of the eighth.
• Two-out single to left for Cutch.
• Pirates need the top of their order to deliver here and it hasn't. Cruz strikes out swinging at two straight curveballs in the dirt and Reynolds grounds out on a changeup that looked just outside.
• End of seventh inning: Nootbaar goes down swinging and Scott is gunned down trying to steal second. Perfect throw from Davis there.
• One-out single for Scott.
• Skenes' final line: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 6 K. Threw 60 of 102 pitches for strikes.
• Walker retired 5-3.
• Dennis Santana enters.
• Davis pops out to short to end the inning.
• Two-out single for Peguero.
• Triolo lines out to left.
• Gorski strikes out swinging.
• End of sixth inning: Pozo retired 6-3.
• RUNS: Burleson sends a two-run double down the left-field line. First pitch fastball at 99 up in the zone. Pitch No. 101 of the night from Skenes. All of this comes with two outs. Cardinals, 2-1
• Contreras walks. Four walks for Skenes matches the career high he set his last time out against the Cubs.
• Arenado singles past a diving Triolo at short. Sinker on the inner third. The two-out hit is the first Skenes has allowed since the first inning.
• Donovan grounds out 4-3.
• Winn flies out to right.
• A: 25,307
• That's all they'll get as Canario grounds out to third.
• RUN: They finally break through with two outs. Hayes goes oppo for an RBI double that scores Cruz. That's career hit No. 500 for Hayes. Pirates, 1-0
• Call on the field stands. That's stolen base No. 15 for Cruz. I believe that ties him for the MLB lead alongside Chicago's Luis Robert.
• Looks like he got his left hand in. Ball was there in time, but Donovan didn't get the tag down fast enough.
• Cruz swipes second, but a challenge is coming.
• Cutch flies out to center, too.
• Reynolds flies out to center.
• Cruz walks to lead off the sixth.
• End of fifth inning: Skenes gets Nootbaar to line out to Cruz in center. I'd imagine he at least gets one more inning. He's at 83 pitches through five. Just a shame this offense is so putrid.
• Scott down swinging. That's six strikeouts for Skenes.
• Skenes' third walk of the night surrendered to Walker. Second of a four-pitch variety, too.
• Pozo retired 5-3.
• Davis strikes out on three pitches. Swung through a four-seamer up in the zone for strike three.
• Peguero hustled his way down the line, but he's retired 5-3.
• Triolo down swinging at a four-seamer way up and out of the zone.
• Sure, Skenes wants to be more efficient. I'm sure he's not going to be too happy about this, especially that 25-pitch second. But he's not even close to being the problem. Wouldn't be even the slightest bit concerned about him.
• End of fourth inning: Skenes needed that quick inning. Gets Burleson to ground out to second to end it. Only needed eight pitches. Now up to 66 through four.
• Contreras retired 6-3.
• Arenado strikes out swinging at a changeup on the lower third.
• Another 1-2-3 inning for Liberatore, as Gorski goes down looking at a 1-2 slider that looked a tad bit inside.
• Donovan ranges to his left and retires Canario 4-3.
• Hayes flies out to center.
• End of third inning: Donovan lines out to center. Three scoreless for Skenes, but he's up to 58 pitches. He threw 16 pitches in the inning. That's the least he's thrown in an inning so far tonight.
• Skenes picks up strikeout No. 4. Gets Winn swinging at a 98 mph four-seamer down the pipe. Went right after him.
• That doesn't help matters. Four-pitch walk to Nootbaar. Didn't really come close on the outer edge with two curveballs and two splinkers.
• Good start to that. Scott grounds out on the second pitch he sees.
• Skenes could certainly use a quick inning here.
• Cutch lines out to center to end the inning.
• Davis to second on a wild pitch. Runner in scoring position with two outs for Cutch.
• Reynolds down swinging for the second time.
• Cruz flies out to left near foul territory. Liberatore really working outside there. Two close called strikes before Cruz went chasing a slider.
• Davis draws a leadoff walk out of the nine spot. Looked like that may have clipped the top of the zone. Even Pozo thought it was the third strike. Was prepared to throw down to first.
• End of second inning: Skenes gets Walker swinging with a breaking ball out of the zone. He's already over 40 pitches through two innings.
• Walker granted a late time. Both Skenes and Shelton didn't like that.
• Pozo flies out to left.
• Skenes got behind Burleson 3-1 and ends up striking him out on six pitches. Got a called strike and a swinging strike on the splinker. He's already matched the amount of strikeouts he had in his last outing against the Cubs.
• Leadoff walk to Contreras.
• Donovan is shifted perfectly and retires Peguero 4-3. A 1-2-3 inning for Liberatore.
• Triolo sends one back to Liberatore, who then throws to first to secure the second out.
• Gorski leads off the second with a groundout to first.
• A 17-pitch first for Skenes. Threw 12 strikes and leaned primarily on his fastball and sweeper with some sinkers, changeups and splinkers mixed in. Generated two whiffs with the sweeper and change.
• End of first inning: Skenes picks up his first strikeout by getting Arenado to swing through a 1-2 changeup down and out of the zone.
• Donovan sends a two-out single up the middle.
• Winn pops out to Hayes in foul territory.
• Winn's taking a beating here against Skenes. Fouled two pitches off his ankle it appears.
• Skenes gets Nootbaar to ground out to second.
• Canario, and his .211 slugging percentage, strikes out swinging to strand two runners.
• Hayes lines a single down the left-field line. Kicked off the wall in foul territory, keeping Cutch at second.
• Cutch draws a two-out walk. Probably should have walked on four pitches. Swung at a 3-0 pitch out of the zone and fouled it off.
• Liberatore making quick work of the Pirates here in the first. Reynolds also strikes out on three pitches. Looked at two in the zone and swung through a high fastball out of the zone.
• Quick first out as Cruz strikes out on three pitches. Strike three looked a bit questionable there.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Cardinals, 7:45 p.m. Eastern, Matthew Liberatore to Oneil Cruz, 68 degrees, cloudy
• Derek Shelton's lineup:
1. Oneil Cruz, CF
2. Bryan Reynolds, RF
3. Andrew McCutchen, DH
4. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
5. Alexander Canario, LF
6. Matt Gorski, 1B
7. Jared Triolo, SS
8. Liover Peguero, 2B
9. Henry Davis, C
• Oliver Marmol's starting nine:
1. Lars Nootbaar, LF
2. Masyn Winn, SS
3. Brendan Donovan, 2B
4. Nolan Arenado, 3B
5. Willson Contreras, DH
6. Alec Burleson, 1B
7. Yohel Pozo, C
8. Jordan Walker, RF
9. Victor Scott II, CF
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