PIT 6, STL 2 | May 21, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, May 21, 2026•Busch Stadium•67°F, Partly Cloudy

PIT

Pirates

STL

Cardinals

Final

WIN

Braxton Ashcraft

LOSS

Dustin May

The Pirates defeated the Cardinals 6-2.

⚾Braxton Ashcraft7.0 IP, 1 ER, 9 K

Key Moment

Top 7: Henry Davis homers (3) on a line drive to left field.

Weather: 67°F, Partly CloudyWind: 8 mph, L To RFirst pitch: 5:15 PM UTCT: 2:32Att: 27,705Venue: Busch Stadium

Ump Audit

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90.5%C

12 missed calls

+3.7% STL

+0.13 runs PIT

Win Probability

STL WinPIT Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	6	10	0
STL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Game 823056 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Pittsburgh Pirates

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Oneil CruzCF	5	1	1	0	0	3	.257/.324/.455	100.3	.496	.577
Brandon Lowe2B	4	1	2	1	1	0	.256/.348/.558	103.8	.340	.367
Bryan ReynoldsLF	5	0	0	1	0	3	.244/.372/.378	99.8	.196	.176
Spencer Horwitz1B	3	1	1	0	1	0	.277/.384/.431	95.3	.049	.048
Konnor GriffinSS	4	2	1	0	0	0	.278/.331/.407	102.9	.305	.370
Marcell OzunaDH	4	0	2	2	0	0	.187/.280/.310	100.4	.413	.380
Jake MangumRF	4	0	1	1	0	1	.259/.330/.282	94.2	.388	.361
Jared Triolo3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.259/.306/.293	100.5	.293	.274
Henry DavisC	3	1	1	1	0	1	.143/.250/.265	103.7	.355	.538
Bench
Braxton AshcraftP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Wilber DotelP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	36	6	10	6	2	9	-	-	-	-

HR:Lowe (1st off May, 0 on, 1 out); Davis (7th off Bruihl, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Cruz; Griffin

TB:18

RBI:Lowe; Reynolds; Mangum; Davis; Ozuna 2

SB:Griffin

GIDP:Triolo

Team LOB:6

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
JJ Wetherholt2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.239/.357/.413	96.6	.096

Pitching

Pittsburgh Pirates

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Braxton AshcraftW	7.0	4	1	1	2	9	1	98-68	92.8	2.89
Wilber Dotel	1.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	30-21	95.5	2.35
Mason Montgomery	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8-7	96.1	3.79
Totals	9.0	8	2	2	2	11	1	136-96	-	-

Pitches-strikes:Ashcraft 98-68; Dotel 30-21; Montgomery 8-7

Groundouts-flyouts:Ashcraft 5-7; Dotel 0-1; Montgomery 2-0

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Dustin MayL	5.1	6	4	4	2	7	1	91-62	91.8	5.00

Game Notes

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B4Replay review: Braxton Ashcraft challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Masyn Winn walks.

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B5Replay review: Iván Herrera challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Iván Herrera called out on strikes.

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T6Replay review: Pedro Pagés challenged (pitch result), call on the field was overturned: Bryan Reynolds called out on strikes.

Top 1 • PIT

1-0

Brandon Lowe homers (13) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 96.0 mph💣 342 ftLA: 39°

Bot 3 • STL

1-1

Iván Herrera homers (6) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 108.7 mph💣 408 ftLA: 23°

Top 4 • PIT

2-1

Jake Mangum grounds into a force out, fielded by second baseman JJ Wetherholt. Konnor Griffin scores. Marcell Ozuna out at 2nd. Jake Mangum to 1st.

EV: 67.7 mph3 ftLA: -38°

Top 6 • PIT

4-1

Marcell Ozuna singles on a sharp ground ball to left fielder José Fermín. Spencer Horwitz scores. Konnor Griffin scores.

EV: 100.4 mph77 ftLA: 4°

Top 7 • PIT

6-1

Bryan Reynolds grounds out, shortstop Masyn Winn to first baseman Alec Burleson. Oneil Cruz scores. Brandon Lowe to 2nd.

EV: 70.5 mph4 ftLA: -41°

5-1

Henry Davis homers (3) on a line drive to left field.

EV: 103.7 mph💣 375 ftLA: 22°

Bot 8 • STL

6-2

Jordan Walker singles on a line drive to left fielder Bryan Reynolds. Iván Herrera scores. Alec Burleson to 2nd.

EV: 88.7 mph180 ftLA: 11°

HBP:Davis (by May)

Inherited runners-scored:Graceffo 2-0; Svanson 1-0

Pitches-strikes:May 91-62; Graceffo 2-2; Bruihl 16-11; Svanson 19-13; Pushard 7-6

Groundouts-flyouts:May 6-3; Graceffo 1-0; Bruihl 1-1; Svanson 3-0; Pushard 1-1

Bench
Victor Scott IICF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.185/.240/.261	102	.214	.254
Dustin MayP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Gordon GraceffoP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Justin BruihlP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Matt SvansonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Matt PushardP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-