1:15 PM CDT · Busch Stadium
Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals 5–4 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Braxton Ashcraft: breakers in thin air49% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
- Matthew Liberatore: breakers in thin air42% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.131 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+2.5 mph · 6.3 mph
to 20 mph
- Temperature
- 91°F
- 40%
- 29.52 inHg
- Elevation
- 460 ft
- 0%
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Sunny, wind 9 mph, Out To LF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | Over -118 · Under -102 | 54% over | |
| — | PIT -120 · STL +110 | STL 48% | |
| STL +1.5 | STL -162 · PIT +135 | — | |
| Braxton Ashcraft | 5.5 | Over +113 · Under -144 | 47% over |
| Matthew Liberatore | 5.5 | Over -136 · Under +105 | 58% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Braxton Ashcraft PIT · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 6 H, 2 , 1 BB, 3 K, 71 pitches
47% 49% 4%
Four-seam31%
Sinker16%
Slider23%
Curveball26%
Splitter4%
- 97.2 mph
- 15.4 in
- 23%
- 26% / 5%
- 42%
- 47%
- .287
- 2,275
- 21% · 21% vs RHP
| 363 | 19% | .313 | 8.5 in | |
| 326 | 25% | .213 | 9.6 in |
| 675 | 20% | .305 | 8.7 in | |
| 364 | 24% | .209 | 9.7 in |
Matthew Liberatore STL · LHP
Today: 5.2 , 6 H, 3 , 2 BB, 9 K, 107 pitches
43% 42% 14%
Four-seam31%
Sinker8%
Cutter4%
Slider25%
Curveball17%
Changeup14%
- 94.4 mph
- 16.7 in
- 22%
- 23% / 8%
- 43%
- 38%
- .340
- 2,200
- 24% · 26% vs LHP
| 421 | 21% | .315 | 10.2 in | |
| 345 | 19% | .375 | 10.9 in |
| 1,434 | 21% | .335 | 9.8 in | |
| 660 | 19% | .375 | 10.6 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jared Triolo SS · R | 317 | 85.6 | 4.9° | 36% | 2% | 8% | 2 | .294 | .255 / .280 | +900 | 1.5 | 1-4 1 HR |
| 2 | Oneil Cruz DH · L Power in carry conditions | 323 | 95.6 | 7.2° | 58% | 18% | 17% | 17 | .357 | .280 / .316 | +450 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 3 | Bryan Reynolds LF · S Power in carry conditions | 597 | 90.6 | 7.7° | 47% | 11% | 12% | 15 | .348 | .347 / .378 | +550 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 4 | Rafael Flores Jr. C · R Power in carry conditions | 86 | 90.0 | 11.5° | 44% | 18% | 18% | 7 | .354 | .293 / — | +550 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 5 | Brandon Lowe 2B · L Power in carry conditions | 559 | 91.1 | 15.7° | 46% | 12% | 25% | 28 | .320 | .302 / .360 | +450 | 0.5 | 2-4 |
| 6 | Billy Cook CF · R | 51 | 80.7 | 21.4° | 20% | 0% | 7% | 0 | .149 | .120 / — | +520 | 0.5 | 0-0 |
| 7 | Jake Mangum RF · S | 408 | 83.1 | 2.4° | 28% | 2% | 7% | 4 | .284 | .299 / .303 | +1200 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 8 | Spencer Horwitz 1B · L | 377 | 86.8 | 16.6° | 31% | 7% | 13% | 10 | .317 | .352 / .298 | +900 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 9 | Nick Yorke 3B · R | 108 | 88.1 | 7.2° | 45% | 5% | 8% | 1 | .294 | .236 / .377 | +800 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Báez PH · R | 58 | 93.3 | 22.2° | 53% | 16% | 19% | 5 | .297 | — / — | +550 | 0.5 | 0-1 |
| 2 | Iván Herrera C · R | 607 | 89.2 | 10.2° | 41% | 6% | 12% | 14 | .330 | .325 / .367 | +800 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 3 | Alec Burleson 1B · L Power in carry conditions | 573 | 91.9 | 12.5° | 50% | 11% | 17% | 21 | .381 | .461 / .409 | +425 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 4 | Jordan Walker RF · R Power in carry conditions | 568 | 92.4 | 12.5° | 48% | 14% | 12% | 27 | .354 | .372 / .479 | +500 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 5 | Nolan Gorman DH · L Power in carry conditions | 245 | 89.1 | 22.4° | 43% | 10% | 25% | 8 | .280 | — / .348 | +500 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 6 | José Fermín 2B · R Wind toward pull side | 305 | 85.9 | 16.1° | 32% | 3% | 22% | 6 | .298 | .321 / — | +1100 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 7 | Nathan Church CF · L | 380 | 84.1 | 13.0° | 30% | 6% | 12% | 10 | .283 | .305 / .226 | +900 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 8 | Ramón Urías 3B · R Power in carry conditions | 82 | 89.3 | 18.6° | 38% | 10% | 5% | 3 | .311 | — / .422 | +900 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 9 | Thomas Saggese SS · R Power in carry conditions | 83 | 88.8 | 13.2° | 38% | 10% | 14% | 1 | .271 | — / .241 | +1000 | 0.5 | 3-4 |