Jordan Walker homers in 3-run 7th inning to help Cardinals beat Pirates
4-1
[August 29, 2025] ST.
LOUIS (AP) — Thomas Saggese hit a go-ahead RBI double and Jordan Walker
homered in a three-run seventh inning to help the St. Louis Cardinals
beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 on Thursday.
Miles Mikolas allowed one run on four hits and a walk and struck out
five in five innings. |
St. Louis Cardinals' Masyn Winn scores during the seventh inning of a
baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in
St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) |
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Kyle Leahy (4-1) recorded four strikeouts in
two scoreless innings of relief, Riley O’Brien pitched a
scoreless eighth and JoJo Romero pitched the ninth for his fifth
save.
Pirates rookie Braxton Ashcraft allowed one run on four hits and
recorded five strikeouts in a career-best 5 2/3 innings before
being replaced by Yohan Ramírez (1-2).
Iván Herrera lined a double to left field, scoring Lars Nootbaar
to tie the game at 1 in the bottom of the third inning.
Tommy Pham lined his eighth home run of the season 440 feet over
the left-field bullpen in the first inning to put Pittsburgh
ahead 1-0.
Key moment
Masyn Winn was hit by a pitch from Ramírez to lead off the
seventh and scored on Saggese’s double to the right-center field
wall to put St. Louis ahead 2-1. Walker then hit the next pitch
into the left-center field bleachers for his fifth home run of
the season to extend the Cardinals’ lead to 4-1.
Key stat
Ashcraft is 1-0 with a 1.19 ERA over 19 innings in four starts
since joining the starting rotation on Aug. 9 versus Cincinnati.
Up next
RHP Paul Skenes (8-9, 2.09 ERA) starts for the Pirates in the
opener of a three-game series Friday night at Boston, which has
not named a starter. Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (6-11,
4.27) opposes RHP Zack Littell (9-8, 3.62) to open a three-game
series in Cincinnati Friday night.
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