PIT 5, STL 4 | Aug 21, 2021 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, August 21, 2021•Busch Stadium•88°F, Partly Cloudy

PIT

Pirates

STL

Cardinals

Final

WIN

Chasen Shreve

LOSS

Génesis Cabrera

SAVE

David Bednar

The Pirates edged the Cardinals 5-4 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Ben Gamel3-for-4, 0 RBI

Key Moment

Top 7: Yoshi Tsutsugo singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Harrison Bader. Ke'Bryan Hayes scores. Bryan Reynolds out at home on the throw, center fielder Harrison Bader to shortstop Edmundo Sosa to catcher Yadier Molina.

Weather: 88°F, Partly CloudyWind: 12 mph, Out To RFFirst pitch: 11:15 PM UTCT: 3:25Att: 30,205Venue: Busch Stadium

Ump Audit

Roberto Ortiz

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90.8%C

13 missed calls

+7.5% PIT

+0.33 runs STL

Win Probability

STL WinPIT Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	12	1
STL	0	0	1	0	0	2	1

Game 632810 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Pittsburgh Pirates

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Ben GamelLF	4	1	3	0	1	1	.261/.341/.416	104	.541	.574
Ke'Bryan Hayes3B	5	1	1	2	0	2	.248/.317/.370	98.1	.325	.301
Bryan ReynoldsCF	3	0	0	0	1	1	.304/.388/.528	108.3	.447	.407
Yoshi Tsutsugo1B	4	1	2	2	0	1	.181/.269/.284	106.6	.495	.801
Jacob StallingsC	4	0	2	0	0	1	.232/.324/.372	94.8	.831	.778
David BednarP	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Gregory PolancoRF	4	0	1	0	0	2	.198/.277/.343	102.7	.428	.604
Kevin NewmanSS	4	2	2	1	0	0	.227/.263/.311	100.5	.381	.442
Wilmer Difo2B	2	0	1	0	0	1	.259/.322/.386	80.4	.292	.276
Bench
Rodolfo Castro2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.198/.258/.395	91.1	.118	.120
Colin MoranPH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.277/.336/.421
Totals	36	5	12	5	2	12	-	-	-	-

HR:Newman (3rd off Happ, 0 on, 0 out); Tsutsugo (4th off Happ, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Gamel; Polanco

TB:20

RBI:Hayes 2; Newman; Tsutsugo 2

GIDP:Hayes

Team LOB:6

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Tommy Edman2B	4	2	2	0	1	0	.259/.309/.383	105.1	.621

Pitching

Pittsburgh Pirates

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Dillon Peters	5.0	3	1	1	1	3	72-54	84.9	1.86
Nick MearsBS	0.2	3	2	2	1	0	26-14	89.6	5.73
Chasen ShreveW	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	5-3	82.8	2.84
Chad KuhlH	1.0	3	1	1	0	2	21-14	92.5	4.50
Chris StrattonH	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	18-11	88.4	3.86
David BednarS	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	10-9	86	2.49
Totals	9.0	10	4	4	2	7	152-105	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Shreve 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Peters 72-54; Mears 26-14; Shreve 5-3; Kuhl 21-14; Stratton 18-11; Bednar 10-9

Groundouts-flyouts:Peters 10-3; Mears 2-0; Shreve 0-0; Kuhl 0-1; Stratton 1-2; Bednar 1-1

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
J.A. Happ	6.0	6	2	2	1	8	2	94-61	87.4	5.88

Top 3 • PIT

1-0

Kevin Newman homers (4) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 100.5 mph💣 389 ftLA: 23°

Bot 3 • STL

1-1

Paul Goldschmidt doubles (24) on a line drive to right fielder Gregory Polanco. Tommy Edman scores.

EV: 103.7 mph348 ftLA: 18°

Top 4 • PIT

2-1

Yoshi Tsutsugo homers (2) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 106.6 mph💣 430 ftLA: 26°

Bot 6 • STL

2-2

Yadier Molina singles on a line drive to left fielder Ben Gamel. Tyler O'Neill scores.

EV: 76.4 mph210 ftLA: 20°

2-3

Edmundo Sosa doubles (5) on a line drive to center fielder Bryan Reynolds. Lars Nootbaar scores.

EV: 89.1 mph257 ftLA: 16°

Top 7 • PIT

5-3

Yoshi Tsutsugo singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Harrison Bader. Ke'Bryan Hayes scores. Bryan Reynolds out at home on the throw, center fielder Harrison Bader to shortstop Edmundo Sosa to catcher Yadier Molina.

EV: 100.9 mph327 ftLA: 17°

4-3

Ke'Bryan Hayes singles on a line drive to right fielder Lars Nootbaar. Kevin Newman scores. Ben Gamel scores. Ke'Bryan Hayes to 2nd.

EV: 98.1 mph184 ftLA: 8°

Bot 7 • STL

5-4

Tyler O'Neill out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Ben Gamel. Tommy Edman scores.

EV: 88.5 mph337 ftLA: 36°

Bench
J.A. HappP	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000	90.5	.148	.172
Matt CarpenterPH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.187/.320/.304	-	-	-
Paul DeJongPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.201/.291/.388	78.7	.001	-