PIT 4, STL 5 | Apr 16, 2023 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, April 16, 2023•Busch Stadium•47°F, Overcast

PIT

Pirates

STL

Cardinals

Final

WIN

Drew VerHagen

LOSS

Wil Crowe

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

Key Moment

Bot 10: Nolan Gorman hits a ground-rule double (4) on a line drive to right field. Paul Goldschmidt scores. Willson Contreras to 3rd.

Weather: 47°F, OvercastWind: 17 mph, Out To RFFirst pitch: 6:15 PM UTCT: 2:45Att: 40,346Venue: Busch Stadium

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Ryan Additon

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94.6%B

8 missed calls

+11.0% PIT

+0.59 runs PIT

Win Probability

STL WinPIT Win

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

Game 718548 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Pittsburgh Pirates

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Ke'Bryan Hayes3B	4	1	1	0	1	1	.186/.250/.339	109.3	.512	.479
Bryan ReynoldsLF	4	0	1	1	0	0	.317/.324/.619	102.2	.402	.314
Andrew McCutchenDH	5	1	1	0	0	0	.298/.426/.489	101.2	.391	.367
Carlos Santana1B	5	0	1	0	0	1	.228/.313/.421	110.5	.243	.242
Jihwan BaeCF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217/.280/.391	-	-	-
Connor JoeRF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333/.421/.576	96	.276	.295
Rodolfo CastroSS	4	0	1	0	0	1	.333/.442/.472	100.2	.384	.528
Tucupita Marcano2B	2	0	0	0	2	0	.000/.333/.000	98	.154	.145
Austin HedgesC	4	0	1	1	0	0	.143/.200/.214	101.1	.493	.461
Bench
Canaan Smith-NjigbaRF	4	1	0	1	1	2	.154/.258/.269	83.5	.070	.068
Jack SuwinskiCF	3	1	2	0	0	1	.200/.286/.333
Totals	37	4	8	3	4	6	-	-	-	-

2B:Suwinski

3B:Hayes

TB:11

RBI:Reynolds; Hedges; Smith-Njigba

SF:Reynolds

GIDP:McCutchen

Team LOB:9

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Brendan Donovan2B	5	0	1	0	0	0	.267/.318/.417	93.4	.204

Pitching

Pittsburgh Pirates

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Mitch Keller	6.0	7	3	3	2	3	1	91-60	89.9	3.80
Duane Underwood Jr.	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12-10	87.8	4.91
Colin Holderman	1.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	19-11	89.8	0.00
David Bednar	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15-10	88.4	1.29
Wil CroweLBS	0.2	2	2	1	2	1	0	16-9	88.2	3.24
Totals	9.2	12	5	4	5	6	1	153-100	-	-

IBB:Holderman; Crowe

Pitches-strikes:Keller 91-60; Jr. 12-10; Holderman 19-11; Bednar 15-10; Crowe 16-9

Groundouts-flyouts:Keller 6-8; Jr. 1-2; Holderman 0-1; Bednar 2-1; Crowe 0-1

St. Louis Cardinals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Miles Mikolas	5.2	7	3	2	2	4	0	92-59	87.3	8.10

Game Notes

📺

T7Replay review: Pirates challenged (force play), call on the field was upheld: Bryan Reynolds grounds into a force out, shortstop Tommy Edman to second baseman Brendan Donovan. Ke'Bryan Hayes out at 2nd. Bryan Reynolds to 1st.

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B9Replay review: Cardinals challenged (force play), call on the field was upheld: Paul Goldschmidt grounds into a force out, shortstop Rodolfo Castro to second baseman Tucupita Marcano. Brendan Donovan out at 2nd.

Top 1 • PIT

1-0

Bryan Reynolds out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jordan Walker. Ke'Bryan Hayes scores.

EV: 91.9 mph335 ftLA: 37°

Bot 1 • STL

1-1

Willson Contreras singles on a ground ball to second baseman Tucupita Marcano, deflected by first baseman Carlos Santana. Paul Goldschmidt scores. Nolan Arenado to 2nd.

EV: 109.6 mph19 ftLA: -5°

Top 2 • PIT

2-1

Austin Hedges singles on a line drive to left fielder Alec Burleson. Jack Suwinski scores. Tucupita Marcano to 2nd.

EV: 89.5 mph252 ftLA: 17°

Top 6 • PIT

3-1

Tucupita Marcano reaches on a fielding error by second baseman Brendan Donovan. Canaan Smith-Njigba scores. Rodolfo Castro to 2nd.

EV: 98.0 mph5 ftLA: -27°

Bot 6 • STL

3-3

Lars Nootbaar homers (1) on a line drive to right field. Willson Contreras scores.

EV: 109.0 mph💣 382 ftLA: 21°

Top 10 • PIT

4-3

Canaan Smith-Njigba grounds out to first baseman Paul Goldschmidt. Andrew McCutchen scores.

EV: 80.6 mph8 ftLA: -17°

Bot 10 • STL

4-4

Nolan Gorman hits a ground-rule double (4) on a line drive to right field. Paul Goldschmidt scores. Willson Contreras to 3rd.

EV: 112.3 mph318 ftLA: 19°

4-5

Tommy Edman singles on a ground ball to center fielder Ji Hwan Bae. Tyler O'Neill scores. Nolan Gorman to 3rd. Lars Nootbaar to 2nd.

EV: 103.7 mph51 ftLA: 1°

Bench
Alec BurlesonLF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.279/.326/.488	89.2	.037	.033
Willson ContrerasC	4	1	2	1	1	1	.220/.304/.260	115.1	.552	.639
Miles MikolasP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Andre PallanteP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Zack ThompsonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Giovanny GallegosP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Drew VerHagenP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-