Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
St. Louis 5,
Pittsburgh 2
When: 8:15 PM ET, Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 90°
Umpires: Home - Tim Timmons, 1B - Alan Porter, 2B - Mike Winters, 2B - Mike Winters, 2B - Mike Winters, 3B - Jansen Visconti, 3B - Jansen Visconti, 3B - Jansen Visconti
Attendance: 35258
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 90°
Umpires: Home - Tim Timmons, 1B - Alan Porter, 2B - Mike Winters, 2B - Mike Winters, 2B - Mike Winters, 3B - Jansen Visconti, 3B - Jansen Visconti, 3B - Jansen Visconti
Attendance: 35258
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| St. Louis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 5 | 10 | 0 |
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Starling Marte | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .275 |
| Adam Frazier | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .277 |
| Kyle Crick | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Gregory Polanco | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .246 |
| Francisco Cervelli | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
| Corey Dickerson | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .295 |
| Josh Bell | 1B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .262 |
| Colin Moran | 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .278 |
| Adeiny Hechavarria | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .233 |
| Ivan Nova | SP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .021 |
| Steven Brault | RP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 |
| Josh Harrison | PH-2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .257 |
| Totals | 29 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Josh Bell (25) | |||||||||
| TB - Starling Marte, Francisco Cervelli 2, Josh Bell 2, Colin Moran 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Colin Moran (48) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Colin Moran (24) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Adam Frazier (16) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Corey Dickerson 2 (12), Adeiny Hechavarria (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ivan Nova (L 7-9) | 3.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4.35 |
| Steven Brault | 3.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4.35 |
| Kyle Crick | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.49 |
| WP - Ivan Nova | ||||||||
| HBP - Harrison Bader (by Brault), Paul DeJong (by Crick) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Ivan Nova 70-40, Steven Brault 56-35, Kyle Crick 26-17 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ivan Nova 5-1, Steven Brault 2-0, Kyle Crick 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ivan Nova 18, Steven Brault 13, Kyle Crick 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Steven Brault 3-0 | ||||||||
St. Louis
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Matt Carpenter | 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .274 |
| Yadier Molina | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .273 |
| Jose Martinez | RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .309 |
| Yairo Munoz | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .274 |
| Tyler O'Neill | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .281 |
| Paul DeJong | SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .231 |
| Jedd Gyorko | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| John Gant | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .042 |
| Patrick Wisdom | 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Harrison Bader | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .280 |
| Greg Garcia | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .229 |
| Jack Flaherty | SP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .158 |
| Jordan Hicks | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Dakota Hudson | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Matt Adams | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .251 |
| Bud Norris | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 22 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Yadier Molina (18), Jedd Gyorko (17) | |||||||||
| HR - Jose Martinez (16), Tyler O'Neill (7) | |||||||||
| TB - Matt Carpenter 2, Yadier Molina 2, Jose Martinez 5, Tyler O'Neill 4, Jedd Gyorko 2, Harrison Bader, Greg Garcia, Jack Flaherty | |||||||||
| RBI - Jose Martinez 2 (75), Tyler O'Neill 2 (17), Greg Garcia (13) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Matt Carpenter 3 (31), Paul DeJong (32) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Yadier Molina (12) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Harrison Bader (Moran at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jack Flaherty (W 8-6) | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.87 |
| Jordan Hicks (H 20) | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.14 |
| Dakota Hudson (H 7) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.07 |
| Bud Norris (SV 28) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.85 |
| HBP - Francisco Cervelli (by Norris) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jack Flaherty 88-64, Jordan Hicks 15-6, Dakota Hudson 4-3, Bud Norris 9-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jack Flaherty 6-4, Jordan Hicks 1-0, Dakota Hudson 1-0, Bud Norris 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jack Flaherty 23, Jordan Hicks 5, Dakota Hudson 1, Bud Norris 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Dakota Hudson 2-0 | ||||||||