Friday, August 28, 2026 at 8:15 PM EDT

MLB

Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

PIT @ STL

PIT1

STL4

Final

Moneyline

PIT

46%

54%

STL

+111-122

ML Edge

PIT+6.7%

STL-6.7%

Total (O/U)

8.5

BetUS

Over+13.7%

Under-13.7%

Venue

Park Factor

1.00

Neutral

Away Starter

Team:Pittsburgh Pirates (PIT)

Pitcher:Jared Jones(RHP)

Record:3-6

ERA:4.46

Home Starter

Team:St. Louis Cardinals (STL)

Pitcher:Quinn Mathews(RHP)

Record:1-2

ERA:4.38

Betting Insights

Key takeaways for this matchup

PIT ML has a 6.7% edge — the market may be undervaluing them.

The Under has a 13.7% edge.

Pitching matchup: Jared Jones (4.46 ERA) vs Quinn Mathews (4.38 ERA).

Player Props

Player props for this game

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Box Score

Final game statistics

Pittsburgh Pirates (PIT)

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jared TrioloSS	3	0	2	1	0	0
Jacob GonzalezSS	1	0	0	0	0	0
Esmerlyn ValdezRF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bryan ReynoldsDH	3	0	0	0	1	1
Oneil CruzCF	4	0	2	0	0	2
Nick Gonzales3B	3	0	1	0	1	0
Rafael Flores Jr.C	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jake MangumLF	3	1	0	0	0	1
Nick Yorke3B	2	0	1	0	0	1
Brandon Lowe2B	1	0	0	0	0	1
Henry DavisC	2	0	0	0	0	1
Spencer Horwitz1B	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Jared Jones	4.2	7	3	3	1	6	86
Evan Sisk	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	14
Gregory Soto	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Yohan Ramírez	1.0	1	1	0	0	1	15

St. Louis Cardinals (STL)

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR
JJ WetherholtSS	4	0	0	0	0	2	0
Iván HerreraDH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alec Burleson1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jordan WalkerRF	4	2	3	0	0	1	0
José FermínLF	4	0	2	0	0	1	0
Nathan ChurchCF	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
Joshua BáezLF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0
Nolan Gorman3B	3	1	1	0	1	1	0
Jimmy CrooksC	3	1	1	2	0	1	1

Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Ryan Fernandez	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	26
Caleb Ferguson	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Quinn Mathews	5.2	5	1	1	1	7	102
Ryne Stanek	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	12

Pitcher Matchup Analysis

Platoon splits, recent form, and times through the order

Jared Jones (PIT)

2026 season

vs STL

ERA

5.79

4.2

W-L

0-1

WHIP

1.90

AVG

.333

Split	ERA	WHIP	K/9	BB/9	AVG	IP
Overall	4.46	1.24	10.6	3.2	.230	78.2
Home	4.60	1.02	10.2	2.6	.201	45.0
Away	4.28	1.54	11.1	4.1	.265	33.2
Last 7 Days	0.00	0.67	13.5	1.5	.150	6.0
Last 30 Days	5.56	1.58	12.2	4.9	.261	22.2

Opponent Batting by Handedness

Split	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
vs LHB	.233	.318	.448	.766	172	57
vs RHB	.227	.270	.375	.645	128	35

Times Through Order

Time	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
1st Time	.174	.248	.290	.538	138	53
2nd Time	.282	.336	.557	.893	131	31
3rd Time	.258	.361	.387	.748	31	8

Quinn Mathews (STL)

2026 season

vs PIT

ERA

1.59

5.2

W-L

1-0

WHIP

1.15

AVG

.238

Split	ERA	WHIP	K/9	BB/9	AVG	IP
Overall	4.38	1.61	8.9	4.5	.278	24.2
Home	1.59	1.15	12.1	1.7	.238	5.2
Away	5.21	1.74	8.1	5.2	.289	19.0
Last 7 Days	1.80	1.60	7.2	7.2	.211	5.0
Last 30 Days	4.58	1.56	9.8	4.2	.273	19.2

Opponent Batting by Handedness

Split	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
vs LHB	.211	.250	.211	.461	19	7
vs RHB	.295	.380	.385	.765	78	17

Times Through Order

Time	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
1st Time	.184	.326	.211	.537	38	11
2nd Time	.410	.455	.538	.993	39	9
3rd Time	.200	.227	.250	.477	20	4

Last 5 Games

Not available yet

Season Series

This Series (3 games)

PIT wins series 2-1

Season (13 games)

STL leads series 6-2

Weather

Not available yet

Recent Odds

Latest betting lines from various books

Moneyline

Book	Away	Home	Time
BetUS	+111	-122	12:17 PM
BetOnline.ag	+111	-122	12:17 PM
LowVig.ag	+111	-122	12:17 PM
Caesars	+112	-122	12:17 PM
BetRivers	+107	-125	12:17 PM

Totals

Book	Total	Over	Under	Time
BetUS	8.5	-120	+100	12:17 PM
BetOnline.ag	8.5	-122	+102	12:17 PM
LowVig.ag	8.5	-120	+105	12:17 PM
Caesars	8.5	-120	+100	12:17 PM
BetRivers	8.0	-104	-115	12:17 PM