Saturday, August 29, 2026 at 2:15 PM EDT

MLB

Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

PIT @ STL

PIT6

STL2

Final

Moneyline

PIT

52%

48%

STL

-118-103

ML Edge

PIT+1.4%

STL-1.4%

Total (O/U)

7.5

BetRivers

Over+21.2%

Under-21.2%

Venue

Park Factor

1.00

Neutral

Away Starter

Team:Pittsburgh Pirates (PIT)

Pitcher:Lake Bachar(RHP)

Record:1-3

ERA:3.59

Home Starter

Team:St. Louis Cardinals (STL)

Pitcher:Kyle Leahy(RHP)

Record:10-4

ERA:3.13

Betting Insights

Key takeaways for this matchup

The Under has a 21.2% edge.

Pitching matchup: Lake Bachar (3.59 ERA) vs Kyle Leahy (3.13 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	HR
Spencer Horwitz1B	5	0	0	0	0	1	0
Brandon Lowe2B	3	2	1	1	2	2	1
Bryan ReynoldsLF	4	1	1	0	1	2	0
Nick GonzalesDH	4	0	2	1	1	1	0
Oneil CruzCF	5	1	2	0	0	1	0
Jake MangumRF	4	1	2	0	0	1	0
Rafael Flores Jr.C	4	1	1	3	0	2	1
Jacob GonzalezSS	4	0	1	1	0	1	0
Jared TrioloSS	4	0	1	0	0	2	0

Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Lake Bachar	2.1	1	1	1	0	2	28
Evan Sisk	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	12
Gregory Soto	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	18
Luke Weaver	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	12
Mason Montgomery	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	14
Carmen Mlodzinski	3.1	1	1	0	0	2	50

St. Louis Cardinals (STL)

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR
JJ WetherholtSS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iván HerreraDH	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Alec Burleson1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jordan WalkerRF	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nathan ChurchCF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
José Fermín2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0
Nolan Gorman3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Thomas SaggesePH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Joshua BáezLF	4	1	1	1	0	1	1
Jimmy CrooksC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Ramón UríasPH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0

Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Kyle Leahy	3.0	4	1	1	1	3	51
Cade Winquest	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	24
Ryan Fernandez	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	17
Brycen Mautz	3.0	5	4	4	1	8	61

Pitcher Matchup Analysis

Platoon splits, recent form, and times through the order

Lake Bachar (PIT)

2026 season

vs STL

ERA

5.79

4.2

W-L

0-0

WHIP

1.67

AVG

.278

Split	ERA	WHIP	K/9	BB/9	AVG	IP
Overall	3.59	1.09	9.3	3.7	.188	77.2
Home	2.02	0.91	10.2	3.1	.164	35.2
Away	4.93	1.24	8.6	4.3	.206	42.0
Last 7 Days	1.93	0.71	10.7	4.3	.071	4.2
Last 30 Days	2.65	1.00	9.0	5.3	.127	17.0

Opponent Batting by Handedness

Split	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
vs LHB	.208	.315	.364	.678	154	45
vs RHB	.163	.239	.341	.581	123	35

Times Through Order

Time	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
1st Time	.191	.285	.352	.637	267	77
2nd Time	.100	.182	.400	.582	10	3
3rd Time	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0

Kyle Leahy (STL)

2026 season

vs PIT

ERA

4.32

8.1

W-L

1-0

WHIP

1.73

AVG

.361

Split	ERA	WHIP	K/9	BB/9	AVG	IP
Overall	3.13	1.31	8.2	2.6	.263	129.1
Home	2.91	1.32	7.7	2.6	.266	68.0
Away	3.38	1.29	8.8	2.7	.260	61.1
Last 7 Days	3.00	1.67	9.0	3.0	.308	3.0
Last 30 Days	1.64	1.18	11.0	1.2	.267	22.0

Opponent Batting by Handedness

Split	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
vs LHB	.307	.380	.467	.847	257	57
vs RHB	.216	.255	.340	.595	241	61

Times Through Order

Time	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
1st Time	.212	.271	.309	.580	217	62
2nd Time	.288	.341	.424	.765	198	45
3rd Time	.337	.402	.614	1.017	83	11

Last 5 Games

Not available yet

Season Series

This Series (3 games)

PIT wins series 2-1

Season (13 games)

STL leads series 6-3

Weather

Not available yet

Recent Odds

Latest betting lines from various books

Moneyline

Book	Away	Home	Time
BetRivers	-118	-103	12:21 PM
BetUS	-115	+105	12:21 PM
BetMGM	-120	+100	12:21 PM
Bovada	-122	+102	12:21 PM
MyBookie.ag	-118	+101	12:21 PM

Totals

Book	Total	Over	Under	Time
BetRivers	7.5	+100	-118	12:21 PM
BetUS	8.0	-120	+100	12:21 PM
BetMGM	8.0	-118	-102	12:21 PM
Bovada	8.0	-120	+100	12:21 PM
MyBookie.ag	8.0	-116	-105	12:21 PM