Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 2:15 PM EDT

MLB

Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

PIT @ STL

PIT5

STL4

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:Braxton Ashcraft(RHP)

Record:14-5

ERA:3.59

Home Starter

Team:St. Louis Cardinals (STL)

Pitcher:Matthew Liberatore(RHP)

Record:5-13

ERA:5.41

Betting Insights

Key takeaways for this matchup

The Under has a 21.2% edge.

Pitching matchup: Braxton Ashcraft (3.59 ERA) vs Matthew Liberatore (5.41 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
Jared TrioloSS	4	1	1	1	1	2	1
Oneil CruzDH	4	2	1	0	1	1	0
Bryan ReynoldsLF	5	0	2	0	0	2	0
Rafael Flores Jr.C	4	0	0	0	1	2	0
Brandon Lowe2B	4	1	2	1	0	1	0
Esmerlyn ValdezRF	4	1	1	2	0	1	1
Jake MangumRF	4	0	1	0	0	2	0
Spencer Horwitz1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	0
Nick Yorke3B	4	0	0	0	0	3	0

Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Luke Weaver	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	10
Mason Montgomery	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	11
Yohan Ramírez	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Camilo Doval	0.2	2	2	2	2	1	19
Kirby Yates	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	8
Braxton Ashcraft	5.0	6	2	2	1	3	71

St. Louis Cardinals (STL)

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bryan TorresLF	2	1	2	1	1	0
Joshua BáezPH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Iván HerreraC	5	0	2	2	0	0
Alec Burleson1B	4	0	1	1	1	0
Jordan WalkerRF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Nolan GormanDH	4	0	0	0	0	0
José Fermín2B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Nathan ChurchCF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ramón Urías3B	3	1	0	0	1	2
Thomas SaggeseSS	4	2	3	0	0	0

Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Gordon Graceffo	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	34
Matthew Liberatore	5.2	6	4	3	2	9	107
Ryne Stanek	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	5
Luis Gastelum	1.0	1	1	1	2	2	26

Pitcher Matchup Analysis

Platoon splits, recent form, and times through the order

Braxton Ashcraft (PIT)

2026 season

vs STL

ERA

4.96

16.1

W-L

2-1

WHIP

1.37

AVG

.250

Split	ERA	WHIP	K/9	BB/9	AVG	IP
Overall	3.59	1.08	9.2	2.0	.232	160.1
Home	3.59	1.09	9.7	1.7	.238	72.2
Away	3.59	1.08	8.9	2.2	.227	87.2
Last 7 Days	3.60	1.40	5.4	1.8	.286	5.0
Last 30 Days	2.18	0.76	6.5	1.1	.184	33.0

Opponent Batting by Handedness

Split	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
vs LHB	.242	.302	.424	.726	330	100
vs RHB	.219	.250	.328	.578	265	64

Times Through Order

Time	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
1st Time	.199	.247	.341	.588	226	69
2nd Time	.265	.305	.438	.743	226	57
3rd Time	.225	.288	.355	.643	138	38

Matthew Liberatore (STL)

2026 season

vs PIT

ERA

6.10

10.1

W-L

0-1

WHIP

1.68

AVG

.289

Split	ERA	WHIP	K/9	BB/9	AVG	IP
Overall	5.41	1.48	9.5	3.2	.285	134.2
Home	5.87	1.62	8.2	3.3	.306	69.0
Away	4.93	1.32	10.8	3.0	.260	65.2
Last 7 Days	4.76	1.54	15.6	3.5	.250	5.2
Last 30 Days	7.27	1.38	11.8	2.1	.283	26.0

Opponent Batting by Handedness

Split	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
vs LHB	.295	.361	.500	.861	132	36
vs RHB	.281	.340	.467	.807	398	105

Times Through Order

Time	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
1st Time	.261	.321	.428	.749	222	74
2nd Time	.274	.312	.452	.764	219	54
3rd Time	.371	.472	.652	1.124	89	13

Last 5 Games

Not available yet

Season Series

This Series (3 games)

PIT wins series 2-1

Season (13 games)

STL leads series 6-4

Weather

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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