The Scorecard · August 30, 2026

Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis tied it twice and never led.

Fever Baseball · Scored on the record

Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals

Busch Stadium · August 30, 2026 · Final: PIT 5, STL 4 · W: Braxton Ashcraft

First pitch 1:15 PM · Final out 4:09 PM · Time of game 2:54

Umpires — HP Willie Traynor · 1B Tripp Gibson · 2B Nick Mahrley · 3B Marvin Hudson

ABSPIT STL ● won · ✕ lost · ○ in hand

Scored play-by-play by the FVR engine from the official MLB feed — every mark reconciled, or the card refuses to print. Tap any box for the pitches that made the mark.

Pittsburgh Pirates

5R8H0E8LOB

Batter

Jared TrioloSS PIT

Oneil CruzDH PIT

Bryan ReynoldsLF PIT

Rafael Flores Jr.C PIT

Brandon Lowe2B PIT

Esmerlyn ValdezRF PIT

→Billy CookCF PIT

entered on defense, did not bat

Jake MangumCF/RF PIT

Spencer Horwitz1B PIT

Nick Yorke3B PIT

Runs

PitchersIPHRERBBSOPS

Braxton AshcraftW5.0622137150

Kirby Yates1.00000186

Camilo Doval0.222221199

Yohan Ramírez0.10000064

Luke Weaver1.010001108

Mason MontgomerySV1.000000117

SBOneil Cruz 2 (2B, 2B)

St. Louis Cardinals

4R9H1E8LOB

Batter

PHJoshua BáezPH STL

Thomas SaggeseSS MEM

Runs

PitchersIPHRERBBSOPS

Matthew LiberatoreL5.26432910765

Ryne Stanek0.10000155

Luis Gastelum1.0111222611

Gordon Graceffo2.0100033420

SBAlec Burleson (2B),Iván Herrera (3B)

Excitement 3.11 of win probability moved, per nine inningsComeback 2.7 — the winner's floor was 37%Biggest swing +0.240 in the 7th, at leverage 1.4

The hit chart

Where every ball landed

PIT — visitors

STL — home

hit

out

All 18 hits located, and 51 balls in play with them. Coordinates are the game’s own, from the same feed the engine reads.

Reading the marks · no black boxes

1–9 the nine fielders (1 P, 2 C, 3 1B … 9 RF)

6‑3 ground out, shortstop to first

3U put out unassisted

K strikeout · K called (backward)

F8 fly · P6 pop · L7 line (to that fielder)

1B8 hit, with where it went

BB walk · HBP hit by pitch

FC 6 fielder’s choice, fielded by 6

◆ diamond fills = run scored

⚫ the out it made (1, 2, or 3), in that runner’s box

2‑4 a runner retired on the bases (caught stealing, picked off), written small in his box as the chain that got him

one dot per run driven in (RBI)

PH · PR · → a substitute badged by his name — pinch hitter, pinch runner, or defensive sub

A ABS (Automated Ball‑Strike) challenge — filled = overturned

The diamond fills teal when the run scores; the out lands in the box of the runner it was made on. Names link to their pages at www.feverbaseball.com. New to the marks? The primer scores a full inning from scratch. Every pitch under these marks is typed, clocked and located off the same official feed. A hand-scorer could record what happened; nobody could record the pitch that did it.

Home plate: Willie Traynor · Blue Notes for this game → · his road to the plate →Crew: 1B Tripp Gibson · 2B Nick Mahrley · 3B Marvin Hudson

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Pittsburgh went ahead in the 2nd on Valdez's two-run shot and stayed there all night, even as the Cardinals matched them run for run through the 7th. St. Louis answered with two in the 5th and two in the 7th, both times pulling level in the same inning, and both times Pittsburgh went right back in front. Liberatore struck out nine over 5.2 innings on 107 pitches, but the four runs on his line — and a bullpen that could not hold the fourth tie — left the Cardinals still looking up.

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