Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals - Boxscore - Live Score - May 21, 2026 | FOX Sports

Cardinals (May 3-4, 4.81) host Pirates (Ashcraft 2-2, 3.09) in rubber game of 3-game series

PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS

#35 RHP B. Ashcraft

2-2 3.09 ERA

vs

#3 RHP D. May

3-4 4.81 ERA

LINEUP

PIRATES

BATTING
1	Oneil Cruz ^CF
2	Brandon Lowe ^2B
3	Bryan Reynolds ^LF
4	Spencer Horwitz ^1B
5	Konnor Griffin ^SS
6	Marcell Ozuna ^DH
7	Jake Mangum ^RF
8	Jared Triolo ^3B
9	Henry Davis ^C

PITCHING
SP	Braxton Ashcraft _(2-2)

CARDINALS

BATTING
1	JJ Wetherholt ^2B
2	Ivan Herrera ^DH
3	Alec Burleson ^1B
4	Jordan Walker ^RF
5	Nolan Gorman ^3B
6	Masyn Winn ^SS
7	José Fermín ^LF
8	Pedro Pagés ^C
9	Victor Scott II ^CF

PITCHING
SP	Dustin May _(3-4)

TEAM STATS

PIT 5TH NL CENTRAL

4.9 R 4.5

.252 AVG .240

50 HR 55

44 SB 32

3.89 ERA 4.21

.225 OAV .256

STL 2ND NL CENTRAL

TEAM LEADERS

PIT

.319

AVG

.296

12

HR

13

33

RBI

34

2.62

ERA

Michael McGreevy

2.40

6

W

5

63

K

Matthew Liberatore

43

STL

PREVIOUS GAMES

PIT


5/20	@STL	W7-0
5/19	@STL	L9-6
5/17	PHI	L6-0
5/16	PHI	L6-0
5/15	PHI	L11-9

STL


5/20	PIT	L7-0
5/19	PIT	W9-6
5/17	KC	L2-0
5/16	KC	W4-2
5/15	KC	W5-4

RUN LINE

The Pirates must win by 2 runs or more to cover the run line

-1.5

PIT

+1.5

STL

TEAM TO WIN

A bet of $122 would win $222 total if the Pirates win and a bet of $100 would win $202 total if the Cardinals win

-122

PIT

+102

STL

TOTAL

The combined final score of both teams is set at 7

-114

OVER 7

-106

UNDER 7

PLAYER NEWS

Jared Jones PIT #17 - P

Jones (elbow) will report to Triple-A Indianapolis to make his fourth rehab start Saturday, Colin Beazley of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Konnor Griffin PIT #6 - SS

Griffin went 4-for-5 with three runs scored in Wednesday's 7-0 win over the Cardinals.

Lars Nootbaar STL #21 - LF

The Cardinals are eyeing June 1 as a target date for Nootbaar's (heels) activation from the 60-day injured list, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

Masyn Winn STL #0 - SS

Winn (knee) will start at shortstop and bat sixth in Wednesday's contest against the Pirates.

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