St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates
Final
Recap
PITTSBURGH -- Jose Fermin hit a tiebreaking two-run double after Pedro Pages and JJ Wetherholt hit consecutive homers all in the ninth inning as the St. Louis Cardinals rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 Monday night after breaking up a perfect game bid in the seventh inning. With the Pirates leading 2-0, four Pittsburgh pitchers combined to shut down the Cardinals through 6 2/3 innings before Alec Burleson legged out a two-out, infield single off Evan Sisk in the seventh. Pages' and Wetherholt’s home runs off Dennis Santana (2-2) lifted the Cardinals into a 2-all tie before Fermin’s double into the left-field corner scored Victor Scott II and Burleson, giving St. Louis a 4-2 lead.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoritePIT -122 · 52% to win
UpsetRun LinePIT -1.25
STL coveredTotalO/U 8 · 6 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
6Hits8
2Home runs0
2Walks2
7Strikeouts7
0Stolen bases1
139Pitches thrown129
7Pitching strikeouts7
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro PagesC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Gorman3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Scott IIPR-CF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan HerreraDH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| JJ Wetherholt2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas SaggeseLF-3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alec Burleson1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose FerminPH-LF-DH | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan ChurchCF-LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Masyn WinnSS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan WalkerRF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George SorianoP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan FernandezP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dustin MayP | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
