Cardinals 5-3 Pirates (Apr 8, 2025) Final Score

Pittsburgh Pirates

4-8, 2-3 home

hitters	H-AB	R	RBI	AVG
V. Scott IILF	2-5	1	2	.297
W. ContrerasDH	0-4	0	0	.093
B. Donovan2B	2-3	1	1	.395
N. Arenado3B	0-3	1	0	.342
A. Burleson1B	1-4	0	1	.278
J. WalkerRF	0-4	0	0	.263
P. PagesC	1-4	1	1	.304
M. SianiCF	0-4	0	0	.125
M. WinnSS	1-4	1	0	.244

pitchers	IP	H	ER	K	PC-ST	ERA
S. Gray	5.0	3	1	4	71-44	4.50
S. Matz	1.1	0	0	1	16-10	2.16
K. Leahy	1.2	0	0	3	22-14	1.35
J. Romero	0.1	2	2	0	9-6	5.40
P. Maton	0.2	1	0	1	14-8	0.00

According to ESPN Analytics

STL

PIT

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

PNC Park

6:40 PM, April 8, 2025

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 8,291

Game Time:2:30

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Ryan Wills
First Base Umpire - Lance Barksdale
Second Base Umpire - Will Little
Third Base Umpire - Ryan Additon

Pirates ace Paul Skenes allows a career-worst five runs in loss to St. Louis

— Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes was knocked around by the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night, allowing a career-high five runs in a 5-3 loss at frigid PNC Park.

Apr 8, 2025, 09:20 pm - AP


STL
PIT

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	7	0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	1

Scoring Summary

		STL	PIT
3rd	Scott II tripled to center, Pagés scored and Winn scored.	2	0
3rd	Donovan singled to left, Scott II scored.	3	0
4th	Reynolds homered to right center (391 feet).	3	1
6th	Burleson singled to right, Donovan scored, Arenado to third.	4	1
6th	Pagés grounded out to second, Arenado scored, Burleson to second.	5	1
9th	McCutchen grounded out to shortstop, Canario scored.	5	2
9th	Bart doubled to left, Reynolds scored.	5	3

Data is currently unavailable.

Betting Results

Odds by

OpenMLTotalRL

St. Louis CardinalsCardinalsSTL

(5-6)

(5-6, 1-4 Away)

(5-6)

Sonny Gray

(10-4, 4.33)

o8.5

+175

+120

o6.5

+105

+1.5

-190

Pittsburgh PiratesPiratesPIT

(4-8)

(4-8, 2-3 Home)

(4-8)

Paul Skenes

(5-8, 1.91)

-145

u6.5

-125

-1.5

+160

Cardinals
4
Pirates
8

Game 1

4/7

Cardinals
5
Pirates
3

Game 2

4/8

Cardinals
1
Pirates
2

Game 3

4/9

Cardinals
0
Pirates
7

Game 4

6/30

Cardinals
0
Pirates
1

Game 5

7/1

Cardinals
0
Pirates
5

Game 6

7/2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	61	43	.587	-	W1
Milwaukee	61	43	.587	-	L2
Cincinnati	55	50	.524	6.5	W3
St. Louis	54	52	.509	8	L1
Pittsburgh	43	62	.410	18.5	W1

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St. Louis Cardinals

Pittsburgh Pirates

Win Probability

Game Information

Pirates ace Paul Skenes allows a career-worst five runs in loss to St. Louis

S. Gray2-0

P. Skenes1-1

P. Maton1

Scoring Summary

Inning

2025 National League Central Standings

MLB News

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Dodgers activate RHP Blake Treinen (forearm) from IL