{"id":1030666,"date":"2026-08-29T09:29:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T09:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1030666\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T09:29:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T09:29:23","slug":"cardinals-beat-pirates-4-1-as-quinn-mathews-gets-his-first-mlb-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1030666\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals beat Pirates 4-1 as Quinn Mathews gets his first MLB win"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. LOUIS — Quinn Mathews allowed one run over 5 2\/3 innings for his first major league win and Jimmy Crooks hit a two-run homer to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Mathews (1-2) threw 102 pitches in the longest of his four starts. He struck out seven for the second time and walked one in his first outing at home.<\/p>\n

Ryan Fernandez followed Mathews with two scoreless innings. Fernandez left after a two-out walk to Brian Reynolds in the eighth and Caleb Ferguson got the final out when Reynolds was hit on the foot on a single through the infield by Oneil Cruz. Ryne Stanek struck out two in the ninth for his second save.<\/p>\n

Nolan Gorman had a one-out double off Jacob Jones (2-6) in the third and Crooks followed<\/a> with his fifth home run of the season for a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Jordan Walker and Jos\u00e9 Ferm\u00edn singled leading off the fourth, and Nathan Church hit a sacrifice fly for a 3-0 advantage.<\/p>\n

Jared Triolo had two of Pittsburgh’s six hits and drove in a run with a two-out single in the fifth.<\/p>\n

Walker singled and scored on a two-out throwing error by shortstop Jacob Gonzalez for a run in the eighth.<\/p>\n

Jones surrendered three runs on seven hits with a walk and six strikeouts over 4 2\/3 innings. <\/p>\n

St. Louis (68-68) improves to 6-2 on the season against the Pirates (65-71), who have scored five runs in their last four games.<\/p>\n

The Pirates have not announced Saturday’s starting pitcher. The Cardinals will send out RHP Kyle Leahy (10-4, 3.13 ERA).<\/p>\n

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