Pirates Erupt Early, Cruise to Win Over Cardinals to Even Series; Triolo Stays Hot

Danny Demilio   |  

Aug 26, 2025

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The Pittsburgh Pirates struck eight times through the first three innings to propel them to an 8-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Tuesday night.

How We Got There

The Pirates (58-75) erupted for five runs in the first inning as the first six men to the plate all reached base against Andre Pallante. Bryan Reynolds doubled home the first run of the game and Andrew McCutchen plated two more on a single the other way. Jack Suwinski doubled home Oneil Cruz and McCutchen scored on a Henry Davis sac fly.

Reynolds hit his second double in as many at-bats in the second inning and the ball was booted by center fielder Lars Nootbaar, allowing Spencer Horwitz to score and Reynolds to advance to third. Cruz plated Reynolds on a groundout to shortstop.

Henry Davis extended the lead to 8-0 with a 403-foot solo home run to left field on the 11th pitch of the at-bat against Pallante (6-12).

Mitch Keller held the Cardinals (65-68) scoreless until Nolan Gorman hit a two-run home run with two outs in the fourth. St. Louis added another run in the sixth against Keller (6-12), who allowed three runs in six innings and struck out a season-high nine batters.

Key Moment

Andrew McCutchen’s two-run single in the first helped spark a big inning and carried the Pirates to a win.

Player of the Game

Bryan Reynolds went 2 for 5 with two doubles, an RBI and two runs scored. He’s recorded 11 extra-base hits in his last 12 games.

Stat to Know

Jared Triolo became the first Pirate since Starling Marte (Sep. 24-29, 2017) to record five multi-hit games in a row in a single season.

Notable Performances

• Mitch Keller: 6.0 innings, three hits, three runs, one walk, nine strikeouts, 93 pitches/62 strikes
• Henry Davis: 1 for 3, one home run, two RBI, one run, one walk
• Bryan Reynolds: 2 for 5, two doubles, one RBI, two runs, Spencer Horwitz: 2 for 5, two runs
• Jared Triolo: 2 for 5, one run
• Isiah Kiner-Falefa: 2 for 4
• Jack Suwinski: 1 for 4, one double, one RBI

Noteworthy

• Jared Triolo extended his hitting streak to seven games.
• Pirates pitchers struck out 13 batters, tied for the most they’ve had in a game this season.
• Andrew McCutchen passed Hall of Famer Edgar Martinez for 175th on MLB’s all-time hit list with 2,248.
• The Pirates activated CF Oneil Cruz from the seven-day concussion IL and recalled RHP Dauri Moreta from Triple-A Indianapolis.
• LHP Andrew Heaney was designated for assignment and OF Ronny Simon was optioned to Indianapolis.

Up Next

The Pirates have yet to announce a starter for Wednesday night’s game. RHP Sonny Gray(12-6, 4.33 ERA) takes the mound for the Cardinals. First pitch: 7:45 p.m. ET.