St. Louis Cardinals vs Toronto Blue Jays
Game Highlights
Scoring summary
| INN | BATTER | PLAY | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| T3 | Lars Nootbaar | Lars Nootbaar doubles (8) on a line drive to left fielder George Springer. Nathan Church scores. | STL 1, TOR 0 |
| B8 | Luis Urías | Luis Urías doubles (2) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Bryan Torres. Andrés Giménez scores. | STL 1, TOR 1 |
| T9 | José Fermín | José Fermín singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Daulton Varsho. Masyn Winn scores. Bryan Torres to 2nd. | STL 2, TOR 1 |
| T9 | Lars Nootbaar | Lars Nootbaar reaches on a throwing error by second baseman Luis Urías. Bryan Torres scores. Blaze Jordan to 3rd. Lars Nootbaar to 2nd. | STL 3, TOR 1 |
| T9 | Jordan Walker | Jordan Walker singles on a line drive to left fielder George Springer. Blaze Jordan scores. Lars Nootbaar scores. | STL 5, TOR 1 |
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching & bullpen
How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.
Matthew Liberatore started for Cardinals, leaving with a 1–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, George Soriano took the roughest line.
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Matthew Liberatore
Starter
6.0
85
0
7
Pitch-by-pitch: what Matthew Liberatore threw
CSW 29% 1st-pitch strike 55% 4.3 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Slider 26 31% 2 8 5 9 2 Four-Seam Fastball 20 24% 3 2 6 7 2 Curveball 14 16% 2 2 2 6 2 Changeup 11 13% 1 2 2 3 3 Sinker 8 9% 0 1 4 0 3 Cutter 6 7% 0 2 0 4 0 - Ryne Stanek Setup 1.0 15 0 1 HLD
- George Soriano Setup 1.0 20 1 1 W
- Riley O'Brien Closer 1.0 18 0 1
Max Scherzer started for Blue Jays, leaving trailing 0–1. Out of the bullpen, Louis Varland took the roughest line.
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Max Scherzer
Starter
6.0
84
1
5
Pitch-by-pitch: what Max Scherzer threw
CSW 29% 1st-pitch strike 65% 3.7 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Four-Seam Fastball 40 48% 2 6 10 15 7 Slider 24 29% 4 5 4 5 6 Curveball 12 14% 1 4 1 4 2 Changeup 8 10% 1 1 2 2 2 - Spencer Miles Long 2.0 23 0 1
- Louis Varland Closer 0.2 31 4 0 L
- Mason Fluharty Setup 0.1 4 0 0 inherited 1, stranded 1
Where the game turned
- Fermín 1B (1)
Batting lines
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lars Nootbaar RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .234 | .333 | .354 | .687 | 2B |
| Jordan Walker DH | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .283 | .343 | .492 | .835 | |
| Alec Burleson 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .284 | .347 | .458 | .805 | |
| Iván Herrera C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .242 | .357 | .377 | .734 | |
| Masyn Winn SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .241 | .320 | .322 | .642 | |
| Bryan Torres LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .241 | .290 | .437 | .727 | |
| José Fermín 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .305 | .362 | .667 | |
| Nathan Church CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .228 | .272 | .352 | .624 | |
| Blaze Jordan 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .240 | .261 | .352 | .613 |
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Urías 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .327 | .479 | .806 | 2B |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .264 | .342 | .355 | .697 | |
| Kazuma Okamoto 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .229 | .304 | .447 | .751 | |
| George Springer LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .239 | .320 | .411 | .731 | 3B |
| Alejandro Kirk C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .236 | .319 | .339 | .658 | |
| Ernie Clement 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .289 | .314 | .415 | .729 | |
| Nathan Lukes RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .335 | .383 | .718 | |
| Daulton Varsho CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .243 | .307 | .375 | .682 | |
| Andrés Giménez SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .232 | .276 | .352 | .628 | SB |
| Myles Straw RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 | .273 | .313 | .586 |
Pitching lines
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Liberatore | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 85 | 4.97 | |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4.15 | HLD |
| George Soriano | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3.49 | W |
| Riley O'Brien | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3.43 |
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Scherzer | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 84 | 7.92 | |
| Spencer Miles | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3.13 | |
| Louis Varland | 0.2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1.11 | L |
| Mason Fluharty | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.33 |
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Season series: 1-2 with STL listed first across 3 prior meetings.
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Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.