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September 12, 2026 · NL Cent

Chicago White Sox vs St. Louis Cardinals

September 12, 2026Busch StadiumClear 88°F · 5 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Chicago White Sox
76-72
6
vs
HOME
St. Louis Cardinals
73-76
5

Game Highlights

Published September 12, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B2 Masyn Winn Masyn Winn doubles (20) on a ground ball to left fielder Sam Antonacci. Nolan Gorman scores. Thomas Saggese scores. CWS 0, STL 2
B2 José Fermín José Fermín out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Tristan Peters. Masyn Winn scores. CWS 0, STL 3
T4 Colson Montgomery Colson Montgomery walks. Munetaka Murakami scores. Tristan Peters to 3rd. Chase Meidroth to 2nd. CWS 1, STL 3
B4 Nathan Church Nathan Church doubles (13) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Braden Montgomery. Nolan Gorman scores. CWS 1, STL 4
T5 Munetaka Murakami Munetaka Murakami walks. Sam Antonacci scores. Kyle Teel to 3rd. Miguel Vargas to 2nd. CWS 2, STL 4
T5 Randal Grichuk Randal Grichuk grounds into a double play, shortstop Masyn Winn to second baseman Thomas Saggese to first baseman Alec Burleson. Kyle Teel scores. Miguel Vargas to 3rd. Munetaka Murakami out at 2nd. Randal Grichuk out at 1st. CWS 3, STL 4
T5 Tristan Peters Tristan Peters singles on a line drive to center fielder Nathan Church. Miguel Vargas scores. Tristan Peters out at 2nd on the throw, center fielder Nathan Church to second baseman Thomas Saggese. CWS 4, STL 4
B8 Leo Bernal Leo Bernal homers (3) on a fly ball to right center field. CWS 4, STL 5
T9 Randal Grichuk Randal Grichuk homers (13) on a fly ball to right field. Brenton Doyle scores. CWS 6, STL 5

Box score

  123456789 R
CWS 000130002 6
STL 030100010 5

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

White Sox AWAY 6

White Sox opened with Sean Newcomb, then turned the bulk of the game over to Luis Castillo. Out of the bullpen, Grant Taylor took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Sean Newcomb Opener 1.1 29 1 4
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Sean Newcomb threw
    CSW 38% 1st-pitch strike 67% 4.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 16 55% 3 4 4 4 1
    Slurve 6 21% 1 1 1 3 0
    Sinker 4 14% 0 1 1 2 0
    Curveball 3 10% 0 1 0 2 0
  • Luis Castillo Bulk 2.2 61 3 2 inherited 1, all 1 scored
  • Hagen Smith Long 2.0 21 0 3
  • Grant Taylor Middle 1.2 38 1 3
  • Jordan Hicks Middle 0.1 10 0 0 W inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Bryan Hudson Middle 1.0 14 0 1 SV
Cardinals HOME 5

Kyle Leahy started for Cardinals, leaving with a 3–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, Cooper Hjerpe took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Kyle Leahy Starter 3.0 38 0 4
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Kyle Leahy threw
    CSW 39% 1st-pitch strike 64% 3.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 9 24% 0 1 0 3 5
    Changeup 7 18% 2 2 0 2 1
    Slider 7 18% 1 1 1 3 1
    Sinker 7 18% 0 5 1 1 0
    Sweeper 5 13% 0 0 2 3 0
    Curveball 3 8% 1 2 0 0 0
  • Cooper Hjerpe Middle 1.0 52 4 3
  • Luis Gastelum Middle 1.1 10 0 0 BS inherited 3, 2 scored
  • Justin Bruihl Middle 0.2 12 0 1
  • Ryne Stanek Setup 1.0 10 0 1
  • George Soriano Setup 1.0 20 0 1
  • Riley O'Brien Closer 1.0 21 2 2 L

Where the game turned

2 runs Top 9th · off O'Brien
  • Grichuk HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · CWS
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Miguel Vargas 3B 5 1 1 0 0 3 .247 .356 .471 .827
Munetaka Murakami 1B 4 1 1 1 1 2 .207 .346 .472 .818
Randal Grichuk DH 4 1 1 2 0 2 .286 .315 .568 .883 HR (13)
Tristan Peters LF 4 0 1 1 0 1 .279 .345 .462 .807
Chase Meidroth 2B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .268 .345 .400 .745
Braden Montgomery RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 .215 .311 .345 .656
Sam Antonacci LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 .269 .367 .390 .757
Kyle Teel C 3 1 0 0 2 2 .205 .290 .373 .663
Andrew Benintendi DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 .303 .419 .722
Colson Montgomery SS 1 0 0 1 2 0 .207 .291 .428 .719
HOME · STL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
José Fermín LF 2 0 0 1 2 2 .240 .303 .349 .652
Iván Herrera DH 3 0 0 0 2 1 .246 .359 .380 .739
Alec Burleson 1B 4 0 0 0 1 2 .282 .349 .465 .814
Jordan Walker PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .282 .338 .490 .828
Leo Bernal C 5 1 1 1 0 1 .311 .367 .556 .923 HR (3)
Thomas Saggese 2B 4 1 1 0 0 1 .267 .323 .425 .748
Masyn Winn SS 4 1 2 2 0 2 .236 .311 .324 .635 2B
Nathan Church CF 4 0 3 1 0 0 .251 .296 .371 .667 2B
Joshua Báez RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .300 .554 .854
Nolan Gorman 3B 3 2 1 0 1 2 .189 .268 .321 .589

Pitching lines

AWAY · CWS
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Sean Newcomb 1.1 1 1 1 1 4 0 29 2.77
Luis Castillo 2.2 4 3 3 3 2 0 61 5.67
Hagen Smith 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21 0.45
Grant Taylor 1.2 3 1 1 1 3 1 38 2.23
Jordan Hicks 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 4.26 W
Bryan Hudson 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 2.87 SV
HOME · STL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Kyle Leahy 3.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 38 3.33
Cooper Hjerpe 1.0 2 4 4 4 3 0 52 7.20
Luis Gastelum 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 4.50 BS
Justin Bruihl 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 3.59
Ryne Stanek 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 4.27
George Soriano 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 20 4.43
Riley O'Brien 1.0 1 2 2 1 2 1 21 4.20 L

Manager comparison

AWAY · CWS
Will Venable
Will Venable
Lineup 6.0 R Bunts 3.4 R IBBs 3.2 R
HOME · STL
Oliver Marmol
Oliver Marmol
Lineup 3.7 R Bunts 2.6 R IBBs 3.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · CWS
5-5 W2 +3 run diff
WWLWLLWLWL
HOME · STL
4-6 W1 -12 run diff
WLLLLWWLWL

Season series: 1-2 with CWS 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.

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