MLB · 2026
Pittsburgh Pirates4th NL Central - .488 pct vThu 24 Sep, 12:35 PM EDT St. Louis Cardinals3rd NL Central - .508 pct
Match resultPittsburgh 52%St. Louis 48%
What this game means
The two ways this game can go. Pick a result to see where it leaves every race each club is in.
At projected kickoff, this game is expected to move their regular-season chances by 2% on average. The result scenarios below are conditional on today's forecast cutoff, showing where each result leads from this forecast.
The result is worth up to 6 points in the Playoffs race.
Pittsburgh Pirates
Playoffs1%
St. Louis Cardinals
Playoffs10%
Pittsburgh winPlayoffsPittsburgh Pirates1%1%±0St. Louis Cardinals10%8%▼ -2
St. Louis winPlayoffsPittsburgh Pirates1%<1%▼ -1St. Louis Cardinals10%14%▲ +4
The race they're in
Two races at once: their division, and the wild card behind it.
NL Central · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-LPCTGB
1MilwaukeeDivision90%78-49.614-3St. LouisDivision<1%65-63.50813.54PittsburghDivision<1%63-66.48816The wild card · top 6 in the National League qualify