Major League Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals
13
Pittsburgh Pirates
0
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Kelly and the St. Louis Cardinals averted a five-game sweep at Pittsburgh, ending a season-worst seven-game losing streak by routing the Pirates 13-0 Thursday night in a matchup between the NL's top two teams.
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
D Freese doubled to deep center, A Craig scored.
M Holliday grounded out to first, A Chambers scored, A Craig to third.
Pitch 5: foul
A Craig doubled to deep left center, P Kozma and M Adams scored, A Chambers to third.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
M Carpenter hit sacrifice fly to right, T Cruz scored.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
T Cruz doubled to deep left, D Freese and J Jay scored.
J Jay singled to center, M Holliday scored, D Freese to second.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
C Beltran doubled to deep center, J Kelly scored.
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 8: in play
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
End of the 9th
J Mercer grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, T Sanchez out at second.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 1
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
J Mercer batting
J Tabata flied out to right.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
J Tabata batting
T Sanchez singled to left.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
T Sanchez batting
C Barmes struck out swinging.
Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
C Barmes batting
C Barmes hit for V Black.
D Descalso at second base.
E Mujica relieved M Blazek.
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
D Descalso grounded out to first.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
D Descalso batting
Showing the last 40 of 675 events.
Starling MarteCF0
Neil Walker2B12
Andrew McCutchenCF4
Pedro Alvarez3B24
Garrett Jones1B33
Tony SanchezC56
Jose TabataRF31
Jordy MercerSS27
Charlie MortonP50
Alex PresleyLF47
Josh Harrison3B4
Jeanmar GomezP46
Vic BlackP38
Clint BarmesPH12
Gaby Sanchez1B35
Matt Carpenter2B13
Carlos Ivan BeltranRF15
Allen Craig1B11
Matt HollidayLF7
David Freese3B25
Jon JayCF9
Tony Cruz3B17
Pete KozmaSS38
Joe KellyP99
Edward MujicaP96
Adron ChambersRF40
Brock PetersonLF
Seth ManessP63
Rob JohnsonC32
Michael BlazekP52
Daniel Descalso2B33
Matt Adams1B18
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