Major League Baseball
Pittsburgh Pirates
5
St. Louis Cardinals
1
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Francisco Liriano was dominant coming off the worst outing of his career and the Pittsburgh Pirates got home runs from Pedro Alvarez and Garrett Jones in a 5-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night.
C Beltran grounded out to third, M Carpenter scored.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (bunted foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
S Marte doubled to center, G Jones and T Sanchez scored.
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
T Sanchez singled to left, N Walker scored, G Jones to second.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
G Jones homered to right (381 feet).
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
P Alvarez homered to center (434 feet).
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: foul
End of the 9th
A Craig lined out to right.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
A Craig batting
C Beltran grounded out to third, M Carpenter scored.
Pitch 2: in play
M Carpenter to third on wild pitch by F Liriano.
Pitch 1: ball 1
C Beltran batting
M Carpenter doubled to deep right center.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
M Carpenter batting
R Johnson grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 3
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
Pitch 1: ball 1
R Johnson batting
R Johnson hit for R Choate.
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
S Marte struck out looking.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
S Marte batting
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STL wins series 2-1
Matt Carpenter2B13
Carlos Ivan BeltranRF15
Allen Craig1B11
Matt HollidayLF7
David Freese3B25
Jon JayCF9
Tony CruzC17
Pete KozmaSS38
Shelby MillerP77
Jermaine CurtisPH38
Michael WachaP52
Randy ChoateP
Rob JohnsonPH32
Starling MarteLF0
Jordy MercerSS27
Andrew McCutchenCF4
Pedro Alvarez3B24
Neil Walker2B12
Garrett Jones1B33
Andrew LamboRF15
Tony SanchezC56
Francisco LirianoP45
Gaby Sanchez1B35
Jose TabataRF31
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