Major League Baseball
Pittsburgh Pirates
0
St. Louis Cardinals
2
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Matt Adams hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 2-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night in the opener of a four-game series with their NL Central rival.
M Adams homered to right (373 feet), M Carpenter scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 9: foul
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 4: foul
End of the 9th
M Adams homered to right (373 feet), M Carpenter scored.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
M Adams batting
M Holliday flied out to right.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
M Holliday batting
M Carpenter walked.
Pitch 4: ball 4
Pitch 3: ball 3
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
M Carpenter batting
J Wilson relieved T Watson.
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
A McCutchen grounded out to pitcher.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
A McCutchen batting
S Marte struck out swinging.
Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: ball 1
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Matt Carpenter3B13
Matt HollidayLF7
Matt Adams1B18
Allen CraigRF11
Yadier MolinaC4
Jhonny PeraltaSS27
Jon JayCF9
Kolten Wong2B16
Adam WainwrightP50
Sam FreemanP77
Oscar TaverasPH18
Pat NeshekP93
Josh HarrisonRF4
Starling MarteLF0
Andrew McCutchenCF4
Neil Walker2B12
Russell MartinC55
Ike Davis1B24
Pedro Alvarez3B24
Jordy MercerSS27
Charlie MortonP50
Gaby Sanchez1B35
Gregory PolancoPH25
Tony WatsonP56
Justin WilsonP32
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