Major League Baseball
Pittsburgh Pirates
4
St. Louis Cardinals
5
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| STL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Rookie Kolten Wong gave the St. Louis Cardinals their second straight game-winning ninth-inning home run, connecting off Ernesto Frieri with two outs for a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.
K Wong homered to right (402 feet).
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 1 (foul)
M Holliday doubled to deep center, M Carpenter and J Jay scored.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
A McCutchen homered to right (379 feet), G Polanco scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
P Alvarez homered to right center (415 feet), I Davis scored.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
End of the 9th
K Wong homered to right (402 feet).
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
K Wong batting
O Taveras struck out looking.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
O Taveras batting
J Peralta grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
J Peralta batting
E Frieri relieved T Watson.
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
S Marte struck out swinging.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
S Marte batting
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Matt Carpenter3B13
Jon JayCF9
Matt HollidayLF7
Matt Adams1B18
Yadier MolinaC4
Jhonny PeraltaSS27
Oscar TaverasRF18
Kolten Wong2B16
Carlos MartinezP18
Randy ChoateP
Seth ManessP63
Daniel DescalsoPH33
Pat NeshekP93
Trevor RosenthalP40
Gregory PolancoRF25
Starling MarteLF0
Andrew McCutchenCF4
Neil Walker2B12
Russell MartinC55
Ike Davis1B24
Pedro Alvarez3B24
Jordy MercerSS27
Vance WorleyP45
Travis SniderPH27
Jared HughesP35
Tony WatsonP56
Josh HarrisonPH4
Ernesto FrieriP49
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