Major League Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals
1
Pittsburgh Pirates
5
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Steven Brault pitched a two-hitter for his first career complete game, Gregory Polanco hit a three-run homer and the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped an eight-game skid with a 5-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night.
STL 
Paul Goldschmidt 1B
H-AB 0-4 · AB 4 · R 0
Brad Miller DH
H-AB 0-3 · AB 3 · R 0
Paul DeJong 3B
H-AB 0-4 · AB 4 · R 0
Tommy Edman 2B
H-AB 1-4 · AB 4 · R 0
PIT 
Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B
H-AB 1-2 · AB 2 · R 1
Colin Moran 1B
H-AB 1-3 · AB 3 · R 1
Jacob Stallings C
H-AB 1-3 · AB 3 · R 0
Josh Bell DH
H-AB 0-2 · AB 2 · R 1
STL wins series 3-1
Adam FrazierLF20Ke'Bryan Hayes3B3Colin MoranDH79Josh Bell1B56
Erik GonzalezSS59
Bryan ReynoldsCF10
Gregory PolancoRF25
Kevin Newman2B27Jacob StallingsC25Tommy Edman3B25Paul DeJongSS18Paul Goldschmidt1B48
Tyler O'NeillLF9
Yadier MolinaC4Brad MillerDH15
Harrison BaderCF9
Rangel RaveloRF35
Kolten Wong2B16Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 8 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
Bell hit sacrifice fly to center, Hayes scored.
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul
Pitch 1 : Ball 1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul
Stallings doubled to deep right, Newman scored.
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
Pitch 3 : Ball 1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
Polanco homered to right (407 feet), Moran scored and Bell scored.
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 3 : Ball 2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
Edman singled to center, Ravelo scored, Wong to second.
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
Goldschmidt struck out swinging.
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking
Pitch 2 : Ball 2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1
Steven Brault pitches to Paul Goldschmidt
DeJong struck out swinging.
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging
Pitch 5 : Ball 3
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Swinging
Pitch 2 : Ball 2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1
Steven Brault pitches to Paul DeJong
Edman grounded out to third.
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
Pitch 2 : Ball 1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
Steven Brault pitches to Tommy Edman
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th inning
Newman grounded out to pitcher.
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking
Pitch 3 : Ball 3
Pitch 2 : Ball 2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1
Junior Fernandez pitches to Kevin Newman
Polanco flied out to center.
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
Junior Fernandez pitches to Gregory Polanco
Reynolds grounded out to third.
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