DSL: Pirates2 Beat Cardinals 9-8 In 11 Innings: Bladimil Franco Collects To Singles, Homers, & Drives In Two Runs; Edmundo Sosa Singles Three Times & Drives In Two Runs; Sergio Ripoll Singles & Hits Solo Homer Run

Individual Highlights:
Ruben Encarnacion 1-for-4 with two runs, two walks, and one strikeout.
Edmundo Sosa 3-for-6 with two RBIs and one run.
Bladimil Franco 3-for-5 with one home run, two RBIs, one run, one sac fly, one strikeout, and one caught stealing.
Joaquin De La Cruz 1-for-6 with one RBI and two strikeouts.
Joshua Lopez 1-for-4 with one walk.
Sergio Ripoll 2-for-4 with one home run, one RBI, one run, one walk, and one strikeout.
Henry Alvarado 1-for-3 with one home run, one RBI, two runs, one hit by pitch, and one strikeout.
Starling Arias started and pitched three innings.  He allowed one hit, one earned run, one walk, and struck two out.

Rough Outing:
Luis Bandes 0-for-5 with one strikeout.
Ramon Luna 0-for-1 with one strikeout and one error.
David Oca entered in the fourth and pitched 2.2 innings.  He allowed no hits, two earned runs, four walks, and struck three out.
Jorge Rodriguez entered in the sixth and pitched 1.2 innings.  He allowed three hits, two earned runs, two walks, threw one wild pitch, and struck one out.
Andy De La Cruz entered in the eighth and pitched two innings.  He allowed four hits, two runs (one earned), one walk, threw one wild pitch, one balk, and struck two out.
Esteban Vallejo entered in the tenth and pitched 1.1 innings.  He allowed two hits, two earned runs, three walks, and struck two out for the losing decision.

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