Saturday, June 24, 2017

Pirates Beat Cardinals 7-3: Stephen Piscotty Singles & Drives In Two Runs; Matt Carpenter Hits A Solo Home Run; Sam Tuivailala Strikes Out Three Over Two Hitless/Scoreless Innings

Individual Highlights:
Matt Carpenter started at first base and batted leadoff.  1-for-3 with one home run, one RBI, one run, and one strikeout.
Jedd Gyorko started at third base and batted fourth.  1-for-3 with one walk and grounded into one double play.
Jose Martinez started in right field and batted fifth.  1-for-3 with one run, one walk, and two strikeouts.
Stephen Piscotty entered late in the game as a pinch hitter and batted ninth.  1-for-1 with two two-out RBIs.
Sam Tuivailala entered in the eighth and pitched two innings.  He allowed no hits or runs, and struck three out.  (p-s:24-16)(g/f:1-2)

Rough Outing:
Dexter Fowler started in centerfield and batted second.  0-for-4 at the plate.
Greg Garcia at second base and moved to third, batting seventh.  0-for-3 with one walk and one strikeout.
Chad Huffman entered late in the game as a pinch hitter and batted ninth.  0-for-1 with one strikeout.
Lance Lynn started and pitched 5.2 innings.  He allowed six hits, seven earned runs, two home runs, three walks (one intentional), hit one batter, and struck three out for the losing decision (5-5).  1-for-2 with one double.  (p-s:97-58)(g/f:11-2)
John Brebbia entered in the sixth and pitched 1.1 innings.  He allowed no hits or runs, and hit two batters.  (p-s:24-15)(g/f:0-2)(ir-s:3-2)

Former Cardinals:
David Freese started at third base and batted fourth. 0-for-2 with one run, one walk, one hit by pitch, and assisted in one double play.

Boxscore
St. Louis Official Site Post Game
Cardinal Beat Post Game
Post-Dispatch Post Game
STL Sports Page Post Game

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