Friday, September 8, 2017

Cardinals Beat Pirates 4-1: Luke Weaver Strikes Out Seven & Drives In One Run over Five & Two-Thirds Scoreless Innings For The Win; Jose Martinez Collects Two Singles & Two RBIs; Randal Grichuk Knocks In One Run

Individual Highlights:
Matt Carpenter started at third base and batted leadoff.  0-for-1 with one run, three walks, and assisted in one double play.
Tommy Pham started in centerfield and batted third.  0-for-2 with one run, one walk, one hit by pitch, and two strikeouts.
Jose Martinez started at first base and batted fourth.  2-for-4 with two two-out RBIs and assisted in one double play.
Randal Grichuk started in left field and moved to right, batting sixth.  0-for-4 with one RBI and one strikeout.
Greg Garcia started at second base and batted seventh.  1-for-3 with one double, one run, and assisted in one double play.
Luke Weaver started and pitched 5.2 innings.  He allowed seven hits, no runs, and struck seven out for the winning decision (5-1).  1-for-2 with one RBI and one run.  (p-s:108-76)(g/f:7-0)
Matthew Bowman entered in the sixth and pitched to one batter.  He allowed no hits or runs, and struck one out for the hold (23).  (p-s:4-3)(ir-s:2-0)
Juan Nicasio entered in the eighth and pitched 1.1 innings.  He allowed no hits or runs for the save (3).  (p-s:13-10)(g/f:2-1)(ir-s:1-0)

Rough Outing:
Stephen Piscotty started in right field and batted second.  0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
Alex Mejia started at shortstop and batted eighth.  0-for-4 with two strikeouts and assisted in one double play.
John Brebbia entered in the seventh and pitched one inning.  He allowed one hit, one earned run, one walk, and struck two out.  (p-s:18-13)(g/f:1-0)

Former Cardinals:
David Freese started at third base and batted fifth.  0-for-4 with three strikeouts.

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

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