Saturday, August 4, 2018

Cardinals Beat Pirates 8-4: Jedd Gyorko Doubles Twice, Walks, & Drives In Three Runs; Dakota Hudson Strikes Out One Over Three Scoreless Innings For The Win; Matt Carpenter Doubles, Walks Twice, & Hits A Solo Home Run

Individual Highlights:
Matt Carpenter started at first base and batted leadoff.  2-for-4 with one double, one home run, one two-out RBI, two runs, two walks (one intentional), two strikeouts, and assisted in one double play.
Yadier Molina started at catcher and batted second.  3-for-5 with one RBI, one run, one walk, and one stolen base.
Jose Martinez started in right field and batted fifth.  2-for-4 with two doubles, one two-out RBI, two runs, and one walk.
Jedd Gyorko started at third base and batted sixth.  2-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs (two w/two-outs), one run, one walk, one strikeout, and assisted in one double play.
Kolten Wong started at second base and batted seventh.  3-for-5 with one double, one two-out RBI, and assisted in one double play.
Harrison Bader started in centerfield and batted eighth.  2-for-5 with one double, one RBI, and one run.
Dakota Hudson entered in the fifth and pitched three innings.  He allowed no hits or runs, and struck one out for the winning decision (2-0).  0-for-1 at the plate.  (p-s:28-22)(g/f:4-2)
Mike Mayers entered in the eighth and pitched one inning.  He allowed one hit, no runs, one walk, and struck one out for the hold (4).  (p-s:20-12)(g/f:2-0)
Bud Norris entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs.  (p-s:10-9)(g/f:0-1)

Rough Outing:
Marcell Ozuna started in left fiedl and batted fourth.  0-for-4 with one walk and one strikeout.
Austin Gomber started and pitched four innings.  He allowed seven hits, four earned runs, one home run, three walks (two intentional), and struck five out.  0-for-2 at the plate.  (p-s:71-47)(g/f:5-0)

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

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