Cardinals Beat Pirates 4-1: Carlos Martinez Strikes Out Nine Over Seven & A Third Scoreless Innings For The Win; Matt Carpenter & Yadier Molina Each Collect Two Singles & Two RBIs; Trevor Rosenthal Strikes Out two Of Three Batters For The Save

Individual Highlights:
Matt Carpenter 2-for-4 with two RBIs, one run, one strikeout, and assisted in one double play.
Jason Heyward 0-for-2 with two walks.
Yadier Molina 2-for-4 with two two-out RBIs, one stolen base, two strikeouts, and assisted in one double plays.
Kolten Wong 1-for-1 with one hit by pitch.
Carlos Martinez started and pitched 7.1 innings.  He allowed four hits, no runs, two walks, hit one batter, and struck eight out for the winning decision (10-3).  0-for-2 with one sacrifice and grounded into one double play.  (p-s:108-68)(g/f:9-1)
Randy Choate entered in the eighth and pitched to one batter.  He allowed no hits or runs.  (p-s:5-3)(ir-s:1-0)
Trevor Rosenthal entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs, and struck two out for the save (26).  (p-s:13-8)

Rough Outing:
Jhonny Peraltra 0-for-4 with one strikeout.
Mark Reynolds 0-for-3 with one walk, one strikeout, and assisted in two double plays.
Seth Maness entered in the eighth and pitched to two batters.  He allowed one hit, one earned run, and one home run.  (p-s:16-12)(g/f:1-0)(ir-s:1-0)

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