

It was Shelton's fourth ejection this year.Īgainst Jordan Hicks in the seventh, Suwinski led off with his 16th homer, to right-center, to increase Pittsburgh's lead to 2-0. Oneil Cruz grounded into a forceout, with Delay out at second, and Allen came home for a 1-0 Pittsburgh lead.Īs Bryan Reynolds struck out following Cruz's at-bat, Pirates manager Derek Shelton argued over the third-strike swing call and was ejected by home-plate umpire Clint Vondrak. Jason Delay singled to right, with Allen going to third. In the third, Allen led off for the Pirates with a single to right and stole second. Jack Suwinski also homered for the Pirates (51-88). Pittsburgh starter Mitch Keller pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits, with six strikeouts and three walks. After Allen's homer, Helsley got Ben Gamel to fly out to end the game. Ryan Helsley pitched the ninth for his 16th save. Chris Stratton (8-4) retired two batters in the eighth to pick up the win. Louis starter Jose Quintana, making his first start against his former team since he was traded last month, gave up one run and four hits in 5 2/3 innings, with four strikeouts and one walk. Pittsburgh Pirates fixtures tab is showing last 100 Baseball matches with statistics and win/lose icons. Louis Cardinals in MLB, Regular Season, match ended with result 5 - 3 (Pittsburgh Pirates won the match). Pittsburgh's Greg Allen homered to right in the bottom of the ninth, his second of the year, to make it a one-run game. Pittsburgh Pirates previous match was against St. An out later, Tyler O'Neill hit his 14th homer, also to center. Pujols hit his 18th home run of the season to center to give the Cardinals a 3-2 lead and move into fourth place alone on baseball's all-time homer list, passing Alex Rodriguez. With the Cardinals (83-58) trailing 2-0 entering the ninth against Chase De Jong (4-2), Tommy Edman doubled to right-center and scored on Corey Dickerson's double to right. Louis Cardinals' four-run ninth inning Sunday as they topped the host Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 to take the final two games of the weekend series.

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