MLB, round 23
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PIT | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
 STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
The Pittsburgh Pirates held off the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Sunday at Busch Stadium.
The big inning was the second, when the Pirates scored 2.
The Pirates improve to 67-71. The Cardinals fall to 68-70.
Attendance: 23,459.
Full recap at ESPN: Esmerlyn Valdez and Jared Triolo homer in Pirates' 5-4 win over CardinalsWritten automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.
| Stats | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Triolo SS | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | .247 | .320 | .319 |
| O. Cruz CF | 1-4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | .263 | .351 | .484 |
| B. Reynolds LF | 2-5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .262 | .369 | .421 |
| R. Flores Jr. C | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 | .222 | .308 | .519 |
| B. Lowe 2B | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .251 | .320 | .476 |
| E. Valdez RF | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .244 | .355 | .535 |
| B. Cook CF | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .180 | .196 | .240 |
| J. Mangum CF | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .287 | .343 | .373 |
| S. Horwitz 1B | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | .247 | .349 | .383 |
| N. Yorke 3B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .206 | .268 | .275 |
| Team | 8-36 | 36 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 172 |
| Stats | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Ashcraft SP | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 71-50 | 3.59 | 71 |
| K. Yates RP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8-6 | 3.40 | 8 |
| C. Doval RP | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19-9 | 4.13 | 19 |
| Y. Ramirez RP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6-4 | 3.10 | 6 |
| L. Weaver RP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10-8 | 2.26 | 10 |
| M. Montgomery RP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11-7 | 3.07 | 11 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 125-84 | 125 |
| Stats | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Torres LF | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .264 | .324 | .400 |
| J. Baez LF | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .167 | .220 | .481 |
| I. Herrera DH | 2-5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .243 | .358 | .375 |
| A. Burleson 1B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .288 | .353 | .476 |
| J. Walker RF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .285 | .343 | .496 |
| N. Gorman 3B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .187 | .270 | .320 |
| J. Fermin LF | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .240 | .306 | .356 |
| N. Church CF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .239 | .283 | .366 |
| R. Urias 3B | 0-3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | .151 | .267 | .315 |
| T. Saggese SS | 3-4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .210 | .264 | .296 |
| Team | 9-35 | 35 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 125 |
| Stats | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Liberatore SP | 5.2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 107-65 | 5.41 | 107 |
| R. Stanek RP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5-5 | 4.39 | 5 |
| L. Gastelum RP | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 26-11 | 5.04 | 26 |
| G. Graceffo RP | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34-20 | 2.90 | 34 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 172-101 | 172 |
Valdez homered to right (355 feet), Lowe scored.
Cruz scored on error, Lowe safe at first on fielding error by third baseman Urías.
Triolo homered to left (412 feet).
Herrera singled to center, Saggese scored, Torres to second.
Burleson singled to right, Torres scored, Herrera to second.
Lowe singled to left, Cruz scored, Flores Jr. to second.
Torres hit sacrifice fly to center, Urías scored.
Herrera doubled to left, Saggese scored.
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