Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis 2
When: 7:15 PM ET, Thursday, September 19, 2024
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature:
84°
Umpires:
Home -
John Bacon, 1B -
James Hoye, 2B -
Chad Whitson, 3B -
D.J. Reyburn
Attendance:
32194
By Field Level Media
Nick Gonzales went 2-for-4 with a triple, a run and the decisive RBI as the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates edged the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Thursday.
Yasmani Grandal hit a home run for the Pirates (72-81), who avoided a four-game sweep.
Pirates starter Luis Ortiz allowed two runs on five hits in six innings. He struck out seven and walked two.
Reliever Carmen Mlodzinski (4-5) recorded the victory and Aroldis Chapman earned his 10th save.
Brendan Donovan went 4-for-4 with two RBIs for the Cardinals (77-76).
St. Louis starter Erick Fedde allowed one run on four hits in six innings. He struck out three and walked one. Reliever JoJo Romero (7-3) took the loss.
Grandal tied the game 2-2 in the seventh inning with his homer to right off Andrew Kittredge.
Pittsburgh moved ahead 3-2 in the eighth against Romero and Ryan Fernandez. Oneil Cruz drew a two-out walk, then Connor Joe and Gonzales hit singles to produce the go-ahead run.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa led off the game with a double, but Fedde coaxed groundouts from Bryan Reynolds and Cruz, then a popout from Rowdy Tellez.
Ortiz worked out of trouble in the second inning. After Donovan hit a single and Lars Nootbaar walked, Ortiz struck out Jordan Walker and retired Pedro Pages on a chopper.
Fedde escaped another jam in the third inning. After Jared Triolo's one-out single, Kiner-Falefa hit into a forceout and stole second base. Reynolds walked, but Fedde struck out Cruz to strand the runners.
Pittsburgh took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning. Gonzales hit a triple and scored on Bryan De La Cruz's sacrifice fly.
The Cardinals tied the game 1-1 in the bottom of the inning on a single by Paul Goldschmidt, a walk to Nolan Arenado and Donovan's RBI single.
St. Louis moved ahead 2-1 in the sixth. Goldschmidt hit a single, stole second base and scored on Donovan's double.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Pittsburgh |
|
St. Louis |
|
Luis Ortiz
|
Player |
Erick Fedde
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
6.0 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
7 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
5 |
Hits |
4 |
|
3.00 |
ERA |
1.50 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Pittsburgh
|
8 |
1 |
14 |
.242 |
14 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
| St. Louis
|
6 |
0 |
7 |
.188 |
13 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
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