Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 3
When: 8:15 PM ET, Monday, April 4, 2011
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature:
47°
Umpires:
Home -
Dana DeMuth, 1B -
Kerwin Danley, 2B -
Paul Nauert, 3B -
Doug Eddings
Attendance:
32007
By SportsDirect Inc.
Andrew McCutchen hit a two-run homer and Neil Walker had a two-run double as the plucky Pittsburgh Pirates continued their surprising start by holding on for a 4-3 victory over the host St. Louis Cardinals on Monday.
The big hits came off St. Louis starter Kyle Lohse and erased a 1-0 deficit in the sixth as the Pirates improved to 3-1 after taking two of three from the Cubs over the weekend.
Charlie Morton, who went 2-12 with a 7.57 ERA last year, looked like a different pitcher as he limited the Cardinals to three hits and one run over six innings.
St. Louis (1-3) rallied for two runs in the eighth, including an RBI single from newcomer Lance Berkman, but David Freese and Yadier Molina struck out with a runner on second to end the inning.
Joel Hanrahan, the fourth Pirates reliever, pitched 1 1/3 innings for his third save.
St. Louis slugger Albert Pujols remains in a funk. He’s hitting .125 after an 0-for-3 night.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Pittsburgh
|
8 |
1 |
12 |
.250 |
9 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| St. Louis
|
6 |
0 |
7 |
.194 |
17 |
6 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
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