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cards got started right away in the first as Dylan Carlson hit the 2nd pitch of the Cards season for a double, following a walk to Paul Goldschmidt Tyler O'Neil had a RBI single, Paul deJong walked to load the bases but Yadi Molina grounded out to end the inning with the 1 run. Harrison Bader had a lead off single in the 2nd, Goldschmidt walked with 2 outs, and O'Neil made it 4-0 with a 3 run homer. Roberto Perez singled with 1 out in the Pirates 3rd, a forceout and a Adam Wainwright wild pitch moved Hoy Park to 2nd but Wainwright struck out Dan Vogelbach to end the inning. Bryan Reynolds lead off the Pirates 4th with a single, 2 batters later Yoshi Tsutsugo singled, but Kevin Newman ended the inning with a double play. Nolan Arenado walked to begin the Cards 5th, he moved to 2nd on an Albert Pujols fielders choice with Pujols reaching on an error, Pujols was forced at 2nd with DeJong batting moving Arenado to 3rd before Molina ended the inning with a double play. Bader doubled leading off the 6th, moved to 3rd on a Tommy Edman ground out, and scored on a Carlson sac fly to make it 5-0, Goldschmidt walked and stole 2nd but he was left there. Genesis Cabrera issued back-to-back walks to start the Pirates 8th, but kept the score intact on 2 strikeouts sandwiched around a fly out. Edman had the Cards second homer of the day with 1 out in the 8th, Carlson reached on a hit by pitch, moved to 3rd on a Goldschmidt single, scored on an O'Neil sac fly, while Arenado added the final 2 runs with a home run. Wainwright (1-0) had 6 strikeouts and 5 hits allowed in 6 scoreless innings, and JT Brubaker (0-1) allowed 4 runs on 4 hits (1 home run) with 3 walks and 2 strikeouts in 3 innings.
Following an off day on Friday, game 2 of the series will take place on Saturday. Miles Mikolas (2-3, 4.23 in '21) starts for the Cards against Mitch Keller (5-11, 6.17 in 21) who takes the ball for the Pirates, with game time slated for 2:15.
Daniel Vogelbach, Bryan Reynolds, and Ke’Bryan Hayes had 3 straight singles to load the bases to begin the game, Yoshi Tsutsugo had a sac fly to give the Pirates a 1-0 lead, following a fly out Ben Gamel walked to reload the bases, but the Cards got out of the inning with a Cole Tucker fly out. Dylan Carlson singled to start the Cards half of the first, stole second, and scored on a Nolan Arenado double following a Tyler O’Neil walk, but O’Neil was forced at home on a fielder’s choice, and Paul Dejong struck out to end the inning and keep the score tied at 1. Hayes doubled with 1 out in the 3rd, Tsutsugo RBI single scored Hayes to give the Pirates a 2-1 lead, Josh VanMeter drew a walk, but Gamel flied out and Tucker grounded out to keep it 2-1. Paul Goldschmidt started the bottom half with an infield single, moved to second on an O’Neil ground out, Arenado tied the game with a single, and following a Corey Dickerson strike out, Paul DeJong put the Cards on top for good at 4-2 with his first home run of the season. Kevin Newman had a 1 out double in the 4th, but Vogelbach struck out and Reynolds grounded out to keep the cards lead at 4-2. Arenado had a 1 out double in the 5th, scored on a Corey Dickerson single, DeJong walk, a Yadi Molina ground out moved the runners up, Harrison Bader was hit by a pitch to load the bases, but Tommy Edman popped up to end the inning. Goldschmidt walked with 1 out in the 6th, moved to second on an O’Neil ground out, and scored on an Arenado double, but Dickerson ended the inning with a lineout. Tsutsugo singled with 2 outs in the Pirates 7th, Diego Castillo doubled to put runners on 2nd & 3rd, and jake Marisnick pinch hitting for Gamel struck out to keep it at 6-2. Miles Mikolas allowed 2 runs on 6 hits with 2 walks and a strikeout in 3.2, Kodi Whitley (1-0) had 1 walk in 1.1 hitless innings, Nick Wittgren (1st hold), T.J. McFarland (1st hold) and Ryan Helsley (1st hold) had 5 strikeouts and 3 hits in 3 innings. Mitch Keller (0-1) allowed 4 runs on 6 hits (1 home run) with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts in 4 innings.
The 3rd game of the 4 game wrap-around series continues on Sunday. Steven Matz (14-7, 3.82 with the Blue jays last year) returns to the NL after a year north of the border in his first start for the Cards while the Buccos give the ball to Bryse Wilson (3-7, 5.35 with the Braves & Pirates last year). Game time from Busch scheduled for 2:15.
Dylan Carlson started the 1st with a double, Paul Goldschmidt had a single moving Carlson to 3rd, Tyler O’Neil put the Cards up 1-0 with a sac fly, and Nolan Arenado had a 2 run homer. Tommy Edman walked with 1 out in the second, Carlson singled, but Goldschmidt ended the inning with a double play. Roberto Perez started the Pirates 3rd with a single, Ben Gamel lined out, Ke’Bryan hayes and Bryan Reynolds had back-to-back singles to load the bases and Michael Chavis onloaded them with a grand slam, Diego Castillo singled 2 batters later, and scored on Kevin Newman’s double before Jake Marisnick ended the inning with a strikeout. Perez started the 4th with a walk, Gamel singled, and Hayes made it 6-3 with an RBI single, Reynolds hit into a double play moving Gamel to 3rd, a wild pitch scored Gamel to make it 7-3 before Yoshi Tsutsugo struck out to end the inning. Castillo had a 2 out single in the 7th, Newman walked, and a Marisnick RBI single made it 8-3 before a Perez ground out ended the inning. Harrison Bader doubled with 1 out in the bottom half, Edman reached on an infield single, and a Carlson sac fly made it an 8-4 game. Gamel doubled to lead off the Pirates 8th, went to 3rd on a Hayes fly ball, and scored on a Carlson throwing error, Chavis doubled 2 batters later, but Tustsugo ended the inning with a strikeout. Steven Matz (0-1) allowed 7 runs on 9 hits (1 home run) with 1 walk and 5 strikeouts in 3 innings. Bryse Wilson allowed 3 runs on 5 hits (1 home run) with a walk and 2 strikeouts, and Miguel Yajure (1-0) had a walk and a strikeout in 2 hitless innings for the win.
The finale of the 4 game series takes place on Monday; Zach Thompson (3-7, 3.24 last year with the Marlins) starts for the Pirates while Dakota Hudson (1-0, 2.08 in ’21) will look to lead the Red Birds to a series win. First pitch scheduled for around 2:15.
Pirates 0 @ Cards 0 (postponed). Series finale was postponed due to rain, and will be made up as part of a day night double header on June 14. In other Central action from the start of the season: The Cubs won 2 of 3 against the Brewers, the Reds and Braves split 4 games in Atlanta, and the Brewers lost to the Orioles today, with the Reds and Cubs having the day off. That leaves the Cubs and Cards tied for first at 2-1, the Reds a half game back, Pittsburgh 1 back, and the Brewers are now 1.5 games behind. 2 game series vs. the Royals starts on Tuesday; Daniel Lynch (4-6, 5.69 last year) starts for the year while the Cards will go with Monday’s scheduled starter Dakota Hudson (1-0, 2.08) with game time scheduled for 7:45.
This was a 1 game series as the Wednesday mantinee game was washed out by rain scheduled to be replayed on May 2. The Cards won the Tuesday game 6-5 with Jordan Hicks getting the win in relief. Albert Pujols hit his first home run as a Cardinal since 2011 while Salvador Perez had his first 2 long balls of the season in a losing cause. In other Central action from this week: The Reds lost round 1 of the battle of Ohio as Cleveland went into Cincinnati and won both games, the Pirates & Cubs split 2 games in Pittsburgh, and the Brewers won 2 of 3 games against the Orioles. Cards are in first at 3-1, the Cubs are a half game back at 3-2, Brewers are 3-3 and 1 back, Pirates are 2-3 and 1.5 back while the Reds are 2-4 and 2 back. 4 game series at Milwaukee starts on Thursday. Adam Wainwright vs. Brandon Woodruff on Thursday, Miles Mikolas vs. Freddy Peralta on Friday, Steven Matz vs. Adrian Houser on Saturday, and a cards starter TBD vs. Aaron Ashby on Sunday are the scheduled starters at Miller Park for the weekend set. 5:14 game time on Thursday, 8:10 on Friday, 7:10 on Saturday, and 2:10 on Sunday are the scheduled game times.
Still can't get over a non-pitcher being used by the Cards, already up 18-0 in a game against the Pirates. And Yadi Molina gives up four runs in the ninth???
Ollie wasted Pujols two days in a rou. AP is still a productie player and Ollie uses him like a hood ornament to parade him around the league for the ovations. Game 1, Phil, down 2 in ninth. He can PH Albert 1st or 4th. He leads off with him. Game 2, automatic IP situation, send up Albert, who is now wasted without picking up the bat. No remaining position players, in the 9th, two days in a row, cuz he has to have what, 17 or 18 pitchers like McFarland.
9th today, meat of the batting order, first 4 men fail to hit a ball off the IF grass. Arenado, tying run on 3rd, watches a 3-2 Deefus pitch roll right down the middle. Tsk tsk.
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