Home
Forums
New Posts
Illini Basketball
Illini Football
Sports Talk
Log in
Register
What's new
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Sports
Sports Talk
St. Louis Cardinals 2022
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1768897" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-not-successful-with-home-runs-play-little-ball-to-beat-pirates-5-3/article_bb09f7fb-d96a-5383-a74e-15c016c08506.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel" target="_blank">Rick Hummel</a></p><p>PITTSBURGH — The Cardinals recently had homered in 12 consecutive games and 14 of 15, which netted them only a middling record of 7-8. So they switched gears, hitting 10 singles to account for all their runs Friday night en route to a 5-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.</p><p>“As long as we score more than them, I don’t care how it happens,” said Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol.</p><p>Of course, more efficient starting pitching had something to do with it, too. Adam Wainwright, chalking up win No. 189 of his career, extended his mastery over the Pirates to 38 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings and wins in 10 successive starts against the Pirates, holding them to three singles before giving up a home run to Michael Chavis in the seventh, his final inning.</p><p></p><p>Wainwright is 5-3 for the season and has won three in succession, pitching at least six innings in all three. The three previous starters on this trip hadn’t lasted past the fifth.</p><p>Wainwright’s streak of scoreless innings against the Pirates is the longest since the expansion era, which began in 1961. But, in this game, the beleaguered bullpen had a large assist as Giovanny Gallegos struck out the final five hitters for his eighth save after suffering a crushing loss in New York on Thursday.</p><p>“That,” said Wainwright, “was a big-time save.”</p><p>The Cardinals parlayed four of their singles into four game-breaking runs in the sixth inning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1768897, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-not-successful-with-home-runs-play-little-ball-to-beat-pirates-5-3/article_bb09f7fb-d96a-5383-a74e-15c016c08506.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel']Rick Hummel[/URL] PITTSBURGH — The Cardinals recently had homered in 12 consecutive games and 14 of 15, which netted them only a middling record of 7-8. So they switched gears, hitting 10 singles to account for all their runs Friday night en route to a 5-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. “As long as we score more than them, I don’t care how it happens,” said Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol. Of course, more efficient starting pitching had something to do with it, too. Adam Wainwright, chalking up win No. 189 of his career, extended his mastery over the Pirates to 38 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings and wins in 10 successive starts against the Pirates, holding them to three singles before giving up a home run to Michael Chavis in the seventh, his final inning. Wainwright is 5-3 for the season and has won three in succession, pitching at least six innings in all three. The three previous starters on this trip hadn’t lasted past the fifth. Wainwright’s streak of scoreless innings against the Pirates is the longest since the expansion era, which began in 1961. But, in this game, the beleaguered bullpen had a large assist as Giovanny Gallegos struck out the final five hitters for his eighth save after suffering a crushing loss in New York on Thursday. “That,” said Wainwright, “was a big-time save.” The Cardinals parlayed four of their singles into four game-breaking runs in the sixth inning. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Sports
Sports Talk
St. Louis Cardinals 2022
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…