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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1769047" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/goldschmidt-verhagen-spark-yet-another-cardinals-win-at-pnc-park/article_21f397da-c06c-58af-8bbb-a82d0f8fe31c.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel" target="_blank">Rick Hummel</a></p><p>PITTSBURGH — There were four key takeaways Saturday night in the Cardinals’ 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.</p><p>First was that the Pirates almost never beat the Cardinals at PNC Park. In their past 31 meetings here, the Cardinals have won 26.</p><p>Second, the Cardinals obliterate left-handed pitching. They entered the game leading the majors in slugging percentage and OPS against left-handers and they knocked out left-handed starter Jose Quintana in the fourth inning as Paul Goldschmidt, hitting safely in his 14th consecutive game, raked Quintana for three of his four hits.</p><p>Goldschmidt raised his own average against left-handers this season to .519. He is 11 for 17 (.647) in his career against Quintana. “We enjoy seeing lefties,” said manager Oliver Marmol.</p><p></p><p>Goldschmidt said, “I didn’t crush any of those balls, but I found some holes out there.”</p><p>Third, the Cardinals may have something after all in right-hander Drew VerHagen, who has pitched little this season because of his time on the injured list after coming over from Japan. Relieving left-handed rookie Matthew Liberatore, who began faltering in the fifth inning in his first big-league game, VerHagen knocked off 2 1/3 hitless innings to get the game to Andre Pallante and Ryan Helsley, recording his first Cardinals win in the process.</p><p>“It was good to see him get some meaningful outs,” said Marmol, “because we’re going to need him in some bigger situations. He’s got some swing-and-miss stuff.”</p><p></p><p>VerHagen had been set back by both a hip impingement and COVID. “It was an unfortunate sequence of events,” he said.</p><p>Helsley, who gained his second save, said, “It was kind of a coming-out party for him. We hadn’t gotten to see him pitch a whole lot. He dominated.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1769047, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/goldschmidt-verhagen-spark-yet-another-cardinals-win-at-pnc-park/article_21f397da-c06c-58af-8bbb-a82d0f8fe31c.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel']Rick Hummel[/URL] PITTSBURGH — There were four key takeaways Saturday night in the Cardinals’ 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. First was that the Pirates almost never beat the Cardinals at PNC Park. In their past 31 meetings here, the Cardinals have won 26. Second, the Cardinals obliterate left-handed pitching. They entered the game leading the majors in slugging percentage and OPS against left-handers and they knocked out left-handed starter Jose Quintana in the fourth inning as Paul Goldschmidt, hitting safely in his 14th consecutive game, raked Quintana for three of his four hits. Goldschmidt raised his own average against left-handers this season to .519. He is 11 for 17 (.647) in his career against Quintana. “We enjoy seeing lefties,” said manager Oliver Marmol. Goldschmidt said, “I didn’t crush any of those balls, but I found some holes out there.” Third, the Cardinals may have something after all in right-hander Drew VerHagen, who has pitched little this season because of his time on the injured list after coming over from Japan. Relieving left-handed rookie Matthew Liberatore, who began faltering in the fifth inning in his first big-league game, VerHagen knocked off 2 1/3 hitless innings to get the game to Andre Pallante and Ryan Helsley, recording his first Cardinals win in the process. “It was good to see him get some meaningful outs,” said Marmol, “because we’re going to need him in some bigger situations. He’s got some swing-and-miss stuff.” VerHagen had been set back by both a hip impingement and COVID. “It was an unfortunate sequence of events,” he said. Helsley, who gained his second save, said, “It was kind of a coming-out party for him. We hadn’t gotten to see him pitch a whole lot. He dominated.” [/QUOTE]
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