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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1796135" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/quick-hits-cardinals-begin-october-baseball-by-scoring-10-in-first-two-innings-to-pound/article_9dbaa7cc-8c64-5af0-b572-b77527bb4694.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel" target="_blank">Rick Hummel</a></p><p></p><p>The Cardinals reached their goal of playing October baseball Saturday night, even though the schedule and not their first-place standing was the reason why. But there was little to find objectionable about the Cardinals’ 13-3 shellacking of the Pittsburgh Pirates as the local nine draws closer to its first postseason game here next Friday, when October baseball really begins.</p><p>The Cardinals scored 10 runs in the first two innings as they beat the Pirates for the 12th time in 15 meetings this season, with four remaining. They have won the season series from the Pirates for the past nine seasons and 20 of the past 23 dating to 2000.</p><p>Left-hander Jordan Montgomery, who hadn’t made it through the sixth in his three most recent starts, pitched an efficient six innings, striking out five and allowing two runs and four hits. He threw 59 strikes and only 28 called balls out of 87 pitches.</p><p>Corey Dickerson punctuated a six-run first with his second career grand slam. A Busch Stadium sellout crowd of 46,365 observed on Yadier Molina Bobblehead Night.</p><p></p><h2>Pujols closes on Babe; Dickerson is Ruthian</h2><p>When the Cardinals strafed Pittsburgh rookie Luis Ortiz for the six runs in the first inning — Ortiz recorded one out — Albert Pujols moved within three of Babe Ruth on the all-time runs batted in chart with a two-run single with the bases loaded.</p><p>Pujols’ total stands at 2,211, with Henry Aaron the leader at 2,297.</p><p>When the bases became loaded again, Dickerson, who recently went through a nothing-for-26 skid, unloaded them with a Ruthian, 433-foot blast to right center for his second homer (out of six) this year at Busch.</p><p>This was the end for Ortiz, who had allowed just two earned runs total in his first three big-league starts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1796135, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/quick-hits-cardinals-begin-october-baseball-by-scoring-10-in-first-two-innings-to-pound/article_9dbaa7cc-8c64-5af0-b572-b77527bb4694.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel']Rick Hummel[/URL] The Cardinals reached their goal of playing October baseball Saturday night, even though the schedule and not their first-place standing was the reason why. But there was little to find objectionable about the Cardinals’ 13-3 shellacking of the Pittsburgh Pirates as the local nine draws closer to its first postseason game here next Friday, when October baseball really begins. The Cardinals scored 10 runs in the first two innings as they beat the Pirates for the 12th time in 15 meetings this season, with four remaining. They have won the season series from the Pirates for the past nine seasons and 20 of the past 23 dating to 2000. Left-hander Jordan Montgomery, who hadn’t made it through the sixth in his three most recent starts, pitched an efficient six innings, striking out five and allowing two runs and four hits. He threw 59 strikes and only 28 called balls out of 87 pitches. Corey Dickerson punctuated a six-run first with his second career grand slam. A Busch Stadium sellout crowd of 46,365 observed on Yadier Molina Bobblehead Night. [HEADING=1]Pujols closes on Babe; Dickerson is Ruthian[/HEADING] When the Cardinals strafed Pittsburgh rookie Luis Ortiz for the six runs in the first inning — Ortiz recorded one out — Albert Pujols moved within three of Babe Ruth on the all-time runs batted in chart with a two-run single with the bases loaded. Pujols’ total stands at 2,211, with Henry Aaron the leader at 2,297. When the bases became loaded again, Dickerson, who recently went through a nothing-for-26 skid, unloaded them with a Ruthian, 433-foot blast to right center for his second homer (out of six) this year at Busch. This was the end for Ortiz, who had allowed just two earned runs total in his first three big-league starts. [/QUOTE]
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