Post-Game: Cardinals 5, Pirates 4

• • Mon, Sep 1 2:15 PM EDT
• Final
• • Busch Stadium

Pittsburgh

71-66

 

45

St. Louis

74-63

 

Cardinals beat Pirates to move into 1st

Cardinals beat Pirates to move into 1st

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Matt Holliday had the go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning after Kolten Wong's pinch-hit homer tied the score, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	10	0
STL	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	X	5	10	2

Season starts in 3 days 1 hrs 54 mins 42 sec

Scoring Summary

Top 1st: Pittsburgh

Neil Walker doubled to deep right center, Josh Harrison and Andrew McCutchen scored

PIT 2 - STL 0

Top 2nd: Pittsburgh

Andrew Lambo doubled to deep right, Josh Harrison scored

PIT 3 - STL 0

Bottom 3rd: St. Louis

Matt Holliday doubled to right center, Lance Lynn and Oscar Taveras scored

PIT 3 - STL 2

Top 7th: Pittsburgh

Andrew McCutchen homered (454 ft.) to deep left

PIT 4 - STL 2

Bottom 7th: St. Louis

Kolten Wong homered (381 ft.) to deep right, Pete Kozma scored

PIT 4 - STL 4

Matt Holliday singled to left center, Jon Jay scored, Peter Bourjos to second

PIT 4 - STL 5

Pitching Details

• 
  Win
  Seth Maness
  6-3
 
• 
  Loss
  Gerrit Cole
  7-5
 
• 
  Save
  Trevor Rosenthal
  SV: 41

Batting

Pittsburgh

	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	AVG
Josh Harrison3B	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.311
Andrew LamboRF	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	.286
Andrew McCutchenCF	5	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	.308
Neil Walker2B	4	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	.272
Russell MartinC	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	.292
Ike Davis1B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.236
Gaby SánchezPH-1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.233
Starling MarteLF	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	.273
Jordy MercerSS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.258
Gerrit ColeP	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.219
John AxfordP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Justin WilsonP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Travis SniderPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.261
Jeanmar GómezP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Totals	37	4	10	4	1	5	7	0	21

Batting

2B - J Harrison (31, L Lynn); A Lambo (2, L Lynn); A McCutchen (33, L Lynn); N Walker (19, L Lynn)

HR - A McCutchen (21, 7th inning off K Siegrist 0 on, 0 Out)

RBI - A Lambo (1), A McCutchen (72), N Walker 2 (61)

2-out RBI - A Lambo

Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Lambo 1, A McCutchen 1, S Marte 1, J Mercer 2

Team LOB - 11

Running

CS - N Walker (2, 2nd base by S Maness/Y Molina)

Fielding

DP - 1 (N Walker-J Mercer-I Davis)

St. Louis

	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	AVG
Jon JayCF-RF	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	.313
Oscar TaverasRF	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	.224
Peter BourjosPR-CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228
Matt HollidayLF	4	0	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	.269
Matt Adams1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.294
Jhonny PeraltaSS	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.271
Yadier MolinaC	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.291
Daniel Descalso3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.243
Pete Kozma2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	.375
Lance LynnP	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.061
Kevin SiegristP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Seth ManessP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400
Kolten WongPH	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	.252
Carlos MartínezP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Matt CarpenterPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.277
Trevor RosenthalP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	32	5	10	5	1	4	4	0	14

Batting

2B - M Holliday (33, G Cole)

3B - J Jay (3, G Cole)

HR - K Wong (11, 7th inning off G Cole 1 on, 1 Out)

RBI - M Holliday 3 (81), K Wong 2 (37)

Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Peralta 1, Y Molina 1, P Kozma 1

GIDP - O Taveras

Team LOB - 7

Running

CS - J Jay (2, 2nd base by G Cole/R Martin)

Fielding

E - M Adams (9, field 2)

Pitching

Pittsburgh

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	ERA
Gerrit Cole(L, 7-5)	6.1	8	5	5	3	4	1	1.30	3.86
John Axford	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	1.93
Justin Wilson	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	4.25
Jeanmar Gómez	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	3.32

St. Louis

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	ERA
Lance Lynn	6.0	8	3	3	3	3	0	1.30	2.85
Kevin Siegrist	0.1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1.48	6.35
Seth Maness(W, 6-3)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	3.03
Carlos Martínez(HLD, 14)	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.46	4.50
Trevor Rosenthal(SV, 41)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.40	3.48

Pitches-strikes - G Cole 94-57; J Axford 10-3; J Wilson 4-3; J Gomez 13-10; L Lynn 114-69; K Siegrist 14-6; S Maness 3-2; C Martinez 19-12; T Rosenthal 17-12

Ground balls-fly balls - G Cole 8-7; J Axford 1-0; J Wilson 1-0; J Gomez 2-0; L Lynn 5-9; K Siegrist 0-1; S Maness 1-0; C Martinez 1-1; T Rosenthal 1-1

Batters faced - G Cole 28; J Axford 2; J Wilson 2; J Gomez 4; L Lynn 29; K Siegrist 3; S Maness 1; C Martinez 5; T Rosenthal 4

Game Details

Game Time: 3:08.

Umpires: HP--Bill Welke. 1B--James Hoye. 2B--Ron Kulpa. 3B--Paul Emmel.

Weather: 80 degrees, Cloudy.

Wind: 8 mph, Varies.

Attendance: 43,347.