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Regular Season Game 134: St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

Posted on August 31, 2013 at 10:13 PM.

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August 30, 7:05PM ET
PNC Park - Pittsburgh, PA
TV: ROOT SPORTS RADIO: KDKA-FM 93.7

Weather: 62�, Clear
Attendance: 29,641

Game #134: St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates
Aug 30, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis (68-66)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	8	0
Pittsburgh (78-56)	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	3	11	0
W: Francisco Liriano (8-6) L: Joe Kelly (1-4) S: Jason Grilli (47)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			STL	PIT
PIT	1st	Marlon Byrd lined to center for a single. Neil Walker scores.	0	1
PIT	3rd	Andrew McCutchen homered to center. Neil Walker scores	0	3
STL	5th	Carlos Beltran homered to left.	1	3
STL	7th	Carlos Beltran homered to left.	2	3

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING HR: C. Beltran 2 (23) RBI: C. Beltran 2 (67) SAC: J. Kelly
BASERUNNING SB: J. Jay (18)

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
J. Kelly (L, 1-4)	5.0	8	3	2	0	3	3.47
T. Rosenthal	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	5.34
R. Choate	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.73
F. Salas	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	3.73
TOTALS	8.0	11	3	2	0	8
PITCHING WP: J. Kelly (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: M. Byrd (20), F. Liriano (1) HR: A. McCutchen (38) RBI: A. McCutchen 2 (75), M. Byrd (54) GIDP: C. Barmes

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
F. Liriano (W, 8-6)	7.0	7	2	2	0	8	2.57
M. Melancon (H, 13)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	3.67
J. Grilli (S, 47)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	1.28
TOTALS	9.0	8	2	2	0	10

McCutchen, Pirates Hold Off Beltran, Cardinals for Seventh Straight Win

PITTSBURGH - The Pirates started off their home stand just the way they hoped, by sweeping the Milwaukee Brewers. Pirate fans are really getting excited with the way the team has been playing recently, as well as the acquistion of Marlon Byrd. The Pirates welcomed the Cardinals to PNC Park for a remaining three game stand. The Cardinals have been up and down all year, but look to gain same ground on the Bucs and get back into the swing of things. The Pirates will send Francisco Liriano to the mound to oppose Joe Kelly in game one.

After a quick top half of the 1st from Francisco Liriano, the Pirates got things rolling in the bottom half of the inning. Neil Walker singled with one away and then advanced to second on a single from Pedro Alvarez. Marlon Byrd then singled, scoring Walker, giving the Pirates a 1-0 lead.

After getting a run of support in the bottom of the 1st, Liriano made quick work of the red birds in the top of the 2nd, striking out Holliday, Freese, and Molina in order. In the bottom of the 3rd, Neil Walker led off the inning with a strike out, but would reach after the called third strike was dropped. Andrew McCutchen then hit a two-run homer, giving the Pirates a 3-0 lead.

After a scoreless 4th, Carlos Beltran hit a towering shot to left, putting the Cardinals on the board and cutting the lead to two.

Beltran would hit another solo shot in the top of the 7th, cutting the Pirates lead to one.

With the game still at 3-2 heading into the top of the 9th, Clint Hurdle called upon Jason Grilli to shut the door on the Cardinals. After getting David Freese to strike out for the fourth time on the night, Yadier Molina grounded out for the second out of the inning. Grilli would then strike out pinch hitter Bourn to collect his 47th save on the season, breaking the Pirates closing record of 46. The win pushes the Pirates current winning streak to seven games.

Player of the Game

After taking game one of the series, the Pirates send Gerrit Cole to the mound to oppose Jake Westbrook. First pitch, 7:05PM.

The Hunt for October - Updated: August 30, 2013
NL CENTRAL	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Pittsburgh	78	56	-	447	389
Cincinnati	72	63	6.5	596	600
St. Louis	68	66	10.0	552	512
Chicago	55	79	23.0	503	609
Milwaukee	53	81	25.0	504	592