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The Pirates snapped a four-game losing streak,
while the Cardinals had their three-game winning streak ended.
With one out in the ninth, Cardinals closer Carlos Martinez
(2-1) plunked Starling Marte. Josh Bell followed with a single
through a vacated shortstop to send Marte to third.
Kolten Wong then made a diving stop of Moran's grounder but lost
the ball as he tried to flip over and fire to second. Wong
picked up the ball and threw to first but Moran slid in ahead of
the throw as Marte scored.
After Corey Dickerson walked, Bell scored when Kevin Newman beat
out the back end of a potential double play.
Francisco Liriano (4-1) earned the win with a perfect eighth.
Felipe Vazquez earned his 21st save by striking out two in a
1-2-3 ninth.
Cardinals left fielder Tyler O'Neill was the only player on
either team with two hits. O'Neill is batting .389 (14-for-36)
with three homers and nine RBIs in 10 games this month.
The teams ended a scoreless tie with a run each in the fifth.
Cardinals starter Jack Flaherty was no-hitting the Pirates until
Dickerson doubled with one out. Newman followed with an RBI
single.
Flaherty got even against Pittsburgh starter Dario Agrazal in
the bottom of the inning, when he doubled home Harrison Bader,
who had doubled with one out.
Agrazal was chased with runners on first and third and none out
in the seventh, but Richard Rodriguez entered and retired all
three batters he faced.
Flaherty allowed the one run on three hits and three walks while
striking out eight over seven innings. Agrazal, making his
fourth big-league start, gave up the one run on five hits and
three walks without a strikeout over six-plus innings.
--Field Level Media
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