Goldschmidt powers Cardinals to
sweep of Pirates
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[July 26, 2019]
Paul Goldschmidt hit a home run
for the fourth straight game, one of three St. Louis homers
Thursday, as the visiting Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates
6-3 to complete a four-game series sweep.
Kolten Wong and Dexter Fowler also homered for St. Louis, which has
won 11 of its past 13 games. Starling Marte had an RBI double and
scored a run for Pittsburgh, which has lost five consecutive and is
2-11 since the All-Star break.
St. Louis starter Miles Mikolas (7-10) pitched six innings, allowing
three runs and five hits, with one walk and five strikeouts.
Pittsburgh starter Joe Musgrove (7-9) went five innings, giving up
six runs (five earned), and seven hits, including all three homers,
with two strikeouts and one walk.
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St. Louis picked up where it left off in Wednesday's 14-8 win,
scoring two runs in the first.
Tommy Edman led off the game with a double to right. An out later,
Jose Martinez singled up the middle to bring Edman home.
Goldschmidt's base hit moved Martinez to third, and Paul DeJong made
it 2-0 with a sacrifice fly.
Pittsburgh closed it to 2-1 in the third. Jacob Stallings led off
with a single to center, moved to second on Musgrove's bunt, to
third on Adam Frazier's base hit and scored on Bryan Reynolds'
sacrifice fly.
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Cardinals celebrate a 6-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC
Park. Mandatory Credit: Philip G. Pavely-USA TODAY Sports
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In the fourth, Goldschmidt led off with his 22nd homer, to center,
to make it 3-1. That gave him his first career four-game homer
streak. He also has homered in five straight games against the
Pirates. An out later, Wong homered to right, his eighth of the
year, for a 4-1 lead.
Edman reached on Pittsburgh first baseman Josh Bell's throwing error
to open the fifth. Fowler then hit a home run to center, his 11th,
to push the lead to 6-1.
The Pirates drew to within 6-3 in the sixth. Reynolds led off with a
single to left and scored on Marte's double to left. Marte advanced
on Bell's groundout and scored on Colin Moran's groundout.
--Field Level Media
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