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Cardinals starting pitcher Jake Woodford
contained the Pirates for 5 1/3 innings. He scattered seven
hits, struck out three batters and walked one.
Zack Thompson (1-0) pitched 1 2/3 innings to earn the victory.
Drew VerHagen retired the Pirates in order in the eighth inning,
and Giovanny Gallegos earned his first save.
Pirates starting pitcher John Oviedo (1-1) allowed one run on
six hits in seven innings. He struck out 10 batters and walked
one.
The Pirates loaded the bases in the second inning with one out
but failed to score. Jack Suwinski hit a leadoff single and
Rodolfo Castro reached on a ground ball to Tommy Edman, who
missed his tag attempt on Suwinski.
After Mark Mathias walked with one out, Austin Hedges grounded
into a double play.
Pittsburgh threatened again in the fourth inning when Canaan
Smith-Njigba hit a single, stole second base and tried to score
on Mathias' single, but right fielder Alec Burleson threw him
out at the plate.
In the bottom of the fourth, Paul Goldschmidt drew a leadoff
walk and raced to third on Arenado's single. But Oviedo struck
out Willson Contreras and Gorman and retired Tyler O'Neill on a
flyout.
Hedges hit a leadoff double in the fifth inning, but O'Neill
made a diving catch in left field to rob Andrew McCutchen of a
run-scoring double.
The Cardinals broke the scoreless tie in the sixth inning.
Arenado hit a single, advanced to second base on a groundout and
scored on Gorman's single to center field.
St. Louis tacked on against the Pittsburgh bullpen in the eighth
inning. Burleson hit a leadoff single against Duane Underwood
Jr. then Arenado drew a one-out walk.
Contreras broke a 0-for-22 slump with an RBI single in the
eighth and Gorman drove in another run to make it 3-0.
--Field Level Media
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