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The Pirates have won four of six games coming
out of the All-Star break to move within one game of the
Cardinals in the National League wild-card race.
Pittsburgh starting pitcher Martin Perez (2-5) walked five
batters, but the left-hander held the Cardinals to four hits in
six innings. He struck out two.
Carmen Mlodzinski, Colin Holderman and Aroldis Chapman pitched
an inning each to complete the shutout.
In two starts against St. Louis this season, Perez has allowed
just one run in 13 1/3 innings.
Cardinals starting pitcher Matthew Liberatore (2-3) allowed five
runs on four hits and three walks in three innings. He struck
out three.
St. Louis threatened in the second inning when Dylan Carlson
drew a two-out walk and raced to third on Lars Nootbaar's
single. But their attempt to steal a run failed when Nootbaar
broke from first base and Carlson was caught in a rundown
between third and home.
Pittsburgh exploited Liberatore's wildness to take a 4-0 lead in
the bottom of the inning. After Liberatore hit leadoff batter
Ke'Bryan Hayes with a pitch, Joshua Palacios followed with a
single.
Tellez hit a one-out RBI single, then Liberatore walked Michael
A. Taylor and Andrew McCutchen to force in another run. Joe
smacked a two-run double off the glove of the diving Carlson in
left-center field to cap the outburst.
Tellez's 447-foot homer out of PNC Park in the fourth inning
pushed Pittsburgh's lead to 5-0 and ended Liberatore's day.
Perez escaped a bases-loaded jam in the fifth inning. After
Pedro Pages and Masyn Winn hit two-out singles and Alec Burleson
walked, Willson Contreras grounded into an inning-ending
forceout.
St. Louis threatened again in the seventh inning against
Mlodzinski. With one out, Pages walked and Winn hit a single.
The runners advanced on a groundout, but Contreras lined out to
leave them in scoring position.
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