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Pittsburgh rookie Paul Skenes allowed five hits
and struck out eight over 6 1/3 scoreless innings. He exited to
a standing ovation at Busch Stadium in St. Louis after tossing
103 pitches, the most over his first six starts of his career.
St. Louis' Miles Mikolas retired the first 16 batters he faced
before issuing a walk to Yasmani Grandal in the sixth inning as
the game was scoreless through eight innings.
Mikolas' bid for a no-hitter ended after Bryan Reynolds led off
the seventh with a triple. However, after hitting Connor Joe
with a pitch, Mikolas struck out Oneil Cruz and third baseman
Nolan Arenado made a diving snag of a liner and doubled up
Reynolds to end the inning.
Mikolas settled for a no-decision despite allowing just that one
hit and striking out six with one walk over seven innings.
Ryan Helsley (2-3) sandwiched walks around McCutchen's single to
load the bases with no outs in the ninth inning before Suwinski
beat the throw home from rookie shortstop Masyn Wynn on Joe's
grounder. McCutchen gave Pittsburgh a 2-0 lead when Cruz flied
out in the following plate appearance.
Colin Holderman (2-0) worked around two hits to toss one
scoreless inning and pick up the win.
Pittsburgh closer David Bednar saw Nolan Gorman deposit his
first pitch over the wall in right-center field to lead off the
ninth inning. Bednar, however, struck out two batters, allowed
two baserunners, then retired Michael Siani on a foulout to
third to secure his 14th save of the season.
The Pirates mustered just three hits en route to winning for the
fifth time in seven games.
Gorman's homer was his team-leading 15th of the season. Alec
Burleson had three singles and Nolan Arenado added two hits for
the Cardinals, who have lost seven of their past 11 games.
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