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Sep 19, 2024 9:51 pm

Nick Gonzales, Pirates avoid four-game sweep to Cardinals

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Nick Gonzales went 2-for-4 with a triple, a run and the decisive RBI as the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates edged the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Thursday.

Yasmani Grandal hit a home run for the Pirates (72-81), who avoided a four-game sweep.

Pirates starter Luis Ortiz allowed two runs on five hits in six innings. He struck out seven and walked two.

Reliever Carmen Mlodzinski (4-5) recorded the victory and Aroldis Chapman earned his 10th save.

Brendan Donovan went 4-for-4 with two RBIs for the Cardinals (77-76).

St. Louis starter Erick Fedde allowed one run on four hits in six innings. He struck out three and walked one. Reliever JoJo Romero (7-3) took the loss.

Grandal tied the game 2-2 in the seventh inning with his homer to right off Andrew Kittredge.

Pittsburgh moved ahead 3-2 in the eighth against Romero and Ryan Fernandez. Oneil Cruz drew a two-out walk, then Connor Joe and Gonzales hit singles to produce the go-ahead run.

Isiah Kiner-Falefa led off the game with a double, but Fedde coaxed groundouts from Bryan Reynolds and Cruz, then a popout from Rowdy Tellez.

Ortiz worked out of trouble in the second inning. After Donovan hit a single and Lars Nootbaar walked, Ortiz struck out Jordan Walker and retired Pedro Pages on a chopper.

Fedde escaped another jam in the third inning. After Jared Triolo’s one-out single, Kiner-Falefa hit into a forceout and stole second base. Reynolds walked, but Fedde struck out Cruz to strand the runners.

Pittsburgh took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning. Gonzales hit a triple and scored on Bryan De La Cruz’s sacrifice fly.

The Cardinals tied the game 1-1 in the bottom of the inning on a single by Paul Goldschmidt, a walk to Nolan Arenado and Donovan’s RBI single.

St. Louis moved ahead 2-1 in the sixth. Goldschmidt hit a single, stole second base and scored on Donovan’s double.

–Field Level Media

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