Liover Peguero reached base thrice and scored twice because the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 in 10 innings Friday.
Mitch Keller allowed one run on 5 hits in six innings for the Pirates (62-73), who received their fourth straight recreation. He struck out eight and walked three.
Colin Holderman, Carmen Mlodzinski and Colin Selby (2-0) every threw a scoreless inning for Pittsburgh and David Bednar closed out the tenth inning his thirtieth save.
Willson Contreras hit a homer for the Cardinals (58-77), who misplaced for the eleventh time in 15 video games.
St. Louis starter Dakota Hudson allowed one run on three hits in seven innings whereas inducing 14 groundouts.
JoJo Romero (4-2) suffered the loss by giving up three runs (two earned) in the tenth.
The Pirates broke forward 1-0 in the second inning when Peguero walked with two outs and scored on Alfonso Rivas’ double.
The Cardinals bought singles from Jordan Walker and Masyn Winn to start out the third inning. But Lars Nootbaar lined out, Paul Goldschmidt struck out and Nolan Gorman flied out.
Tyler O’Neill hit a two-out double in the fourth inning and Tommy Edman walked, however Walker grounded out to finish the risk.
Keller walked Nootbaar with one out and Gorman with two outs in the fifth inning, however induced Nolan Arenado’s groundout to finish the risk.
Contreras tied the sport 1-1 along with his sixth-inning homer.
Ke’Bryan Hayes led off the ninth inning with an infield single, then Connor Joe walked. But pinch hitter Miguel Andujar grounded right into a double play and Endy Rodriguez struck out.
In the underside of the inning Edman reached on an infield single with one out and took second on a throwing error. But Walker flied out and Winn lined out to ship the sport to additional innings.
The Pirates seized the sport in the tenth. Peguero hit a single to maneuver computerized runner Rodriguez and Andrew McCutchen reached on a deflected infield single to provide one run, then Romero threw a wild pitch to attain one other.
After Ji Hwan Bae reached on an infield single, Bryan Reynolds hit a sacrifice fly to make it 4-1.
Goldschmidt’s sacrifice fly made it 4-2 in the underside of the tenth earlier than the Cardinals have been retired.
—Field Level Media
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