Cardinals Drop Doubleheader To Pirates
Published on August 28 2020 6:28 am
Last Updated on August 28 2020 6:28 am
In the opener, St. Louis outhit the Pirates but committed three errors and Pittsburgh claimed a 4-3 decision in extra innings.
The score was tied at 1-1 and the contest went into the eighth inning when Pittsburgh broke loose with three runs to move ahead. The Cardinals came back with two runs in the bottom of the frame but couldn't get over the hump.
Yadier Molina tied the game in the fifth with a solo homer. Tommy Edman had two singles while the other four hits were spread across four players.
Pittsburgh blanked the Cardinals 2-0 to sweep. The two runs came in the third inning as the Pirates had a 6-5 hitting edge.
St. Louis had three extra base hits, doubles by Paul Goldschmidt and Dylan Carlson and a triple by Brad Miller.
Cardinals pitchers did a good job on the mound allowing only two earned runs and no extra base hits but just couldn't come up with the wins.
St. Louis drops to the .500 level. three games behind the league-leading Chicago Cubs.
Major League Baseball
Thursday, August 27 Scoreboard
San Diego 10, Seattle 7 (F/7)
Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 3 (F/8)
Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 2 (F/7)
Los Angeles Dodgers 7, San Francisco 0 (F/7)
Cincinnati 6, Milwaukee 1 (F/7)
Seattle 8, San Diego 3 (F/7)
Los Angeles Dodgers 2, San Francisco 0 (F/7)
Cincinnati 6, Milwaukee 0 (F/7)
Friday, August 28 Schedule (All Times Central)
Baltimore at Toronto, 5:37 p.m.
New York Mets at New York Yankees, 6:05 p.m.
Atlanta at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.
Minnesota at Detroit, 6:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Miami, 6:10 p.m.
Washington at Boston, 6:30 p.m.
Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.
Cleveland at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.
San Diego at Colorado, 7:40 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Texas, 8:05 p.m.
Oakland at Houston, 8:10 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona, 8:40 p.m.
Seattle at Los Angeles Angels, 8:40 p.m.
Saturday, August 29 Schedule (All Times Central)
New York Mets at New York Yankees, 12:05 p.m.
Atlanta at Philadelphia, 12:15 p.m.
Cleveland at St. Louis, 12:15 pm.
Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 1:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Cleveland, 5:10 p.m.
Minnesota at Detroit, 5:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Miami, 5:10 p.m.
Baltimore at Toronto, 5:37 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Texas, 6:05 p.m.
Oakland at Houston, 6:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m.
Washington at Boston, 6:30 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona, 7:10 p.m.
San Diego at Colorado, 7:10 p.m.
Seattle at Los Angeles Angels, 8:40 p.m.
Sunday, August 30 Schedule (All Times Central)
New York Mets at New York Yankees, 12:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 12:10 p.m.
Minnesota at Detroit, 12:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Miami, 12:10 p.m.
Washington at Boston, 12:35 p.m.
Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 1:10 p.m.
Oakland at Houston, 1:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 1:10 p.m.
Cleveland at St. Louis, 1:15 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Texas, 1:35 p.m.
Baltimore at Toronto, 2:07 p.m.
San Diego at Colorado, 2:10 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona, 3:10 p.m.
Seattle at Los Angeles Angels, 3:10 p.m.
Atlanta at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
Major League Standings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
NL CENTRAL
W L PCT. GB
Chicago Cubs 18 12 .600 ---
St. Louis 11 11 .500 3.0
Milwaukee 13 17 .433 5.0
Cincinnati 13 17 .433 5.0
Pittsburgh 9 19 .321 8.0
NL EAST
W L PCT. GB
Atlanta 18 12 .600 ---
Seattle 14 12 .538 2.0
Philadelphia 12 14 .462 4.0
New York Mets 13 16 .448 4.5
Washington 11 17 .393 6.0
NL WEST
W L PCT. GB
Los Angeles Dodgers 24 9 .727 ---
San Diego 19 14 .576 5.0
Colorado 16 15 .516 7.0
San Francisco 15 18 .455 9.0
Arizona 13 19 .406 10.5
AMERICAN LEAGUE
AL EAST
W L PCT. GB
Tampa Bay 21 11 .656 ---
New York Yankees 16 11 .593 2.5
Toronto 15 14 .517 4.5
Baltimore 14 16 .467 6.0
Boston 10 21 .323 10.5
AL CENTRAL
W L PCT. GB
Minnesota 20 12 .625 ---
Chicago White Sox 19 12 .613 0.5
Cleveland 19 12 .613 0.5
Detroit 13 16 .448 5.5
Kansas City 12 19 .387 7.5
AL WEST
W L PCT. GB
Oakland 22 10 .688 ---
Houston 17 14 .548 4.5
Seattle 13 20 .394 9.5
Texas 11 19 .367 10.0
Los Angeles Angels 10 22 .313 12.0
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