Cardinals Drop Doubleheader To Pirates

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Published on August 28 2020 6:28 am
Last Updated on August 28 2020 6:28 am

Despite good hitting and pitching, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates in a doubleheader Thursday.

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