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Pujols’ hit put the Cardinals ahead 3-1 but the Pirates answered with six runs in the bottom of the third. “They weren’t the prettiest two innings I’ve ever pitched but I got a great play from the defense in the 10th inning to help me out,” Stratton said. Miguel Andujar drove in two runs.Ĭhris Stratton (10-4) pitched two scoreless innings for the win. The Cardinals got two hits each from Donovan, Corey Dickerson, Knizner and Paul DeJong.Ĭruz had three hits for the Pirates and Bryan Reynolds, Rodolfo Castro, Jack Suwinski, Ke’Bryan Hayes and Ji-Hwan Bae added two apiece. It was the Pirates’ 100th loss, the second year in a row they have reached that mark. “I just thought he didn’t tag me until he got higher up on the body.” “I thought we were going to get it overturned,” Newman said. The Pirates challenged the call, but it was upheld on video review. The ball deflected to second baseman Brendon Donovan, who threw home to catcher Andrew Knizner. The Cardinals threw out the potential tying run at home in the bottom of the 10th when automatic runner Kevin Newman tried to score from second base on Oneil Cruz’s line single off the glove of first baseman Alec Burleson. “It was a good one to still figure out a way to come out on top.” “Tonight was interesting because you’re fairly scripted in who you want to use and who you don’t want to use and what you want tomorrow to look like so you can get ready for Friday,” Marmol said. Juan Yepez gave the Cardinals the win when he hit a tiebreaking single with one in the 10th inning off Chase De Jong (6-3) to score automatic runner Ben DeLuzio.

Louis opens postseason play Friday when it hosts a best-of-three National League wild-card series. Hank Aaron holds the record with 2,287.Ĭardinals manager Oliver Marmol then removed the 42-year-old Pujols at the end of the inning. That came a night after he broke a tie with Babe Ruth for second place on the career list. Pujols hit a two-run single in the third inning to push his career total to 2,218 RBI. Louis Cardinals went on to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-7 in 10 innings Tuesday night. PITTSBURGH - Albert Pujols drove in two more runs and the St.