St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

71-59, 31-33 Away

Final

70-60, 40-26 Home

hitters	H-AB	AVG
J. JayCF	0-1	.311
C. BeltranRF	1-4	.269
M. HollidayLF	0-4	.306
A. Craig1B	0-4	.313
D. Freese3B	2-4	.300
S. Schumaker2B	0-3	.307
T. RosenthalP	0-0	.000
D. DescalsoPH	0-1	.220
T. CruzC	2-4	.255
R. FurcalSS	0-4	.265
J. KellyP	0-2	.115
M. Carpenter2B	0-1	.307

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Kelly	5.0	8	5	3	3	90-55	3.61
T. Rosenthal	3.0	1	0	0	3	46-30	2.35

STL

PIT

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

PNC Park

7:00 PM, August 29, 2012Coverage: ESPN/ESPN3

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 19,398

Game Time:2:42

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Gary Cederstrom
First Base Umpire - Lance Barksdale
Second Base Umpire - Fieldin Culbreth
Third Base Umpire - Adrian Johnson

Pirates beat Cards, pull closer in wild-card race

Pedro Alvarez stayed hot, blasting his 26th homer of the season and driving in three runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates rolled to a 5-0 victory over St. Louis on Wednesday night.

Aug 30, 2012, 01:10 am - Associated Press


STL
PIT

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	-	5	9	0

W. Rodriguez9-13

6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 3 K, 3 BB

J. Kelly4-6

5.0 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 3 K, 3 BB

Scoring Summary

		PIT
1st	G Jones doubled to deep right, T Snider scored.	1
3rd	P Alvarez homered to right (416 feet), T Snider and G Jones scored.	4
5th	J Harrison singled to center, P Alvarez scored, J Harrison to second advancing on throw.	5

Data is currently unavailable.

Cardinals
4
Pirates
3

Game 1

8/27

Cardinals
0
Pirates
9

Game 2

8/28

Cardinals
0
Pirates
5

Game 3

8/29

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	37	21	.638	-	W3
Pittsburgh	33	28	.541	5.5	W4
St. Louis	31	28	.525	6.5	L2
Chicago	32	29	.525	6.5	L2
Cincinnati	31	29	.517	7	W1

Reds and Royals meet to determine series winner

Kansas City Royals (23-38, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Cincinnati Reds (31-29, fifth in the NL Central)

Brewers look to keep home win streak going, host the Giants

San Francisco Giants (23-38, fifth in the NL West) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (37-21, first in the NL Central)

Blue Jays aim to end 3-game road losing streak, play the Braves

Toronto Blue Jays (29-32, fourth in the AL East) vs. Atlanta Braves (41-20, first in the NL East)

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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

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