Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Cardinals Beat Pirates 2-1: Dexter Fowler Hits Two Solo Home Runs; Michael Wacha Strikes Out Three & Allows One Run Over Six & Two-Thirds Innings For The Win; Trevor Rosenthal Strikes Out Two Over One Scoreless Inning For The Save

Individual Highlights:
Dexter Fowler started in centerfield and batted leadoff.  3-for-4 with two home runs, two RBIs, two runs, and one strikeout.
Jose Martinez started in left field and batted fifth.  1-for-2 with one walk.
Michael Wacha started and pitched 6.2 innings.  He allowed four hits, one earned run, one home run, two walks, and struck three out for the winning decision (2-1).  0-for-2 with two strikeouts.  (p-s:88-55)(g/f:6-6)
Matthew Bowman entered in the seventh and pitched to one batter.  He allowed no hits or runs, and struck one out for the hold (4).  (p-s:3-3)(ir-s:1-0)
Kevin Siegrist entered in the eighth and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs, and one walk for the hold (1).  (p-s:24-13)(g/f:3-2)
Trevor Rosenthal entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed one hit, no runs, and struck two out for the save (1).  (p-s:23-15)(g/f:1-0)

Rough Outing:
Greg Garcia started at shortstop and batted second.  0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
Matt Carpenter started at first base and batted third.  1-for-4 with one strikeout, was picked off, one missed catch error, and assisted in one double play.
Randal Grichuk entered late in the game in left field and batted fifth.  0-for-1 with one strikeout.
Jedd Gyorko started at third base and batted seventh.   0-for-2 with one walk and one strikeout.
Kolten Wong started at second base and batted eighth.  0-for-3 with one strikeout and assisted in one double play.
Aledmys Diaz entered late in the game as a pinch hitter and bated ninth.  1-for-1 with one caught stealing.

Former Cardinals:
David Freese started at third base and batted fifth.  1-for-4 at the plate.

Boxscore
St. Louis Official Site Post Game
Cardinal Beat Post Game
KMOV Post Game
STL Baseball Weekly Post Game
STL Sports Page Post Game
Post-Dispatch Post Game

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