Skidding Cardinals turn to Adam Wainwright vs. Pirates
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26 Jun 2021, 16:19 GMT+10
The Pittsburgh Pirates will seek continued top-of-the-order production when they visit the St. Louis Cardinals again Saturday.
Adam Frazier, Ke Bryan Hayes and Bryan Reynolds drove the offense as the Pirates won the first two games of this four-game series at Busch Stadium.
In the 8-2 victoryThursday, those three hitters combined go to 8-for-12 with two homers, three walks, five RBIs and six runs scored. They ve put together consistent at-bats, Pirates manager Derek Shelton said. Those guys at the top have really done a nice job all year long.
Josh Bell homers off old team as Nationals top Pirates
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17 Jun 2021, 09:40 GMT+10
Josh Bell hit a two-run homer against his former team and the Washington Nationals sent the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates to their 10th straight loss, 3-1 on Wednesday.
Yan Gomes homered for the second straight game for Washington, which has won four straight and six of eight.
Paolo Espino (1-2) pitched five innings for his first Major League win. Espino made the start in place of Max Scherzer, who went on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with groin inflammation.
Bell spent the past five seasons with Pittsburgh before being traded to Washington in December.
In his 29 big league appearances, Paolo Espino had never completed five innings. But when the Nationals needed him in Wednesday's 3-1 victory against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Espino delivered the best outing of his career.
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