Thursday, August 2, 2007

Wow! Pirates beat Cardinals 15-1

The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 15-1 last night in Pittsburgh. The Pirates got 7 runs off of Cards starter Braden Looper(8-9) in 4 innings including a first inning Grand Slam by Ronny Paulino(6 HR, 30 RBI). Adam LaRoche went 2 for 5 including a solo homer(15) off Looper in the 3rd, he also had 2 RBI's(59). Freddy Sanchez went 4 for 5(.297) with 1 RBI(39). Jason Bay was 3 for 4 with 2 RBI's(69). Jack Wilson was also 3 for 4 with 2 RBI's(30) including a solo homer in the 6th inning. Jose Bautista was deactivated from the 15 day disabled list and got the start going 2 for 5 with 2 RBI's(35). The Pirates got 20 hits off of Cards pitching. Aaron Miles(1) hit a solo homer in the top of the 6th inning off of Tony Armas(1-3) who went 6.1 innings giving up the 1 run on 4 hits.The Pirates are now 43-62 and still the worst record in the National League. The Chicago Cubs have tied the slumping Milwaukee Brewers for the division lead in the NL Central.

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