Pirates 1 - 2 Cardinals
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Cards get by Bucs in 11th inning

May 3, 2015 - 1:37 AM St. Louis, MO (SportsNetwork.com) - Matt Carpenter's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 11th brought home the winning run as St. Louis outlasted Pittsburgh by a 2-1 count at Busch Stadium.

Peter Bourjos started the deciding frame against Jared Hughes (0-1) with a double, but was caught stealing third. Pete Kozma singled and Jon Jay kept the rally alive on a base hit which put runners on the corners. Carpenter easily plated Kozma with a long fly to left.

"That's why I stayed with him -- he was rolling ground balls," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said of Hughes, "He was getting good action on his pitches. But that's what happens when you play with no safety net."

It made a winner of Carlos Villanueva (3-1) who allowed a hit and a walk in the top of the 11th but remained unscathed.

Bourjos ended up with two of the six hits for the Cardinals, winners of five in a row including two straight over the Bucs in extras.

John Lackey ended up allowing a run on six hits with four strikeouts and three walks over six innings.

Starling Marte collected three hits, Gregory Polanco added two and a run scored with Josh Harrison knocking in the lone run for the Pirates, who have lost four of their last five.

Francisco Liriano no-hit the hosts through five, ending up working eight full frames while yielding a run on three hits.

"He was nasty," Carpenter said of Liriano. "Just had it all working. He always gives us fits, but that's as good as I've seen him."

Polanco reached with a one-out single in the top of the third, stole second and moved to third when Cards catcher Yadier Molina's throw was wild, then scored on a Harrison base hit.

Liriano walked a pair, yet did not allow a hit until Bourjos began the home half of the sixth with a single to center.

Runners were on the corners after pinch-hitter Jason Heyward added a base hit and Jay's grounder to first plated Bourjos for the tying run, but the next two batters went quietly.

Jhonny Peralta hit into an inning-ending double play in the home ninth and the Pirates stranded a man on second in the 10th.

Game Notes

Carpenter recorded his second career walk-off sacrifice fly, after a similar ending to a Cards game on Apr. 17, 2012 against the Reds in the bottom of the 10th to give his club a 2-1 win ... St. Louis has won the last four contests against Pittsburgh that reached extra innings, dating back to August of 2013.






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