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Locke sharp as Pirates slay Cards
Apr 29, 2013 - 12:09 AMVideo
The Pirates left-hander held St. Louis to three singles over seven scoreless innings, as Pittsburgh beat the Cardinals, 9-0, in the rubber match of a three-game set at Busch Stadium.
Locke (3-1) picked up from where he left off in his previous starting assignment. He gave up only two hits in six frames of Tuesday's 2-0 win at Philadelphia.
Jose Tabata and Garrett Jones each launched solo homers for the Pirates, who improved to 14-5 in their last 19 games.
"We have power, we play good defense and the key is to be consistent and do it every day and we've been doing it every day," Martin said of his team's success. "The key is to just keep on doing what we're doing right now."
Shelby Miller (3-2) had seven strikeouts but surrendered three runs on seven hits and three walks in 5 2/3 innings for St. Louis, which lost its first series since dropping two of three to Arizona to begin the season.
"We had a tough time getting anything going. It was not the kind of day we were expecting," said Cardinals manager Mike Matheny.
Martin belted a solo shot to open the scoring in the second and his two-run blast capped a five-run ninth that included a two-run single by Pedro Alvarez.
Tabata took Miller deep with two outs in the fifth, and John McDonald greeted St. Louis reliever Fernando Salas in the next frame with a double that scored Brandon Inge.
Jones homered off Salas with two gone in the seventh.
Game Notes
Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle picked up his 700th career win ... The Pirates have won 15 games in the first month of the season for the first time since 1992 ... Martin and Jones each had three hits ... Martin registered his seventh career multi-homer game.
- PITTSBURGH: 9
ST. LOUIS: 0
Final
Apr 28 5:19 PM - Russell Martin two-out, two-run Home Run 2 (5) to left center scored Pedro Alvarez. Justin Wilson due up.
Pirates 9, Cardinals 0 Top 9, 2 OutsApr 28 5:10 PM - Pedro Alvarez singled to left scoring Starling Marte and Garrett Jones with two out. Runner on first and Russell Martin due up.
Pirates 7, Cardinals 0 Top 9, 2 OutsApr 28 5:07 PM - Gaby Sanchez grounded out third to first scoring Clint Barmes with two out. On the play, Garrett Jones advances to second and Starling Marte advances to third. Runners on second and third and Pedro Alvarez due up.
Pirates 5, Cardinals 0 Top 9, 2 OutsApr 28 5:03 PM - Garrett Jones two-out, solo Home Run (2) to right. Gaby Sanchez due up.
Pirates 4, Cardinals 0 Top 7, 2 OutsApr 28 4:21 PM - John McDonald doubled to left scoring Brandon Inge with two out. On the play, John McDonald advanced to third on the throw. Runner on third and Jeff Locke due up.
Pirates 3, Cardinals 0 Top 6, 2 OutsApr 28 4:07 PM - Jose Tabata two-out, solo Home Run (1) to right. Garrett Jones due up.
Pirates 2, Cardinals 0 Top 5, 2 OutsApr 28 3:44 PM - Russell Martin one-out, solo Home Run (4) to center. Brandon Inge due up.
Pirates 1, Cardinals 0 Top 2, 1 OutApr 28 2:46 PM - PITTSBURGH: 0
ST. LOUIS: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Apr 28 2:16 PM
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