Pirates 4 - 7 Cardinals
Final
  for this game

Pirates look for more offensive fireworks vs. Cards

Jun 1, 2008 - 1:18 PM ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- The Pittsburgh Pirates look to build off their best offensive showing of the season on Sunday in the finale of a four-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Luis Rivas belted his first career grand slam and Xavier Nady drove in three runs as the Pirates cruised to a 14-4 victory on Saturday. Five players had multi-hit games for Pittsburgh, which has had no problems scoring runs. The Pirates are one of six teams in baseball to average over five runs.

Where the problem lies is the pitching staff, which is near the bottom of the league in ERA. A big reason is that ace Ian Snell has taken a step back.

Snell (2-4, 5.46 ERA) has seen his ERA rise nearly two runs from last season's mark of 3.76. The righthander will try and bounce back from his worst start of the season, as he allowed seven runs and six hits in five innings of a 9-6 loss to Cincinnati on Tuesday.

St. Louis hands the ball to Braden Looper (6-4, 5.05), who is also coming off his worst start of the season. Looper was rocked for eight runs - seven earned - and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings of a 8-2 loss to Houston on Tuesday.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    PITTSBURGH 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 11 0
    ST LOUIS 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 x 7 11 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: PIT - IAN SNELL, DAMASO MARTE (5TH), JOHN GRABOW (6TH), SEAN BURNETT
    (8TH) AND RAUL CHAVEZ
    STL - BRADEN LOOPER, KYLE MCCLELLAN (6TH), CHRIS PEREZ
    (8TH), RANDY FLOR

    Jun 1 5:24 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JOSE BAUTISTA SCORED DOUG MIENTKIEWICZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J BAUTISTA ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4
    ST LOUIS 7 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: R CHAVEZ (.250, 1-FOR-3)

    Pirates 4, Cardinals 7  Top 8, 0 OutsJun 1 4:55 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY TROY GLAUS (4) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN THE
    7TH OFF JOHN GRABOW.
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 3, ST LOUIS 7
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: K MCCLELLAN (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Pirates 3, Cardinals 7  Bot 7, 0 OutsJun 1 4:46 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    NATE MCLOUTH HIT BY KYLE MCCLELLAN PITCH WITH BASES LOADED
    SCORED JOSE BAUTISTA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, N MCLOUTH ON FIRST, A LAROCHE ON SECOND, R
    CHAVEZ ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 3
    ST LOUIS 6 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: L RIVAS (.244, 1-FOR-3)

    Pirates 3, Cardinals 6  Top 6, 0 OutsJun 1 4:22 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY FREDDY SANCHEZ SCORED IAN SNELL.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, L RIVAS ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 2
    ST LOUIS 6 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J BAY (.291, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Pirates 2, Cardinals 6  Top 5, 0 OutsJun 1 3:47 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY SKIP SCHUMAKER SCORED BRADEN LOOPER.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, S SCHUMAKER ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 1
    ST LOUIS 6 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: R LUDWICK (.318, 0-FOR-2)

    Pirates 1, Cardinals 6  Bot 4, 0 OutsJun 1 3:35 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY SKIP SCHUMAKER SCORED ADAM KENNEDY AND BRADEN
    LOOPER.
    SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, S SCHUMAKER ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 1
    ST LOUIS 5 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: R LUDWICK (.321, 0-FOR-1)

    Pirates 1, Cardinals 5  Bot 2, 0 OutsJun 1 2:56 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY CESAR IZTURIS SCORED YADIER MOLINA.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, B LOOPER ON SECOND, A KENNEDY ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 1
    ST LOUIS 3 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: S SCHUMAKER (.287, 0-FOR-1)

    Pirates 1, Cardinals 3  Bot 2, 0 OutsJun 1 2:54 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY BRADEN LOOPER SCORED RICK ANKIEL.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, B LOOPER ON FIRST, A KENNEDY ON SECOND, Y
    MOLINA ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 1
    ST LOUIS 2 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: C IZTURIS (.264, 1 HR, 11 RBI)

    Pirates 1, Cardinals 2  Bot 2, 0 OutsJun 1 2:53 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ADAM KENNEDY SCORED TROY GLAUS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A KENNEDY ON FIRST, Y MOLINA ON SECOND, R
    ANKIEL ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 1
    ST LOUIS 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: B LOOPER (.368, 0 HR, 2 RBI)

    Pirates 1, Cardinals 1  Bot 2, 0 OutsJun 1 2:51 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JOSE BAUTISTA SCORED JASON BAY.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J BAUTISTA ON SECOND, D MIENTKIEWICZ ON
    THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 1
    ST LOUIS 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: R CHAVEZ (.235, 0 HR, 2 RBI)

    Pirates 1, Cardinals 0  Top 2, 0 OutsJun 1 2:37 PM
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