• Home
  • News
    • Business
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
    • Legislature
    • Politics / Govt
  • Sports
    • The Bill Pollock Show
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support

Missourinet

Your source for Missouri News and Sports

You are here: Home / Sports / Homers from Holliday and Wong power Cardinals, Wacha to win over Pittsburgh

Homers from Holliday and Wong power Cardinals, Wacha to win over Pittsburgh

May 9, 2015 By Missourinet Contributor

Matt Holliday (photo/MLB)

Matt Holliday (photo/MLB)

Matt Holliday and Kolten Wong each hit three-run homers to power the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the opener of a three-game set on Friday.

Wong had three hits, Jhonny Peralta provided a solo homer and Peter Bourjos scored twice for the Cardinals, who have won 10 of their last 11 games.

Starter Michael Wacha (5-0) earned the win after allowing three runs — two earned — on six hits over six innings of work.

Starling Marte went 3-for-4 and drove in a run, while Neil Walker finished with two hits, an RBI and a run scored for the Pirates, who had starter Francisco Liriano (1-2) give up six runs — five earned — on six hits with 10 strikeouts over 6 1/3 frames.

Andrew McCutchen got Pittsburgh within 4-3 during the sixth as he led off the frame with a double, advanced to third on Marte’s base hit and raced home on a fielder’s choice to second.

St. Louis scored four runs in the seventh to provide some much-needed breathing room.

Yadier Molina hit a sharp liner to left for a leadoff double and took third on a passed ball. Two batters later, Jon Jay restored St. Louis’ two-run lead with an RBI single to center, ending Liriano’s outing.

Arquimedes Caminero took the mound and gave up a double to Bourjos. Wong followed with a three-run blast to right center for an 8-3 score.

Walker hit an RBI single off Matt Belisle in the home half and Josh Harrison scored from third after Corey Hart hit into a double play in the eighth, making it an 8-5 game.

Trevor Rosenthal fired a scoreless ninth for his 11th save of the season.

Gregory Polanco led off the home first with a single, moved to third on consecutive groundouts and hustled home after Cardinals third baseman Pete Kozma misplayed Marte’s grounder.

Peralta quickly tied the game in the second by smoking a 2-0 fastball into the Pirates’ bullpen in center for a leadoff blast.

In the third, Wacha reached base on Harrison’s fielding error at third, Bourjos doubled and Holliday brought them around with a homer to center for a 4-1 lead.

The Pirates responded in the bottom half after Marte supplied a two-out RBI single.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Sports

Subscribe to our daily newsletter


Tweets by Missourinet

Sports

Marching Mizzou is one of only three universities performing in 2022 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

The … [Read More...]

Missouri State Football earns share of Missouri Valley title–first since 1990

Missouri … [Read More...]

Arenado: “Just an amazing day, very thankful for it,” after his homer leads Cards to victory

Nolan … [Read More...]

Mizzou basketball adds former K-State guard

Mizzou … [Read More...]

Cardinals home opener today, Matheny vs LaRussa and Blues end their skid (AUDIO)

Cardinals … [Read More...]

More Sports

Tweets by missourisports

Archives

Opinion/Editorials

TwitterFacebook

Copyright © 2021 · Learfield News & Ag, LLC