The 9 Games
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Sweep dinalsá losing streak to a season-high six games. âPitching inside has been my thing all year,ã Cumpton said. âI didnát want to get away from it. I wanted to force the issue.ã All it did was compound the issues for St. Louis, which has scored all of five runs in the last 56 innings. Even worse, catcher Yadier Molina is likely headed to the disabled list after leaving in the top of the fourth inning of the second game with a sprained right knee. The sweep pushed Pittsburgh to a seasonhigh 22 games over .500. Cardinals starter Tyler Lyons gave up four runs, three earned, in six
innings. He struck out five and walked one but received no help from a reeling offense and some sloppy play in the field. On the heels of Presleyás game-winner, the fortuitous bounces kept on coming for the Pirates, who took a 1-0 lead in the second when a rare passed ball by Molina let Jose Tabata sprint across the plate. Molina was done for the night in the top of the fourth when the right knee pain heás been battling for the better part of a month flared up again. He was replaced by Rob Johnson. The absence of their leader further weakened the Cardinals, and things quickly fell apart. While Cumpton kept the NLás
Continued from Page 9 top offense in check, Pittsburgh poured it on with a little help from St. Louis left fielder Matt Holliday. The Pirates took a 2-0 lead on Jordy Mercerás RBI single before McCutchen stepped in. He drilled Lyonsá pitch deep to left but Holliday appeared ready to track it down at the wall. Instead, the ball popped off the heel of Hollidayás glove and into the stands. Cumpton needed just 87 pitches to get 21 outs. He received a loud ovation as he headed to the dugout, the latest in a series of unheralded Pirates pitchers to rise from obscurity and help propel the franchise into the midst of a pennant race.
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