By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
The St. Louis Cardinals pulled out the brooms for a series sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates, shutting out their NL Central foes 5-0 on Wednesday afternoon at Busch Stadium, extending their win streak to five straight games.
After Victor Scott II walked in the third inning, he sped around the bases to score on a single by Lars Nootbaar, who advanced to second base as Pirates right fielder Bryan Reynolds attempted to throw Scott out at home. In the very next at bat Masyn Winn doubled, his fifth double of the season, to drive in Nootbaar for the 2-0 lead at the end of three innings.
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Scott singled in the fifth inning and scored his second run of the game as Winn hit his second double of the game to extend the lead. In the eighth inning, the Cardinals added their final two runs, Jordan Walker singling to drive in Luken Baker and Brendan Donovan.
Sonny Gray bounced back from a rough start in his previous start against the Mets on May 2nd, where he took his first loss of the season, pitching seven shutout innings against the Pirates and striking out eight batters, giving up two hits and walking one. Nootbaar (3-4, 1 RBI) and Winn (2-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI) led the way at the plate in the win.
St. Louis is off on Thursday and will begin a nine game road trip on Friday, starting in the nations capitol against Washington. Erick Fedde will start for the Cardinals against Mitchell Parker for the Nationals. First pitch is at 5:45pm, pregame will be joined at 5:35 on KY 102 (102.5 FM).
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