In the fifth, Hayes lunged to his right to snare Paul DeJong’s 91.6 mph line drive. In the third, shortstop Kevin Newman fielded a ground ball behind second base, made a 360-degree turn and threw out O’Neill. Ke’Bryan Hayes started an around-the-horn double play, punctuated by Chavis’ long stretch at first base. Pirates gloves gave Wilson a huge lift, especially on Goldschmidt’s double play. “We told him we’re going to use him in different roles and (in the eighth and ninth innings), he came in and saved us from having to use closers (David) Bednar and (Chris) Stratton, and went through the heart of their order.” One of the pitches he threw to (strike out Yadier Molina) in the ninth was a 96 mph fastball, down and away, that he just drove down there. “Today was probably about as good as I’ve seen Wil Crowe in two years,” Shelton said. It led to five runs the next half inning,” Wilson said.Ĭrowe, who made 25 starts last season, was aggressive in his relief role.
The big pitch might have been the one in the second that forced Paul Goldschmidt to bounce into an inning-ending double play. ‘They were jumping on the heater a little bit early, so we switched up, pitched them a little bit backwards and it turned out to work really well.” “Made some adjustments for how we’re going to sequence pitches,” he said. Wilson did as much with his head as he did with his right arm. He started to use the two-seamer a little bit more, and I think that helped out.” “I thought early in the game he was a little tentative,” Shelton told reporters in St. Manager Derek Shelton also was pleased with how Wilson worked, even though he pulled him after four innings and 64 pitches. Yajure got credit for his first major-league victory because Wilson didn’t work the requisite five innings. Wilson threw three scoreless innings (second through fourth) and relief pitchers Miguel Yajure, Heath Hembree and Wil Crowe worked the final five, allowing the Cardinals only seven hits. “I think the big thing is after that first inning, pitching kind of set the tone, throwing strikes, throwing fastballs,” he said.Īfter the Cardinals scored three times in the first inning, Bryse Wilson and the bullpen were in almost total control. Second baseman Diego Castillo, who made the first start of his career, and Chavis contributed three each.īut Chavis believed pitching had as much to do with the victory as anything the Pirates did with their bats and gloves. Overall, the Pirates finished with 15 (equal to their total in the first two games). “So I just tried to get a good pitch to hit and put a good swing on it.”īy the fifth inning, eight of the Pirates’ nine batters - with the exception of Yoshi Tsutsugo - collected at least one hit for a total of 11. “That kind of situation the pressure’s on the pitcher,” Chavis said on AT&T SportsNet.
It was the first home run of the season for the Pirates, who managed only two runs in the first two games of the series.
Louis Cardinals on Sunday in front of 40,027 in Busch Stadium.įirst, the bats emerged when the Pirates scored seven runs on seven hits in the third and fourth innings, including first baseman Michael Chavis’ second career grand slam. The Pittsburgh Pirates assembled the three elements necessary to achieve winning baseball - hitting, pitching, fielding - and the result was their first victory of the season, 9-4 against the St.
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