When the fastball from closer Tony Watson ended up right down the middle and not up and away as Watson hoped, Carpenter pounced. Carpenter’s blast on Tuesday was the Cardinals’ 15th of the season by a pinch hitter, setting a major league record.2.
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Down to their last strike and trailing 6-5 in the ninth inning, the Cardinals tied the game on a solo shot by pinch hitter Matt Carpenter. “Thought I could get it”. “We’ve got a team that I don’t think anybody wants to match up with, especially in a postseason scenario”. It’s a fun team to play on.
Tonight we will focus on the number 1,214.
Grichuk followed two batters later with a two-run shot off Watson (2-4), and Peralta piled on with a solo home run as St. Louis held on to the second wild card in the National League.
Yoenis Cespedes hit a go-ahead two-run homer in seventh, one of four home runs hit by NY in a victory over Cincinnati at Great American Ball Park.
“We’re not playing good ball and to go out there and (have) guys fight back and be a strike away and serve up four more runs, it’s tough to swallow”, Watson (2-4) said after his third blown save since replacing Melancon. Mike Mayers (1-1) tossed a scoreless eighth for the win, and Seung-Hwan Oh worked around a solo homer to Jung Ho Kang in the ninth for his 16th save.
The Cardinals finished with five home runs in all, including Matt Adams’ 436-foot drive over the seats in right field that plopped into the Allegheny River on the bounce.
YANKEES 5, BLUE JAYS 3 Jacoby Ellsbury overcame a first-inning deficit against R.A. Dickey with a two-run home run on the knuckleballer’s third pitch of the game, then added an RBI single to lead host NY over Toronto.
The Brewers quickly solved Jason Hammel on Tuesday night. The Pirates put two on the board against starter Luke Weaver, but scorched the Cardinals bullpen for four runs over their five innings of work.
“It’s all about location, No. 1”, manager Clint Hurdle said. He stayed in the game and got a two-run single in a four-run eighth for the NL Central leaders. Kolten Wong’s RBI single against him made it 4-2 and Gyorko opened the fourth with a long home run down the left-field line for his 26th of the year.
It looked like more of the same early on Tuesday.
The Cardinals broke out the big sticks again Tuesday night, tying an NL record and setting an Major League Baseball mark in their 9-7 win over the Pirates.
Kang had 15 home runs in 126 games last year as a rookie but has equaled the mark in his 79th game this year. The home run brought the Pirates to within 5-2. “That’s part of it”.
“Behind in the count 2-0, you’re not getting ahead of hitters”, Watson said. Kelly Johnson also went deep in New York’s 12th consecutive victory over Cincinnati.
Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 1:10 p.m.
A week ago Pittsburgh was well within striking distance of St. Louis for a playoff spot.
Toronto at New York Yankees, 6:05 p.m.
Houston at Cleveland, 6:10 p.m.
MINNEAPOLIS – Kansas City scored seven runs in the ninth inning to break a tie game in a victory over Minnesota at Target Field.
Their offense was again marginal, but San Francisco scored an unearned run in the ninth to beat Colorado.
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Boston at San Diego, 8:10 p.m.
