Adam Wainwright and Matt Adams hit back-to-back doubles and Brandon Moss slugged a three-run homer to key a six-run 12th inning Friday as the St. Louis Cardinals beat Pittsburgh 9-3.It was a game that might have cost the Pirates something beyond a loss as two regulars left with injuries.
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Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Gerrit Cole center, talks with catcher Francisco Cervelli (29) a … There was no immediate report on the nature of the right-hander’s problem.
Cole was removed after giving up a leadoff single to Carpenter. After a few minutes of consultation, Cole walked to the dugout.
Chris Stewart pinch hit for Cervelli and remained in the game at catcher.
Nicasio (5-5) was charged with six runs in one inning after beating the New York Mets in the second game of a doubleheader Tuesday when he allowed one run in five innings as a starter.
The Pirates have had the upper hand facing the Cardinals as of late, as they have won five of their last six games facing them and four of their last five facing them at home.
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The Cardinals went ahead 3-2 in the eighth inning on Carpenter’s three-run home run, his 10th, off Neftali Feliz. Pitcher Adam Wainwright’s tiebreaking, pinch-hit two-run double ignited a six-run rally in the 12th inning as the Cardinals won the series opener to move a season-high five games over.500. Martinez, who pitched eight scoreless innings and struck out eight in his previous turn at Milwaukee, has fanned 22 batters over his last 19 innings after going three straight starts with a combined seven. Matt Carpenter is having a pretty good season as well with 61 hits, 44 runs and 42 RBI thus far. Peralta and Moss also had two hits. In his last four starts he has gone 19 innings and has been battered for 21 earned runs. After back-to-back singles by Starling Marte and Cervelli, Marte scored on a fielder’s choice grounder by Josh Harrison.In the fifth, John Jaso drove in Jordy Mercer with a single to increase Pittsburgh’s lead to 2-0. 2B Matt Carpenter, who jammed his hand Thursday at Cincinnati, started for the Cardinals on Friday…. It’s been a fairly rough 11 starts and 4-5 record for Liriano this year, as he’s sitting on a 5.25 ERA with a 1.64 WHIP in 61.2 innings.
