By MATT PIKE
Sonny Gray put together seven strong innings for the St. Louis Cardinals, but the Redbirds bats went quiet, and the Pittsburgh Pirates took a lead in the four game series winning 2-1 on Wednesday evening at Busch Stadium
The Cardinals took the lead for Gray in the second inning Pedro Pagés hitting an RBI single to drive in Masyn Winn. But in the sixth inning, former Cardinal Tommy Pham gave the Pirates the lead for good on a two RBI single, scoring Jared Triolo and Spencer Horwitz for the only runs they would need to win the game.
Gray fell to 12-7 with the loss pitching seven innings and giving up two runs, one earned, on three hits with seven strikeouts and three walks. At the plate, Pagés led the way going 2-for-4 with an RBI as the Cardinals had just four hits in the game.
St. Louis and Pittsburgh wrap up their series tomorrow. Miles Mikolas (6-10, 5.17 ERA) takes the mound for the Cardinals against Braxton Ashcraft (4-2, 2.70 ERA) for the Pirates. First pitch is at 1:15pm with coverage being joined at 1:05 on KY 102 (102.5 FM).
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