THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS AGAIN APPEAR READY TO MAKE A RUN AT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL AS THEY CONTINUED THEIR WINNING STREAK LAST NIGHT BEATING THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES 10-2.
THE DAMAGE CAME EARLY ON MONDAY NIGHT AS ALBERT PUJOLS HIT A THREE RUN BOMB IN THE A FOUR RUN FIRST INNING THAT QUICKLY PUT THE CARDINALS ON TOP FOR GOOD.
PIRATES STARTER ROSS OHLENDORF DIDN'T RECORD A SINGLE OUT AND WAS CHARGED FOR TWO RUNS ON TWO HITS WITH ONE WALK BEING.
OHLENDORF LASTED JUST EIGHT PITCHES BEFORE BEING REMOVED DUE TO STIFFNESS IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
ON CAME RELIEVER SEAN GALLAGHER WITH RUNNERS AT THE CORNERS AND NOBODY OUT WITH PUJOLS IN THE BOX AND BIG ALBERT DID HIS THING.
PUJOLS WOULD ADD A SINGLE AND A DOUBLE IN THE EFFORT. YADIER MOLINA ALSO HAD THREE HITS AND DROVE IN TWO RUNS.
THE WIN WAS THE THIRD STRAIGHT FOR THE CARDINALS AND THEY HAVE TRIMMED DOWN PHILADELPHIA'S WILD CARD LEAD TO JUST ONE GAME. THEY STILL TRAIL CINCINNATI BY THREE IN THE CENTRAL DIVISION RACE.
THE CARDINALS AND PIRATES ARE BACK AT IT TONIGHT IN PITTSBURGH. ON THE HILL FOR THE CARDINALS WILL BE 17-7 ADAM WAINWRIGHT. THE PIRATES ARE SET TO SEND OUT 7-12 PAUL MAHOLM.
FIRST PITCH IN PITTSBURGH IS SET FOR 6:05.
