FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT GAME THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS FOUND THEMSELVES ON THE SHORT END OF THE SCOREBOARD AGAINST THE TEAM WITH THE WORST RECORD IN BASEBALL.
THE PITTSBURGH HANDED THE CARDINALS A 5-2 SETBACK ON WEDNESDAY DROPPING THE CARDINALS TO THREE AND HALF GAMES BACK OF CINCINNATI IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL STANDINGS.
THE PIRATES STARTED THE SCORING IN THE THIRD INNING WHEN NEIL WALKER HIT A BASES LOADED TRIPLE.
FROM THERE IT WAS ALL ABOUT STARTER DANIEL McCUTCHEN WHO PITCHED SIX SHUTOUT INNINGS ALLOWING JUS THREE CARDINALS HITS AND FANNING FIVE.
THE CARDINALS OFFENSE MUSTERED JUST SINGLE RUNS IN THE SEVENTH AND NINTH INNINGS. THE CARDINALS LEFT EIGHT ON THE BASE PATHS.
ST. LOUIS STARTS A FOUR GAME WEEKEND SERIES IN THE NATIONALS CAPITAL TONIGHT.
ON THE HILL FOR THE CARDINALS WILL BE 14-4 CHRIS CARPENTER. THE NATIONALS WILL SEND OUT JORDAN ZIMMERMANN WHO IS MAKING HIS FIRST START OF THE YEAR.
