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Molina fouled out to third baseman Moran.

Arozarena grounded out, third baseman Moran to first baseman J.Osuna.

Grounded out, third baseman Moran to first baseman J.Osuna.

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Goldschmidt doubled to center, Wong scored.

Cardinals fifth.  Molina grounded out, shortstop Newman to first baseman J.Osuna.  Carpenter doubled to left.  Bader singled to left, Carpenter scored.  Flaherty sacrificed, first baseman J.Osuna to second baseman Frazier, Bader to second.  Edman grounded out, first baseman J.Osuna to pitcher Marvel.

Cardinals sixth.  Wong walked on four pitches.  Goldschmidt doubled to center, Wong scored.  Y.Ríos pitching.  Ozuna lined out to shortstop Newman.  DeJong grounded out, third baseman Moran to first baseman J.Osuna.  Molina lined out to center fielder Marte.

 St. Louis and Pittsburgh play a three-game set, their last series against one another this year. The Cardinals are 12-4 against the Pirates this year and have won the season series each of the previous five seasons. St. Louis has scored 6.83 runs per game in PNC Park this season, their most in any ballpark.

 The Cardinals had an MLB-high 133 errors last year but have the fewest errors in baseball this season with 59. No team in major league history has gone from worst to first in total errors in consecutive seasons.

 The Pirates dropped two of three against the Marlins but are 9-4 in their last 13 games after starting the second half 8-30. Over their 13-game hot stretch, Pittsburgh is batting .318 as a team with 21 home runs and a .906 OPS.

 Yadier Molina enters the series on a 12-game hit streak, the longest active streak in the majors. Molina entered play on Aug. 23 slashing .253/.285/.352 but has a slash line of .435/.490/.783 since starting his streak. He has as many homers (four) in his last 10 games as he had in his first 83 games of the year.

 Bryan Reynolds is batting .267 and slugging .356 against the Cardinals this year, compared to a .340 batting average and .559 slugging percentage against all other opponents. Since Aug. 1, Reynolds is second in the majors with 47 hits (Anthony Rendon, Was, 49).

 The Cardinals took three of four from the Giants with Paul DeJong hitting two home runs in the series. His 26 home runs this season are the most ever by a Cardinals shortstop, breaking his own previous record of 25 in 2017.

HP - Ortiz, 1B - Tumpane, 2B - Barksdale, 3B - Barrett

This is what being the ace of a Triple-A staff gets you: A chance to make your major league debut against a hot starter and a first-place team in stretch-run mode.
That's the reality for right-hander James Marvel, 25, who will start Sunday for the Pittsburgh Pirates (62-80) in their series finale against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals.

Pirates' Marvel to face first-place Cards in debut

PITTSBURGH (AP)  Jack Flaherty always had the tools. Figuring out how to put them together has been the challenge for the 23-year-old pitcher since the former first-round pick arrived in St. Louis two years ago.
While Flaherty is sketchy on specifics about what what exactly he changed heading into the All-Star break, one thing is for certain: the roadblocks - mental, physical and otherwise - are all gone. Flaherty is rolling, and so are the Cardinals.

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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates on September 8, 2019

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