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Wong again

ST. LOUIS - Matt Holliday is keeping quiet about his recent hitting surge.However, his St. Louis teammates are more than happy to praise him after Holliday hit the go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning Monday to rally the Cardinals to a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.St. Louis moved into sole possession of first place in the NL Central for the first time this season with its third straight win. The Cardinals are one game ahead of Milwaukee, which lost to the Chicago Cubs. Pittsburgh dropped three games back.Kolten Wong started the three-run rally in the seventh with a two-run, ...

Wainwright, Cards defeat the Pirates

ST. LOUIS - To earn his 16th win, Adam Wainwright really needed his bat.Wainwright matched his career best with three RBIs, an unexpected boost that helped carry the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night."There's usually two or three games a year that you swing the outcome if you can provide something offensively," Wainwright said. "I just made a couple of good swings."The bottom of the order was the difference in the fourth win in a row for the NL Central leaders. Eighth-place hitter Peter Bourjos singled twice with an RBI, and seventh-place ...

Cards deal Bucs a tough loss

ST. LOUIS - Peter Bourjos had no trouble calling the 310th hit in his big league career the biggest.Hitting in the eighth spot, Bourjos singled home the winning run in the ninth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 Wednesday to stretch their winning streak to five."I had a walkoff hit in Anaheim, but I think at this point, we're leading the division and it's a big game in September and the one in Anaheim was in August," Bourjos said. "So this is the biggest hit."Yadier Molina walked with two outs in the ninth on a 3-2 pitch from Mark Melancon (2-4), who had ...

Pirates get 2 big wins against Cubs

CHICAGO (AP) - Lots of positive news for the Pittsburgh Pirates at Wrigley Field on Saturday. They collected two wins over the Chicago Cubs, and then there was an optimistic report on the status of dynamic infielder Josh Harrison.Francisco Liriano struck out nine in six innings, and the Pirates beat Cubs 5-0 after taking the suspended series opener in 11 innings."He had real good swing-and-miss stuff," Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said. "He threw a lot of pitches that looked like strikes and ended up balls. The nine Ks were big for us - and him pitching through the sixth."Pittsburgh ...

Pirates hit 4 homers in win over Cubs

CHICAGO (AP) - The Pittsburgh Pirates had one successful weekend at Wrigley Field. It was so good that even Gerrit Cole had a big swing at the plate.Cole pitched six-plus innings and hit his first career homer, and the Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 10-4 on Sunday to move into the second wild-card slot in the National League."Yeah, it's pretty sweet," Cole said. "Everybody wants to hit a home run in the show, and it happened at Wrigley, which is really cool."The Pirates swept the three-game series against the last-place Cubs to improve to 12-4 against Chicago this season, including 7-2 at ...

Locke keeps Bucs in wild-card hunt

PHILADELPHIA - Starling Marte had turned toward a crowd of media at his locker when a passing teammate cracked a one-liner about the soft-spoken outfielder."What do they think they'll get out of Marte," he asked.In words, maybe not much.At the plate, enough to keep Pittsburgh in the hunt for a second straight playoff spot.Marte hit a two-run homer and fell a triple short of the cycle to help the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-4 on Monday night.Jeff Locke (7-4) struck out nine over seven strong innings to help the Pirates go up 1 1-2 games on Milwaukee and Atlanta for ...