Pirates rally three times, KO Cards in 14 - STLtoday.com
PITTSBURGH • Cardinals righthander John Lackey made the 372nd start of his major-league career Saturday night. For the first time this year, he faced a foe who was the 36-year-old’s elder. This contest was a cornucopia of good plays, bad plays and no plays. Good base running and abominable base running. A third baseman tagging out a pitcher who had executed a sacrifice bunt while the pitcher was running to first. And that same pitcher (Burnett) hitting his first home run in 10 years. It came off a pitcher, longtime American Leaguer Lackey, who didn’t recall ever allowing one to a pitcher. After they had gone ahead 5-4 in the top of the 14th on Jhonny Peralta’s single that scored Matt Carpenter, Andrew McCutchen cracked a two-run homer off just-promoted rookie Nick Greenwood with nobody out in the home half to give the Pirates their... The Cardinals, who led 3-0 early in the game, had gone ahead in the 10th and 14th but faltered each time. A botched hit-and-run actually had helped the Cardinals in the top of the 14th. After Carpenter, who led off six different innings, walked, he took off on the hit-and-run with pinch hitter Tony Cruz at bat. Source: www.stltoday.com
