Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer, Matthew Liberatore pitched five shutout innings and Yadier Molina passed Iván Rodríguez for the most putouts by a catcher in MLB history during the St. Louis Cardinals’ 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday.
It was the first game of a day-night doubleheader and gave the Cardinals their fourth win in five games. The Pirates dropped their season-high eighth straight.
Miles Mikolas was one strike from a no-hitter when he gave up a double to Cal Mitchell with two outs in the ninth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals routed the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-1 to sweep a doubleheader Tuesday night.
The hit came on the 129th pitch from Mikolas (5-4), a career-high. He was lifted right after that for Packy Naughton, who got the final out to hand the Pirates their ninth straight loss.
Cardinals RHP Jack Flaherty (right shoulder) will make his season debut in Wednesday night’s series finale rather than make a third minor league rehabilitation start.
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