Piscotty, Grichuk both homer as Cardinals beat Pirates

In the Cardinals’ half of the inning, Garcia hit a lead-off double off Glasnow.

Promoted due to injuries, or finally called upon to rescue the rotation, depending on your perspective, Baseball America’s No. 14 prospect in all of baseball took the Busch Stadium mound against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Pittsburgh Pirates’ Matt Joyce pauses before getting up after grounding out to end the top of the sixth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Thursday, July 7, 2016, in St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Adam Wainwright relished the chance to stop a skid.

Pittsburgh is 6-0 in their last six road games, 6-1 in their last seven against a team with a winning record, and 4-0 in their last four road games against a righty while the Cards are 24-10 in their last 34 Thursday games, 1-5 in their last six during game four of a series, and 4-1 in Waino’s last five home starts against a team with a winning record. “He was on top of his game”. It is also worth noting that the lowest point for Glasnow was a fifth inning solo home run blasted by Cardinals’ outfielder Randal Grichuk. “We have to stay the course. He was saying, ‘Yeah, I was just wondering when you are going up.’ I said, ‘I just told you, ‘ and he was like, ‘Oh my God!'” Diaz hit it off the top of the wall in left-center, about four inches from being a home run, and ended up with a triple. Piscotty had three homers during the home stand but didn’t think this one was out.

Glasnow, 22, has a 1.78 ERA through 96 minor league innings this season at Triple-A Indianapolis. “It was a fun experience”.

“It’s a downhill angle”, manager Clint Hurdle said. A weak dribbler by shortstop Jordy Mercer gave Joyce enough time to score and get a lead for their rookie pitcher.

Wainwright matched his season best with nine strikeouts and got his 129th career win, passing Harry Brecheen for seventh on the franchise list.

“They have a great lineup, they have guys that work counts, so you knew you had to be ahead and get the ball on the ground early”, Wainwright said. Two batters later, Glasnow lined a pitch into left field to get his first hit as a major leaguer. During the homestand there were 5 hours and 44 minutes of delays.

Glasnow is expected to be recalled by the Pirates and start during their weekend series in Chicago, ESPN’s Buster Olney reports.