The St. Louis Cardinals are advancing to the National League Championship Series after defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-1 Wednesday night.
The Cardinals won the National League Division Series 3-2 and will face the Los Angeles Dodgers for a chance to appear in the World Series.
After a historic season in which the Pittsburgh Pirates reached their first playoffs in over two decades, the Pirates were unable to score with runners in scoring position, notching 8 hits and only 1 run for the night.
The following statistics are provided courtesy of ESPN.
St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||||||
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Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
M Carpenter 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .053 | .143 | .053 |
C Beltran RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .222 | .333 | .611 |
M Holliday LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .300 | .333 | .500 |
M Adams 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .316 | .381 | .526 |
Y Molina C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | .294 | .400 | .529 |
J Jay CF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .188 | .350 | .188 |
D Freese 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .188 | .278 | .375 |
D Descalso 3B
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .111 | .111 | .111 |
P Kozma SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .400 | .455 | .500 |
A Wainwright P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .000 | .167 | .000 |
Totals | 33 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 124 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||||||
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Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
S Marte LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .053 | .143 | .211 |
M Melancon P
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
J Grilli P
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
N Walker 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | .000 | .095 | .000 |
A McCutchen CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .278 | .381 | .333 |
J Morneau 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .300 | .300 | .350 |
M Byrd RF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .333 | .368 | .444 |
P Alvarez 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .353 | .421 | .941 |
R Martin C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .154 | .278 | .154 |
C Barmes SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .286 | .286 | .286 |
b-J Tabata PH-LF
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
G Cole P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
a-G Jones PH
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
J Wilson P
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
V Mazzaro P
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
T Watson P
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
c-J Mercer PH-SS
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .333 | .250 |