Cardinals Fall Short of Sweep, Defeated by Pirates

Connor HarbitSeptember 20th, 2024St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis, Mo. (KFMO) - The St. Louis Cardinals fell just a bit short of completing the sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates, dropping the final game 3-2 on Thursday.

Both teams picked up their first run in the 4th inning, but the Cardinals led briefly in the bottom of the sixth following an RBI double for Brendan Donovan. The Pirates tied things up in the very next half inning, the top of the seventh, on a solo home run for Yasmani Grandal. They'd then score the winning run in the top of the 8th, an RBI single for Nick Gonzales off of JoJo Romero. Aroldis Chapman came on and shut the Cardinals down in the 9th to earn the Pirates their only win of the series.

St. Louis is now 77-76. They start a series with the Cleveland Guardians today, first pitch 7:15. Pregame starts at 6:20 on B104.3.

Out of Town Scoreboard

Class 4, District 2 Tournament, Quarterfinal
Saturday (KFMO) 
4-Central-
5-Perryville-
Class 3, District 3 Tournament, Semifinal
Saturday 
2-West County-
3-St. Pius-
Class 4, District 3 Tournament, Semifinal
Saturday 
1-Potosi-
5-St. James-
Class 4, District 1 Tournament, Quarterfinal
Friday - Final
4-Doniphan12
5-Fredericktown2
Boys Tennis
No Games Today
   
   
Class 4, District 1 Tournament, Quarterfinal
Saturday 
1-Cor Jesu-
8-Farmington-
Friday - Final
Windsor9
Fredericktown0
No Games Today
   
   

Broadcast Schedule

Saturday, May 16:
12:20p, MLB: Kansas City @ St. Louis*
12:30p, Base, C4D2 Qtrs: 4-Central vs 5-Perryville
Sunday, May 17
12:20p, MLB: Kansas City @ St. Louis*
Monday, May 18
3:00p, Base, C5D1 Qtrs: 2-Farmington vs 7-DeSoto
OR
4:30p, Base, C3D3 Final: IF 2-West County
Tuesday, May 19:
4:00p, SB, Class 2 Qtrfinal: Kennett @ Central
5:50p, MLB: Pittsburgh @ St. Louis*
Wednesday, May 20:
1:30p, Base, C4D2 Final: TBD vs TBD
5:30p, Base, C5D1 Semis: IF 2-Farmington
5:50p, MLB: Pittsburgh @ St. Louis*
Thursday, May 21:
11:20a, MLB: Pittsburgh @ St. Louis*
Friday, May 22:
4:00p, Base, C5D1 Final: IF Farm
4:45p, MLB: St. Louis @ Cincinnati*
Saturday, May 23:
5:20p, MLB: St. Louis @ Cincinnati*
Sunday, May 24
11:45a, MLB: St. Louis @ Cincinnati*
Monday, May 25
12:15p, MLB: St. Louis @ Milwaukee*
Tuesday, May 26
5:45p, MLB: St. Louis @ Milwaukee*
Wednesday, May 27
11:45a, MLB: St. Louis @ Milwaukee*
Friday, May 29
6:20p, MLB: Chicago (N) @ St. Louis*
Saturday, May 30
5:20p, MLB: Chicago (N) @ St. Louis*
Sunday, May 31
5:25p, MLB: Chicago (N) @ St. Louis*
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+ -denotes game on KFMOsportsPlus
* - denotes game on B104.3