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

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Broadcast Schedule

Tuesday, November 25:
4:30p, WBB: Wabash Valley @ Mineral Area+
4:30p, GBB: Fredericktown @ Arcadia Valley
6:30p, BBB, AV Qtrs: 4-Fredericktown vs 5-Bismarck
Wednesday, November 26:
5:30p, NHL: St. Louis @ New Jersey*
6:00p, BBB, AV Semis: 1-SI vs TBD^
8:00p, BBB, AV Semis: 2-AV vs 3-WC^
Thursday, November 27:
2:00p, NFL, Week 13: Kansas City @ Dallas
6:00p, BBB, AV 3rd Place: TBD vs TBD+^
8:00p, BBB, AV Championship: TBD vs TBD+^
Friday, November 28:
2:30p, NHL: Ottawa @ St. Louis*
Saturday, November 29:
6:30p, NHL: Utah @ St. Louis*
Monday, December 1:
4:30p, WBB: Mineral Area @ Lincoln Trail
6:30p, NHL: Anaheim @ St. Louis*
Wednesday, December 3:
4:30p, WBB: Mineral Area @ John A. Logan
Thursday, December 4:
5:00p, GBB: Arcadia Valley @ North County^
5:30p, NHL: St. Louis @ Boston*
Saturday, December 6:
12:30p, WBB: Coahoma @ Mineral Area
5:30p, NHL: St. Louis @ Ottawa*
Sunday, December 7:
5:30p, NHL: St. Louis @ Montreal*
6:00p, NFL, Week 14: Houston @ Kansas City
Tuesday, December 9:
6:30p, NHL: Boston @ St. Louis*
Thursday, December 11:
6:30p, GBB: Arcadia Valley @ Potosi^
6:30p, NHL: St. Louis @ Nashville*
Friday, December 12:
6:30p, NHL: Chicago @ St. Louis*
7:00p, BBB: Valle Catholic @ Ste. Genevieve^
Saturday, December 13:
9:30a, BBB: Valley Caledonia vs Hayti
11:30a, BBB: West County vs Steelville
1:00p, WBB: Olney Central @ Mineral Area
3:00p, MBB: Indian Hills @ Mineral Area
5:00p, BBB: Farmington vs Scott City
8:00p, GBB: Central vs Bunker
Sunday, December 14:
11:00a, NFL, Week 15: Los Angeles @ Kansas City
^ - denotes live video
+ -denotes game on KFMOsportsPlus
* - denotes game on B104.3