He returned quickly enough to the old Frankie, and the Bucs got on the board in the third. With two down, Joe Kelly walked Pedro to load the bases and Russ Martin to force home a run, making it 3-1. It stayed that way after four; the Pirates have stranded five guys in the last two frames, albeit with two outs.
The Redbirds got that run back in the sixth. After retiring 13 batters in a row, Liriano served a gopher ball (it was an 0-2 pitch we're sure he'd want back) to Yadier Molina to make it 4-1. That was followed by a bloop single and a walk, but Frankie got the 8-9 hitters on weak grounders to end his night after 105 pitches.
The Bucs had a pair aboard with an out in their half when Kelly got the hook. Carlos Martinez coaxed a pair of grounders from Starling Marte and Travis Snider to squelch that threat; the Bucs have stranded ten runners through six innings.
Jeanmar Gomez pitched a scoreless seventh. Cutch walked to open the Pirate half, but died at first. Gomez put away the Cards in the eighth; Kevin Siegrist did the same to Pittsburgh. Jeanmar finished off his three inning stint by giving up a two-run shot to Jhonny Peralto. It didn't much matter. Pat Neshek tossed a 1-2-3 ninth, and the Pirates went down 6-1.
That evens the series, with the decider on slate for tomorrow afternoon at 1:35 when the Cards send Adam Wainwright to the bump to take on Edinson Volquez.
- With a single in the fourth, Starling Marte has reached base safely in all 17 games he's played against the Cards.
- Travis Ishikawa's fifth straight start tonight was his longest starting streak since 2009 when he was with the Giants.
- Tonight’s attendance was 30,092 for a chilly fireworks night.
- Pitt's baseball team (16-14, 8-6 ACC) walked off against top-ranked Virginia (26-5, 11-3 ACC), 2-1, this afternoon before a sold-out crowd at Cost Field. A ninth inning sac fly gave the Panthers a very impressive win.
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