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.

Broadcast Schedule

Saturday, March 8:
10:55a, MLB: St. Louis @ Washington*
1:30p, GBB, C5D1 Semis: 3-Farm vs 7-Cape Cnt
3:00p, GBB, C5D1 Semis: 1-HBoro vs 4-NC
6:00p, GBB, C4D2 Final: 1-Central vs 2-Potosi^
6:30p, NHL: St. Louis @ Los Angeles*
Sunday, March 9:
11:55a, MLB: New York (A) @ St. Louis*
Monday, March 10:
5:30p, BBB, C5D1 Final: 1-Farm vs 2-Sikeston^
TBD, BBB, Class 4 Sectional: Potosi vs Dexter
Tuesday, March 11:
5:30p, WBB, R16 Semis: 1-Three Rivers vs 4-MAC+
TBD, GBB, Class 4 Sectional: IF LOCAL TEAM
Thursday, March 13:
5:30p, NHL: St. Louis @ Pittsburgh*
Friday, March 14:
5:30p, WBB, R16 Final: IF MAC vs TBD+
TBD, BBB, Class 4/5 Quarterfinal: IF LOCAL TEAM
Saturday, March 15:
11:55a, MLB: Toronto @ St. Louis*
6:30p, NHL: St. Louis @ Minnesota*
Sunday, March 16:
11:55a, MLB: Toronto @ St. Louis*
4:30p, NHL: Anaheim @ St. Louis*
^ - denotes live video
+ -denotes game on KFMOsportsPlus
* - denotes game on B104.3