It was not the start to the season they hoped for, but the Pittsburgh Pirates were shut-out by the St. Louis Cardinals, 9-0, on Opening Day.
Tyler O’Neill and Harrison Bader each collected two hits while three Cardinal hitters posted a home run. Meanwhile, veteran Adam Wainwright extended his scoreless streak against the Pirates to 32 innings after six innings of work.
For Pittsburgh, J.T. Brubaker struggled, to put it lightly, in his first outing of the season, allowing four runs on four hits in just three innings of work. Offensively, Yoshi Tsutsugo went 2-for-3 with a pair of singles while catcher Roberto Perez went 1-for-2 with a walk.