Castillo’s three errors factor into Pirates’ 3-1 loss to Cardinals

Yeah, we’ll talk about the balk.If this game had a theme song, at least for the Pirates, it would be this:

It’s bad enough that the Bucs have lost eight in a row, going down to the Cardinals 3-1 at Busch Stadium this afternoon in the first game of a doubleheader. What made it worse is that it was an absolute circus of a fourth inning that sealed the Pirates’ fate, and rookie shortstop Diego Castillo was the ringleader.

Things started out okay at least as far as the Bucs’ defense went: JT Brubaker was on the mound, pitching to newly-minted MLB catcher Jason Delay. Paul Goldschmidt did hit a homer off one of JT’s sinkers in the third to put the Cards up 1-0, but Goldschmidt’s been a beast as of…