By Bill Brink / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
ST. LOUIS — Pedro Alvarez wasn’t getting much to hit Sunday. So he took his walks — four of them in a row, in fact.
“I just tried to stay within myself and work with whatever they give me,” Alvarez said. “With that being said, just really trying to focus on hitting a pitch I can hit.”
Alvarez walked seven times in his final 10 plate appearances of the series against the St. Louis Cardinals, two of them intentional. The streak of four in a row ended when he hit a long home run that broke a 1-1 tie Sunday.