On Saturday afternoon in St. Louis the Pittsburgh Pirates suffered their fifth loss in the last six games falling to the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 6-4. This was the first time this season that the Pirates lost to the Cardinals, and they are now 4-1 on the year against their NL Central Division foes. Here are the three stars and three stiffs from today’s game.
Stars
Starting pitcher Jeff Locke – Four batters into the game Jeff Locke had yet to record an out, had allowed two runs, and had already thrown over 20 pitches.