WASHINGTON -- The visiting Pittsburgh Pirates will be looking for their sixth straight win when they open a four-game series against the Washington Nationals on Monday.
Pittsburgh (17-11) completed a sweep of St. Louis on Sunday as Nick Kingham, in his major league debut, retired the first 20 batters he faced and struck out nine Cardinals in a 5-0 victory at PNC Park.
The 26-year-old Kingham was perfect until Paul DeJong's two-out single in the seventh.
"I was nervous, yeah, no doubt. But it's good to be nervous. That means I care," Kingham told MLB.