ST. LOUIS -- Charlie Morton had pitched himself into trouble in the second inning. Then pitched himself out of it. Or so he thought, until being rudely reminded that this was Busch Stadium, which never plays fair with his Pirates.
"I feel like I've pitched against them pretty well. I just want to beat them, and it's getting frustrating," Morton was reduced to saying following the Bucs' 4-1 loss to the Cardinals on Saturday.
Morton had already walked a man and hit another in the second inning, but felt confident enough to issue one of those intentional/unintentional walks to Matt Carpenter to load the bases with two outs.