Martinez retired Bryan Reynolds to start the ninth and then hit Starling Marte with a pitch. Josh Bell followed with a single up the middle to send Marte to third. Colin Moran followed with a sharp grounder to Kolten Wong at second, who dived to his left to stop it, but he bobbled it, wiping out the chance for a double play and eventually missing the chance to get Moran at first. Marte scored to put the Pirates ahead. A walk to Corey Dickerson loaded the bases, and then Kevin Newman hit a grounder to Paul DeJong at short, who got the force at second but Wong's relay to first short-hopped Paul Goldschmidt and he couldn't make the play.
Cardinals offense leaves Flaherty in a bind in 3-1 loss to Pirates
