Game one was ugly.
Outside of the ninth inning comeback effort and Seung-Hwan Oh’s debut, there weren’t many positives to take from that one.
Last night was better, but still somewhat troubling.
Pittsburgh bats were all over Michael Wacha as he struggled to get the baseball down around the knees all night long.
The offense scored five times, and more often than not, that’s going to be enough to win.
But, after posting five runs in the first five innings off of starter Jonathon Niese, the Pittsburgh bullpen shut down the Cardinal offense over the final six frames of the 11-inning contest.