PITTSBURGH • The bright sun bouncing off the yellow Roberto Clemente Bridge and Allegheny River hid the sub-freezing temp that greeted the Cardinals at PNC Park for the Pirates' opening day.
The long, winding road home takes the Cardinals outside for the first time this season as they face the Buccos at the start of a two-game series. For the first time since 1997, when they started their season in Montreal and then under the dome in Houston, the Cardinals had four consecutive games indoors at the opening of a regular season. They only forces of nature they encountered in Milwaukee was Christian Yelich -- and a stiff breeze from 47 strikeouts.