The Pittsburgh Pirates kicked off their season-ending home-and-home series with the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night, and despite a good start from pitcher Johan Oviedo, the Bucs couldn’t get anything going at the plate (big surpise) in a 2-1 defeat.
Oviedo went six innings, giving up two runs on six hits with two walks and four strikeouts. He gave up a solo shot to Albert Pujols in the fourth inning (and there’s no real shame in that despite the slugger’s age) and then an RBI single to Nolan Arenado the following inning for the only opposing runs of the day.