The Pirates' disappointing 2016 season ended with a whimper Sunday, as they gave up six runs in the seventh inning to lose 10-4 and allow the Cardinals to complete a sweep. The Cardinals, meanwhile, missed the playoffs, although that obviously didn't have anything to do with the Pirates' performance -- the Giants beat the Dodgers in San Francisco to bump them.
The Bucs started Ryan Vogelsong, who was fine, allowing one over five innings while striking out one and walking three. As Patrick Hattman pointed out in the comments of the Francisco Liriano post, though, this was a costly outing for the Pirates.