Knowing his team needed a dominant start, Rich Hill mowed down a struggling St. Louis Cardinals team as he helped the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 2-1 win, clinching a series sweep.
Hill limited the Cardinals to just five hits over 6.2 innings, striking out six batters while walking only three. His only earned run came against his penultimate hitter, Andrew Knizner, who took a misplaced cutter over the wall in left field.
Dauri Moreta cashed in on a chance to end the seventh by striking out Paul Goldschmidt on five pitches. He followed up the strikeout with his newfound “K” pose.