ST. LOUIS -- There was no 100th loss Sunday at Busch Stadium.
Instead, the Pirates dug themselves out of an early hole, rallied against a pitcher -- Adam Wainwright -- who has been a bully for more than a decade and avoid the sweep against the Cardinals, winning by a score of 7-5.
“That’s why I’m really proud of this group," Derek Shelton said. "That first inning was not pretty. We did some things that we need to clean up. But a day like this, all the ceremonial stuff.