Jose Quintana was nails in his second start as a Cardinal (3 ER over 12 innings so far), Albert Pujols recorded his first four-hit game in nearly two years, and St. Louis bounced back with a convincing win in Denver.
Nolan Arenado also homered, Paul DeJong continued his resurgence with a four-hit game of his own, and Yadier Molina hit a long single off the left field wall but was held at first base because he’s so damn slow. It turns out the Pirates fans on Twitter who told me that Chris Stratton stinks weren’t wrong, but he wasn’t bad enough to blow a seven-run lead.