ST. LOUIS — For the Pittsburgh Pirates, Sunday night’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium will be their 76th out of 162.
But it also represents a chance for them to finish a winning road trip with a sweep of their National League Central rivals that could possibly move them a step closer to first place in a division where no one has run off and hid like the Chicago Cubs did last year.
“We were able to win the series today,” Pittsburgh second baseman Josh Harrison said after Saturday night’s 7-3 decision over St.