Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 10, St. Louis 2
When: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, September 12, 2008
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Gary Darling, 1B - Paul Emmel, 2B - James Hoye, 3B - Jerry Meals
Attendance: 14903
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Gary Darling, 1B - Paul Emmel, 2B - James Hoye, 3B - Jerry Meals
Attendance: 14903
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 |
Team Records
| Team | W/L | Home | Away | Streak |
| St. Louis | 78-69 | 40-34 | 38-35 | L3 |
| Pittsburgh | 61-86 | 35-37 | 26-49 | W1 |
Recap Quick Hits
- With this win, the Pittsburgh Pirates have a 35-37 record at home this season. The St. Louis Cardinals have a 38-35 record on the road.
- Pittsburgh has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Pirates have won 3 of their last 10 games.
- St. Louis has a streak of 3 straight up losses. The Cardinals have won 4 of their last 10 games.
- Paul Maholm pitched 8.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 3.68. Joel Pineiro took the loss for St. Louis.
- Nate McLouth had the only homerun for Pittsburgh.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| St. Louis | Pittsburgh | |
| Joel Pineiro | Player | Paul Maholm |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 4.0 | IP | 8.0 |
| 4 | Strikeouts | 3 |
| 8 | Hits | 7 |
| 15.75 | ERA | 2.25 |
Hitting
| St. Louis | Pittsburgh | |
| Mark Johnson | Player | Nate McLouth |
| 1 | Hits | 3 |
| 1 | RBI | 5 |
| 0 | HR | 1 |
| 1 | TB | 9 |
| 1.000 | Avg | .750 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| St. Louis | 7 | 0 | 9 | .233 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh | 14 | 1 | 22 | .378 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |