The Pittsburgh Pirates got a tough win over the St. Louis Cardinals yesterday at PNC Park with the Pirates victorious 4 to 3. It was a huge win that rooters with Pirates tickets aren’t likely to forget. You never know what you’ll see at a baseball game so get your cheap tickets today!

Pirates pitcher Joel Hanrahan (3.79 ERA) got the win, while Adam Wainwright (2.18 ERA) took the loss for the Cardinals. Paul Maholm went 6.2 solid innings for the Pirates, allowed 7 hits, one home run and 2 earned runs with one walk and 4 strikeouts. The Cardinals’s starter Adam Wainwright went 7 innings, allowed 7 hits, no home runs and 4 earned runs with 4 walks and 6 strikeouts. Fernando Salas (2.35) also pitched for the Cardinals. With the win, Hanrahan’s record goes to 3-1, while Wainwright drops to 17-8. Evan Meek earned the save for the Pirates, bringing his saves up to 2.

In addition to the 4 runs, the Pirates put up 7 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Pirates, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. Albert Pujols had the most hits for the Cardinals (3), followed by Randy Winn (1). Matt Holliday could not get much going at the plate as he left 4 runners on base. The Cardinals mustered 3 runs, 11 hits and no errors.

Umpiring duties were performed by Phil Cuzzi, Brian O’Nora, Chris Guccione and Jerry Crawford. There were 13,302 Pirates ticket holders in attendance at PNC Park.