The Pittsburgh Pirates lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in overtime.
Pittsburgh lost to St. Louis 4-5 on the 17th (Korean time) at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
The game was split in 10 overtime. The hero of the ending hit was Tommy Edman, who also played for the Korean national team. He hit a heavy hit with two out and bases loaded to end the game.
Pittsburgh’s Bae Ji-hwan, who was excluded from the start, was replaced with center fielder ahead of the defense in the bottom of the 10th inning.
He came down to the infield when the bases were loaded with one out. Manager Derek Shelton came up with his infield glove and handed it to him. It was a tactic to pressure the opponent by having five infielders, including Bae Ji-hwan, as the game would end if the ball went out into the outfield.
When Will Crow struck out Jordan Walker looking for two outs, Bae Ji-hwan returned to the outfield. He was able to get through the crisis, but he allowed a hit to Edmund and the game ended.
Pittsburgh took a one-run lead in the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Brian Reynolds. After St. Louis tied the game 1-1 with a timely hit by Wilson Contreras in the bottom of the first inning, it was 2-1 again with a timely hit by Austin Hedges in the top of the second inning.
In the 6th inning, with 2nd out, 1st and 3rd base, Tucupita Macano at bat, opponent 2nd baseman Brendan Donovan added a run when he failed to properly handle a ground ball.
St. Louis immediately balanced with a long shot.메이저사이트 In the bottom of the 6th inning, Lars Nuthba hit a two-run homer that went over the right wall to tie the score at 3-3.
Pittsburgh scored a run in the top of the 10th inning by calling a runner on second base who was out first, but it was not enough. In the bottom of the 10th inning, St. Louis finished the game with Edmon’s hit following Nolan Gorman’s acknowledged double in the bottom of the 10th with one out on first and second base.