Rookie Church's Game-Saving Catch Secures Cards' Win

0:00On April 30th, rookie Nathan Church pulled off a game-saving robbery in left field. Leabing over the six-foot wall to Snagg would have been a... ...walk-off to run Homer by Nick Gonzalez, handing the St. Louis Cardinals a five-to-four victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. It all went down in the ninth inning off reliever, Riley O'Brien, with Ryan O'Hern singling to start things and Marcel O'Zuna striking out before. Gonzalez crushed a first-pitch slider, 373 feet out. A shot that clears the fence in 27 of 30 big lead parks. Cards fans are buzzing after their thirst-straight win in this four-game set, while the Pirates slumped to a season-worst four-losses in a row, going. Just one for 12 with runners in scoring position and leaving 11 on base. Andre Palante, dominated with six innings of one run ball for the win, J.J. Weatherhold drove in the go-ahead run early, and Allid Burleson added a two-run blast, though Pittsburgh chipped away late with homers and singles.

1:00Series wraps tomorrow with Cardinals rookie Hunter Davins, making his debut against Pittsburgh Ace Paul Schienes, who's sitting at four-and-two with A, 2.48 ERA. This has been MLB News Today, powered by AI.