Cardinals Fall Short of Sweep, Defeated by Pirates

Connor HarbitSeptember 20th, 2024St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis, Mo. (KFMO) - The St. Louis Cardinals fell just a bit short of completing the sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates, dropping the final game 3-2 on Thursday.

Both teams picked up their first run in the 4th inning, but the Cardinals led briefly in the bottom of the sixth following an RBI double for Brendan Donovan. The Pirates tied things up in the very next half inning, the top of the seventh, on a solo home run for Yasmani Grandal. They'd then score the winning run in the top of the 8th, an RBI single for Nick Gonzales off of JoJo Romero. Aroldis Chapman came on and shut the Cardinals down in the 9th to earn the Pirates their only win of the series.

St. Louis is now 77-76. They start a series with the Cleveland Guardians today, first pitch 7:15. Pregame starts at 6:20 on B104.3.

Out of Town Scoreboard

Week 8, Thursday 
North County-
St. Clair-
Fall Softball
Class 3, District 1 Tournament, Quarterfinal
Thursday 
2-Fredericktown-
7-Affton-
Class 3, District 1 Tournament, Quarterfinal
Thursday 
3-North County-
6-Herculaneum-
Class 5, District 1 Tournament, Quarterfinal
Thursday 
1-Lindbergh-
8-Farmington-
Class 1, District 1 Tournament, Championship Game
Thursday 
1-Kennett-
2-North County-
Thursday 
St. Pius-
Fredericktown-
MAAA Conference Tournament, Semifinal
Thursday (KFMO, Video) 
1-Potosi-
4-Bismarck-
MAAA Conference Tournament, Semifinal
Thursday (KFMO, Video) 
2-Valle Catholic-
6-Ste. Genevieve-
MAAA Conference Tournament, 3rd Place Game
Thursday (KFMO, Video) 
 TBD-
 TBD-
MAAA Conference Tournament, Championship Game
Thursday (KFMO, Video) 
 TBD-
 TBD-
Thursday 
McKinley Classical-
St. Paul-
Thursday 
Kaskaskia-
Mineral Area-

Broadcast Schedule

Thursday, October 16:
3:30p, VB, MAAA Semis: 1-Potosi vs 4-Bismarck^
5:15p, VB, MAAA Semis: 2-Valle vs 6-Ste. Gen^
6:30p, VB, MAAA Tournament 3rd Place Game^
7:45p, VB, MAAA Tournament Championship Game^
Friday, October 17:
6:00p, KFMOsports Tailgate Show fueled by McDonald’s
6:30p, FB, Week 8: Farmington @ Festus^
Saturday, October 18:
12:30p, SB, C3D1 Semis: IF Fred/NC
5:30p, NHL: Dallas @ St. Louis*
Sunday, October 19:
11:00a, NFL, Week 7: Las Vegas @ Kansas City
Monday, October 20:
3:30p, SB, C3D1 Final: IF Fred/NC
Tuesday, October 21:
6:00p, VB: Southwestern IL @ Mineral Area+
6:30p, NHL: Los Angeles @ St. Louis*
Thursday, October 23:
6:30p, FB, Week 9: Sullivan @ North County
6:30p, NHL: Utah @ St. Louis*
Friday, October 24:
6:00p, KFMOsports Tailgate Show fueled by McDonald’s
6:30p, FB, Week 9: Central @ Farmington^
Saturday, October 25:
5:30p, NHL: St. Louis @ Detroit*
Monday, October 27:
5:30p, NHL: St. Louis @ Pittsburgh*
6:00p, NFL, Week 8: Washington @ Kansas City
Tuesday, October 28:
6:45p, NHL: Detroit @ St. Louis*
Thursday, October 30:
6:30p, NHL: Vancouver @ St. Louis*
Friday, October 31:
6:30p, FB, Districts: TBD vs TBD
^ - denotes live video
+ -denotes game on KFMOsportsPlus
* - denotes game on B104.3