The Pittsburgh Pirates have clinched a sweep of the division rival St. Louis Cardinals. Bae Ji-Hwan got the win.

Pittsburgh won 4-3 at home against St. Louis on 4 April at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. With the win, the Pirates clinched the best-of-seven series and improved to 30-27. St. Louis is 25 for 34.

Bae, who was scratched from the start against left-hander Jordan Montgomery, came in as a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning for Mark Matthias, who reached on a fielding error.

Starting at first base, he was able to get home. Then, with runners on first and second, Connor Cho hit a ball over the left field fence to bring in both runners. From 1-1 to 3-1, it was the big hit of the game. Bae scored the game-winning run. Pittsburgh increased its lead to 4-1 after Cho doubled and Carlos Santana singled.

Bae, who remained in the middle infield, laid down a sacrifice bunt with the bases loaded in the seventh inning to put the tying run in scoring position. Unfortunately, the eighth inning opportunity did not result in a run.

Earlier in the day, Pittsburgh fell behind to a Wilson Contreras solo home run in the second inning, but levelled the score in the fifth with a solo shot from Keebrian Hayes. In the sixth inning, the offence took over, with three more runs scoring on a throwing error by third baseman Nolan Arenado.

St. Louis’ resistance was formidable. In the eighth inning, Nolan Gorman hit a two-run home run over the right field fence off Colin Holderman to cut the deficit to 4-3, but the Cardinals would get no closer.

The game was halted for about an hour due to rain that fell during a St. Louis rally in the top of the third inning.

The pitching staffs of both teams were different. St. Louis kept Jordan Montgomery on the mound. Montgomery went 5 2/3 innings, allowing four runs (one earned) on four hits, one homer, one walk and five strikeouts. 안전놀이터

Pittsburgh pulled starter Luis Ortiz to make it a bullpen game. Call-up Angel Perdomo came up big, throwing 2 1/3 perfect innings. Dauri Moretta, who came on in relief with runners on first and second in the sixth inning, got five outs to set the stage for the comeback. Yohan Ramirez relieved Holden with runners on first and second in the eighth and retired two straight batters to put out the fire. David Bednar earned his second straight save.