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Jake Woodford Tagged With Loss in Cardinals-Pirates Match

Pittsburgh moneyline bettors cashed on Friday courtesy of a 5-4 win against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium.

Pittsburgh was an underdog by +160 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went PUSH the consensus closing total of 9.

Wil Crowe earned the victory for the Pirates, throwing 5 innings of work, striking out 2, walking 2, and allowing 8 hits and 4 earned runs. That effort was supported by 2 RBIs from Phillip Evans in the win.

St. Louis's starting pitcher Jake Woodford worked 0 innings, giving up 1 hits and 1 earned runs while striking out 0 in the loss. They got 2 hits from Nolan Arenado in a losing cause.

The game was closed out by Richard Rodriguez who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 0 hits, 0 walks and fanned 2 batters to earn the save.