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Article: Pirates lose eighth time in past nine games
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- May 6, 2009
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ST. LOUIS -- The Pirates lost for the eighth time in the past
nine games, wasting many chances in a 4-2 loss to the St. Louis
Cardinals on Wednesday night.
The Pirates had at least one runner in scoring position in five
of the first six innings against the NL-leading Cardinals, but hit 2
for 11 with runners in scoring position.
Albert Pujols went 4 for 4 and hit his NL-leading 11th home run.
Todd McClellan (2-1) got the win in relief of Boggs and Ryan
Franklin earned his eighth save.
It was the eighth loss in the past nine games for the Pirates (12-
15), who fell to a season-worst three games under .500.
With the Pirates trailing 4-2 and the bases loaded in the sixth,
Freddy Sanchez grounded ...