Paulino subs in to sink Cards
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By Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com ST. LOUIS -- In the first of what will be a stretch of 22 straight games against division opponents, the Pirates continued to roll, picking up their seventh win in eight games with an 8-4, 10-inning victory over the...
 Last updated May 13, 2008 9:11 p.m. PT Pirates score 4 in 10th to outlast Cardinals 8-4 By R.B. FALLSTROM
AP SPORTS WRITER Pittsburgh Pirates' Nate McLouth, right, is congratulated by third base coach Tony Beasley after his two-run home run in the forth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals in a baseball game Tuesday, May 13, 2008 in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Bill Boyce) ST. LOUIS -- Ronny Paulino drove in the go-ahead run in a four-run 10th inning for his second crucial hit in the Pittsburgh Pirates' 8-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. Troy Glaus hit a three-run home run and Albert Pujols tied it with his eighth in the eighth for the Cardinals, extending his hitting streak to 12 games. Pujols, who had a day off on Monday, also walked twice and has reached base in all 40 games. It's the majors' longest streak at the start of the season since Derek Jeter's 53-game run in 1999 for the Yankees. Adam LaRoche added a three-run double off Ron Villone (1-1) in the 10th for the Pirates, who have won seven of eight and are one game below .500. Nate McLouth hit a two-run homer and Paulino, who entered in the second after catcher Ryan Doumit hurt his left thumb muffing a pitch on a passed ball in the first, had a game-tying double in the seventh. Marino Salas (1-0) worked around three walks, one intentional, and escaped a...
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