PITTSBURGH — Even the Pirates could not stay afloat through the promised Tsunami.
Having found his sea legs, Carlos Martinez pitched eight shutout innings on 100 pitches and towed the Cardinals to a series sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. Harrison Bader staked Martinez to a three-run lead with home run in the second inning, and Martinez rode the wave from there for a 3-0 victory. The righthander scattered five hits, struck out three and came one inning shy of the shutout that his manager says Martinez can smell.
A winner in consecutive games after going nearly three years without a win as a starter, Martinez made good on his forecast that the “Tsunami” — his nickname — was coming.
