The most recent no-hitter for the Cardinals was thrown by rookie Bud Smith in a 4-0 win at San Diego on Sept. Mitchell entered in the seventh to play right field and got Pittsburgh's lone hit in his only at-bat of the game. He struck out six, walked one and left to a standing ovation. The 33-year-old Mikolas (5-4) bent over at the waist for a moment when Mitchell's drive dropped. He was lifted for Packy Naughton, who got the final out to hand the Pirates their ninth straight loss. The hit came on the 129th pitch from Mikolas - most in the majors this season and 14 more than his previous career high set May 29 against Milwaukee. “I was working really hard to try to make up some ground. “It went to the left of my glove, kind of curled back,” Bader said.
The ball bounced on the warning track 383 feet from the plate and over the wall in straightaway center for a ground-rule double.
I’m more OK with that then if the dude bloops a broken-bat bleeder in there somewhere.” The guy hit a ball to the track, I’ll give it to him. I think that’s what you’re always guarding against is you don’t want to lose it cheap. “We’re playing shallow so they don’t kind of doink one in. “If he can’t get it, nobody can - except maybe one of those guys in the stands when they have that like 3-foot glove, maybe that guy,” Mikolas said. Mitchell drove a 2-2 curveball over the head of Gold Glove center fielder Harrison Bader and just beyond his outstretched mitt as the speedy Bader tried to make a running catch with his back to home plate. I’m happy - but deep down it kind of stinks.” I’ll be real proud that I gave the bullpen kind of another night off. I mean it stinks, to get that close and then kind of come up empty-handed,” Mikolas said. Louis Cardinals routed the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-1 to sweep a doubleheader. The right-hander didn't give up a hit until Cal Mitchell doubled with two outs in the ninth inning Tuesday night, and the St. LOUIS - It's been 21 years since the St.