This hideous game was the first to go scoreless through 11 innings since baseball added the automatic runner in extras. The Cardinals finally scored first on a single from pinch-hitter Jordan Walker in the 12th, but the Pirates answered then and won it on Bart’s fly to left in the 13th. It would have been a sac fly under normal circumstances, but with a man on third just one out in the inning, the outfield was way in. Bart previously was involved in a scary collision with first baseman Endy Rodríguez in the eighth; he lost a popup barely down the third base line in the sun, and Rodriguez ran into him trying to catch it. It ended up being a fair ball that should have resulted in a run, but with both Pirates players laying in the baseline, Thomas Saggese had nowhere to go and ended up being tagged out by a heads-up Ke’Bryan Hayes (who probably could have been called for obstruction for further cutting off Saggese’s path but obviously wasn’t). Fortunately, both Bart and Rodriguez were able to continue. If they weren’t, the Pirates would have lost both of their catchers.

The triple was a little controversial. Bart’s missile to the wall in right-center was clearly interfered with by one of the 14 fans attending PNC Park tonight, preventing Michael Siani’s bid for a spectacular play. The umpires awarded Bart the hit anyway, which seemed like the fairer of the two outcomes; the odds were against Siani making the catch. Still, it seems wrong to reward the team whose fans interfered. Bart was without an extra-base hit this season before coming up with two big ones tonight.

Bart will get the matinee off with Endy Rodriguez catching Paul Skenes on Wednesday.

Both Endy Rodríguez and Henry Davis have impressed this spring, but Bart isn’t leaving the starting catcher’s gig up for grabs in Pittsburgh. He’s 8-for-18 with two homers and eight RBI through seven games.