There's no part of it.

It's even interesting.

That's what gets you.

Like maybe, with the exception of Paul Skeen's and his final push for the Cy Young,

even that's not interesting.

He's going to win it.

Good morning to you.

Good Friday morning. I'm Dan Kavachvich of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports.

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Cardinals four pirates won yesterday in St. Louis. That closes out that four-game

series as a split. Brackston Ashcraft probably got the headline out of this from the Pittsburgh

perspective. Five and two-thirds innings, that was a season long for him. One run, four hits, walk,

five Ks. He's had four starts now where he's gotten the job done, and on each occasion,

he's expanding a little bit. He's looking a little bit more confident, and he is going deeper

into games.

The expectation yesterday was that he'd go five.

Well, he went into the sixth.

This was what Don Kelly had to say after the game to our beatwriter of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports, Jose Negron, on the scene in St. Louis.

They have. He's filled a lot of different roles and then moving into the starting role here

and continuing to today being the deepest outing that he's had.

You know, really has done a great job and stayed really consistent with his work,

with his stuff and held his stuff all the way through the start today.

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