ST. LOUIS — Pedro Pagés hit a two-run homer off Logan Gilbert in the eighth inning, helping the St. Louis Cardinals top the Seattle Mariners 2-0 on Saturday night.
''I'm just living my dream,'' Pagés said. ''I've worked so hard for this. I'm going to keep grinding and I'm going to enjoy it.''
His teammates certainly enjoyed it.
''It was so cool. The dugout loved every second of it,'' St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol said. ''To come up with that homer there, that was awesome to see.''
Jordan Walker was hit by a pitch before Pagés connected for his sixth homer, a drive to left-center on a 1-1 slider.
''In that last at-bat, he started me off with a cutter and then went to a curveball. I thought I'd see a slider right there and he ended up throwing that pitch and I ended up getting a good swing on it,'' Pagés said. ''It's a lot of fun going out there helping the team considering how that guy was throwing against us.''
Gilbert (7-11) struck out 10 while throwing a two-hitter for his second career complete game. He threw 101 pitches, 65 for strikes.
''I left one out over the middle there at the end,'' Gilbert said. ''That's how it goes. He put a good swing on it. It was a really competitive ballgame. You throw like 40 good ones and at the end of the night we're talking about one of them. That's baseball. You just tip your cap and move on.''
