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Cardinals starting pitcher John Gant (3-3)
allowed two runs on five hits in 5 1/3 innings to earn the
victory. Giovanny Gallegos threw two scoreless innings of relief
and Alex Reyes closed out the ninth inning for his 12th save.
Losing pitcher JT Brubaker (3-3) allowed five runs on eight hits
in 5 2/3 innings.
The Cardinals took a 2-0 first-inning lead when Arenado followed
Dylan Carlson's one-out walk and Paul Goldschmidt's line out
with his two-out homer to left-center field.
Using small ball, the Cardinals doubled that lead to 4-0 in the
second inning.
Harrison Bader drew a leadoff walk and Sosa hit a one-out
single. Gant's sacrifice bunt moved them into scoring position
and Edman popped a two-run single into shallow left field.
Carlson lined a single into right field, but Brubaker avoided
further damage by retiring Goldschmidt on a fly ball.
Adam Frazier and Kevin Newman hit two-out singles for the
Pirates in the third inning, but Gant struck out Bryan Reynolds
to strand them.
Arenado drew a leadoff walk in the bottom of the third and
Yadier Molina followed with a single. Sosa's two-out RBI double
pushed the Cardinals' lead to 5-0.
The Pirates cut that lead to 5-2 in the sixth inning.
Newman hit a leadoff double and Reynolds drew a walk. Will Craig
smashed a liner off Gant's glove for a forceout at third base.
Genesis Cabrera relieved Gant and threw a wild pitch to advance
the runners. Gregory Polanco hit a run-scoring groundout and
Erik Gonzalez followed with an RBI infield single before Cabrera
finally retired the side.
--Field Level Media
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