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Thomas' slam in the seventh inning off reliever
Kyle Crick (3-7) capped a five-run rally that erased
Pittsburgh's 8-4 lead.
The Cardinals won their eighth consecutive game against the
reeling Pirates, who lost for the 24th time in their last 28
games.
Paul Goldschmidt went 4-for-5 with three RBIs for the Cardinals.
He is hitting .387 with seven homers and 22 RBIs against the
Pirates this season.
Pirates slugger Josh Bell hit two homers. He went 5-for-10 in
the series with two doubles, two homers, four runs and four
RBIs.
Both starting pitchers struggled. Steven Brault allowed four
runs in 4 2/3 innings for the Pirates and Miles Mikolas allowed
six runs (five earned) in five innings for the Cardinals.
John Gant (8-0), the fourth of six Cardinals pitchers, picked up
the victory in relief with a scoreless inning. Andrew Miller
earned his fourth save despite allowing Pablo Reyes' homer in
the ninth.
Bell's first-inning homer put the Pirates up 2-0. Goldschmidt
countered in the bottom of the inning with a two-run blast.
The Pirates took a 4-2 lead in the third inning. Bell looped a
single that right fielder Jose Martinez misplayed, allowing one
run to score. Melky Cabrera followed that error -- the first in
nine games for the Cardinals -- with an RBI groundout.
Goldschmidt's RBI single cut the Pirates' lead to 4-3 in the
bottom of the third inning. Thomas tied the game with a two-out
triple in the fourth.
Bell's second homer put the Pirates up 6-4 in the fifth. Adam
Frazier's two-out, two-run single then put the Pirates up 8-4 in
the sixth.
But the Cardinals stormed back when Crick lost control in the
seventh. Andrew Knizer was hit by a pitch to force home one run
and Thomas' grand slam put the Cardinals ahead.
Dexter Fowler, who entered the game after Jose Martinez exited
with right shoulder discomfort, added a two-run homer in the
bottom of the eighth.
Right-hander Clay Holmes came off the injured list and prevented
further damage with a scoreless inning.
Right-hander Parker Markel was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis
before the game to make room for Holmes.
--Field Level Media
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