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Nolan Arenado and Paul Goldschmidt each added an RBI double for
the Cardinals.
St. Louis starter Wade LeBlanc allowed three runs and three hits
before leaving after two innings because of left elbow pain.
T.J. McFarland (2-0) replaced LeBlanc and pitched a scoreless
third. Alex Reyes got his 27th save despite allowing two runs in
the ninth.
In the fourth, Cardinals left fielder Dylan Carlson also left
because of right wrist soreness.
Colin Moran homered twice and Bryan Reynolds once for the
Pirates, who have dropped eight straight.
Pittsburgh starter JT Brubaker (4-12) gave up five runs and five
hits in five innings.
St. Louis took a 1-0 lead in the first. Carlson singled and
stole second, and Arenado knocked him home with a double.
In the bottom of the first, Ke'Bryan Hayes doubled and Jacob
Stallings walked. Moran launched his fifth homer, to
right-center, to push the Pirates ahead 3-1.
The Cardinals regained the lead in the fourth. Matt Carpenter
walked in front of DeJong's 16th homer, down the line in left,
for a 3-3 tie. An out later, Tommy Edman doubled, and another
out later Nootbaar made it 5-3 with a pinch-hit homer to right,
the first of his career.
Moran led off the bottom of the fourth with his second homer of
the game, also to right-center, to close the gap to 5-4.
St. Louis picked up another run in the sixth against Duane
Underwood Jr. Harrison Bader singled with one out. Edman hit a
grounder to the mound but was safe on Underwood's throwing
error, with Bader going to third. Bader scored on Andrew
Knizner's groundout to make it 6-4.
In the ninth, Jose Rondon and Goldschmidt hit back-to-back
doubles for a 7-4 edge.
Gregory Polanco reached on Edman's error in right to open the
bottom of the ninth. An out later, Reynolds' homer to right, his
20th of the year, closed it to 7-6.
--Field Level Media
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