Reynolds hit a three-run homer and an RBI
single for the Pirates, who won for the fourth time in six
games. Adam Frazier and Phillip Evans also hit homers and Colin
Moran drove in two runs.
The Cardinals lost for the sixth time in seven games to fall
three games below .500 for the first time this season.
Pirates starting pitcher Chad Kuhl (2-4) held the Cardinals to
one run on three hits and three walks in six innings.
Cardinals starting pitcher Carlos Martinez (3-9) allowed five
runs in five innings on five hits and seven walks, one of them
intentional.
The Pirates took a quick 2-0 lead. Frazier drew a walk leading
off the game and Ke'Bryan Hayes followed with a single to extend
his on-base streak to 28 games, dating back to last season.
Reynolds drove in one run with a single, then Moran drove in
another with a fielder's choice grounder.
Tyler O'Neill drew a leadoff walk in the second inning and
scored on rookie Lars Nootbaar's two-out single to cut the
deficit to 2-1.
The Pirates loaded the bases with one out in the third inning
before Martinez worked out of the jam. But they broke the game
open in the fourth inning while taking a 5-1 lead.
Michael Perez hit a leadoff double. Although he was thrown out
trying to advance to third base on Kuhl's bunt, the Pirates were
undeterred.
Frazier hit a single, then Cardinals second baseman Tommy Edman
bobbled Hayes' potential double-play grounder. Edman got just a
forceout instead, giving Reynolds his opportunity to launch a
three-run homer.
Frazier's sixth-inning homer made it 6-1. The Pirates tacked on
two more runs in the eighth, on Evans' homer and Moran's RBI
single.
The Cardinals got one run back in their half of the eighth
inning when O'Neill was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
--Field Level Media
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