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Alec Burleson hit a two-run homer, Brendan
Donovan had three hits, a run and an RBI, and Masyn Winn and
Paul Goldschmidt each contributed two hits and a run for the
Cardinals, who have won three of their last four games.
Cardinals starter Kyle Gibson (6-3) allowed four runs and five
hits in five innings. He struck out eight and walked one.
John King, Ryan Fernandez and JoJo Romero combined for three
innings of scoreless relief before Ryan Helsley pitched a 1-2-3
ninth for his 31st consecutive save, moving him past Lee Smith
for the most by a St. Louis reliever before the All-Star break.
Jack Suwinski had three hits, including a three-run homer, and
Andrew McCutchen also went deep for Pittsburgh, which has
dropped three of four.
Pittsburgh right-hander Mitch Keller (9-5) surrendered season
highs of six runs, five earned. He gave up five hits, struck out
five and did not walk a batter while pitching at least five
innings for the 48th straight start.
Winn had a ground-rule double with one out in the third before
Burleson blasted a full-count fastball over the fence in right
for a 2-0 lead.
St. Louis began the fourth with a single by Donovan. Nolan
Arenado then reached on catcher's interference and Matt
Carpenter singled to load the bases.
Gorman then reached out and lifted a backdoor curve over the
fence in center for a grand slam and a 6-0 lead.
Gibson responded by striking out the side in bottom half of the
inning, but he didn't fare so well in the fifth, giving up
back-to-back singles to start the inning by Rowdy Tellez and
Nick Gonzales.
One out later, Suwinski worked the count full before pulling a
448-foot homer deep over the fence in right to cut it to 6-3.
McCutchen came up with two outs and lined a homer over the fence
in center to further trim the deficit to 6-4.
With one out in the seventh, Goldschmidt poked a double into the
right field corner. Donovan followed with a line-drive single to
center to make it 7-4.
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