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St. Louis Cardinals 11 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Status: Final
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Cardinals 0 1 2 0 3 0 3 2 0 11 12 0
Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 7 13 2
Gorman, Burleson and Walker drive in 3 runs apiece to lead Cardinals over Pirates 11-7
PITTSBURGH -- Nolan Gorman homered and drove in three runs and Alec Burleson and Jordan Walker drove in three runs apiece to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to an 11-7 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.
JJ Wetherholt and Ivan Herrera , the top two hitters in the Cardinals batting order, scored three runs each. Burleson, Walker and Masyn Winn each finished with two hits.
Gorman opened the scoring with a homer leading off the second, his fourth of the season. Victor Scott II started a two-run second with his first home run of the season before Wetherholt doubled and scored a single by Walker.
The Cardinals extended their lead to 6-0 in the fifth when Burleson doubled in a run and Walker and Gorman followed with consecutive sacrifice fly balls.
Kyle Leahy (3-3) allowed three runs and nine hits in 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts. The Pirates scored all three runs in the sixth on homers by Oneil Cruz and a two-run shot by Ryan OHearn, cutting their deficit to 6-3.
The Cardinals broke the game open with three runs in the seventh inning and two in the eighth.
The Cardinals have won the first two games of the four-game series after entering on a four-game losing streak. The Pirates have lost three in a row for the first time this season.
Braxton Ashcraft (1-2) was rocked for six runs in 4 1/3 innings after being activated from the bereavement/family medical emergency list before the game. He allowed six hits, struck out seven and walked three.
Pirates rookie Konnor Griffin hit a solo homer in the ninth inning. OHearn had two hits and three RBI and Nick Gonzales had two hits and knocked in two runs.
Cardinals RHP Andre Pallante (2-2, 4.26 ERA) starts on Wednesday night against rookie RHP Bubba Chandler (1-2, 4.88).
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