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04/28 21:00 CDT Gorman, Burleson and Walker drive in 3 runs apiece to lead
Cardinals over Pirates 11-7
Gorman, Burleson and Walker drive in 3 runs apiece to lead Cardinals over
Pirates 11-7
By JOHN PERROTTO
Associated Press
PITTSBURGH (AP) --- 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 O'Hearn, 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. O'Hearn had
two hits and three RBIs and Nick Gonzales had two hits and knocked in two runs.
Up next
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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