St. Louis 7, Pittsburgh 5
When: 7:45 PM ET, Monday, June 13, 2022
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature:
96°
Umpires:
Home -
Scott Barry, 1B -
Ben May, 2B -
Clint Vondrak, 3B -
Dan Iassogna
Attendance:
37398
By Field Level Media
Dylan Carlson went 2-for-4 with a double, a three-run homer and two runs as the St. Louis Cardinals rallied from a five-run deficit to defeat the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 7-5 Monday.
The Cardinals won for the sixth time in their past seven home games while the Pirates' losing streak reached seven games.
Paul Goldschmidt hit the go-ahead homer while finishing 3-for-4 with a walk and two runs. Brendan Donovan went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs.
Michael Chavis hit a three-run homer for the Pirates, and Diego Castillo hit a solo shot.
In his first big league start, Cardinals pitcher Zack Thompson allowed five runs on seven hits and two walks in five innings.
Giovanny Gallegos (2-2) earned the victory in relief, and Ryan Helsley closed out the ninth to earn his fifth save.
Pirates starting pitcher Mitch Keller allowed two runs on seven hits and a walk in 5 1/3 innings. Chris Stratton (3-3), the third Pirates pitcher into the game, took the loss.
Castillo hit his homer in the second inning to put the Pirates up 1-0.
They increased their lead to 5-0 in the fifth inning. Yu Chang led off with a single, moved to third on Bryan Reynolds' single and scored on Ke'Bryan Hayes' RBI single.
Then Chavis crushed his three-run homer.
The Cardinals responded by tying the game in the sixth inning. Goldschmidt hit a leadoff double and moved to third on Tyler O'Neill's one-out single.
After Anthony Banda relieved Keller, Donovan hit a two-run double. Juan Yepez dropped a bloop single into right field, and Carlson blasted his three-run homer.
Goldschmidt put the Cardinals up 6-5 with his homer off Stratton in the seventh inning.
The Cardinals tacked on a run in the eighth when Carlson hit a leadoff double and scored on Chang's error covering first base on Andrew Knizner's bunt.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Pittsburgh |
|
St. Louis |
Mitch Keller
|
Player |
Zack Thompson |
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
5.1 |
IP |
5.0 |
2 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
7 |
Hits |
7 |
3.38 |
ERA |
9.00 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Pittsburgh
|
7 |
2 |
13 |
.206 |
10 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
St. Louis
|
14 |
2 |
25 |
.378 |
17 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
0 |