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Cardinals' bats finally wake up in 6-2 win over Pirates

Dexter Fowler, invigorated by his move to the leadoff spot, started the eighth with a double, followed by a fly out by Tommy Edman. Paul Goldschmidt hit a sharp grounder to short that Kevin Newman couldn't backhand and the single scored Fowler with the go-ahead run. Ozuna followed with a homer into the Pirates bullpen, his 22nd of the season, to make it 5-2. Paul DeJong hit a fly into the left-field corner that Jose Osuna had to make a long run to get to, but once he got there, he neglected to catch the ball, pretty much running past it as DeJong made it to third on an error.