The Cardinals, who had scored all but one of their first six runs this season on home runs, played some smaller ball in the fourth inning as they took the lead on the Pittsburgh Pirates Saturday at Busch Stadium. They parlayed four singles into two runs as they went ahead 3-1.
Paul DeJong singled to left center and, after Matt Carpenter flied out, Yadier Molina blooped a hit to right, sending DeJong to third. Consecutive singles by Dexter Fowler, to center, and Tyler O’Neill, to left, each brought in a run.
Harrison Bader fanned on a half swing with runners at second and third and Kolten Wong popped up.