The Cardinals spotted the Pittsburgh Pirates a three-run lead in the first inning Sunday but roared back for a total of six runs in the first and second. At that point, the Cardinals stopped scoring. Pittsburgh didn’t, erupting for five runs in the seventh and two in the eighth to pull out a 10-6 win, their third in succession in the finale of a four-game series.
A record paid crowd of 48,555 at the newest Busch Stadium enjoyed two-run homers by Paul Goldschmidt in the first and Jose Martinez in the second and nearly saw another Martinez homer in the ninth but left fielder Bryan Reynolds pulled it back.