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Pittsburgh Pirates\u2019 Brandon Lowe (5) rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against St. Louis Cardinals Thursday, May 21, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo\/Jeff Roberson)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

ST. LOUIS \u2014 Brandon Lowe homered, Marcell Ozuna drove in two runs and the Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> beat the St. Louis Cardinals<\/a> 6-2 on Thursday.<\/p>

Read more WNBA faces an odd statistic. Home teams have only won 29% of games<\/a><\/p>\n

Rookie Konnor Griffin extended his hitting streak to eight games with a double. He also scored a run and stole a base. Griffin went 6 for 13 in the series and improved to 13 for 33 during his streak.<\/p>\n

Braxton Ashcraft (3-2) struck out nine in seven innings. He gave up one run on four hits and two walks.<\/p>\n

The Pirates won their fourth consecutive road series against National League Central opponents.<\/p>\n

Ozuna, a former Cardinal, singled with one out to score Spencer Horwitz and Griffin, extending the lead to 4-1 in the sixth.<\/p>\n

Henry Davis hit a leadoff homer in the seventh and Bryan Reynolds drove in a run with a ground out, making it 6-1.<\/p>\n

Lowe, who also singled, hit a 3-2 fastball that bounced off the top of the wall just inside the left-field foul pole in the first inning. It was originally declared an inside-the-park home run before the stat was changed by the scorer.<\/p>

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The Pirates went ahead 2-1 in the fourth inning. Griffin scored on a fielder\u2019s choice by Jake Mangum.<\/p>\n

A two-out home run by Iv\u00e1n Herrera in the third inning tied the score at 1-1. Herrera also scored in the eighth on a single by Jordan Walker.<\/p>\n

Dustin May (3-5) pitched 5 1\/3 innings, allowing four runs on six hits and two walks while striking out seven.<\/p>\n

The Pirates will start RHP Bubba Chandler (1-5, 5.14) Friday in Toronto against a starter to be named.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals will start RHP Kyle Leahy (5-3, 3.94) against Reds RHP Chris Paddack (0-5, 7.07) Friday in Cincinnati.<\/p>

Read more Katherine Legge is ready make historic attempt to try and complete racing\u2019s 1,100-mile \u2018double\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

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AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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