PITTSBURG – Nolan Gorman hit his second career Grand Slam, and the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-4 on Tuesday night.
Matt Carpenter threw a smooth single to left to load the bases with no outs in the fourth inning. Gorman followed with his 17th home run of the season, a 415-foot drive to left center on a 1-2 sweep of Mitch Keller (9-5).
Gorman hit his previous grand slam in a 14-5 win against the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 19, 2023.
Cardinals starter Kyle Gibson (6-3) gave up four runs, all in the fifth, and five hits in five innings. He struck out eight and walked one.
Ryan Helsley struck out one in a perfect ninth inning, earning his major league-leading 31st save in 32 opportunities.
Gibson cruised through the first four innings, striking out the side twice, allowing one hit and one walk. Jack Suwinski then hit a three-run drive, one of his three hits on the night, in the fifth before Andrew McCutchen walked Gibson to center two batters later for his 12th of the season.
Brendan Donovan led St. Louis to a 7-4 lead with an RBI single in the seventh.
Alec Burleson put the Cardinals ahead 2-0 in the third with a two-run shot for his 13th home run.
Keller surrendered a season-high six runs, five earned, in five innings. He allowed nine hits, struck out five and walked none.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Pirates: C Henry Davis, who last played on June 14 due to a concussion, will be re-evaluated Tuesday night. Davis, drafted first overall by Pittsburgh in 2021, had his rehabilitation cut short after experiencing nausea and mild headaches at Double-A Altoona on Saturday. He is currently asymptomatic, said director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk.
NEXT
RHP Jared Jones (5-6, 3.66 ERA) will take over for the Pirates in the second of three games set on Wednesday, alongside Cardinals RHP Miles Mikolas (6-7, 5.32 ERA).
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