PITTSBURGH (AP) Adam Frazier capped Pittsburgh’s six-run seventh inning with a two-run triple, and the Pirates rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-4 on Friday night.
Last-place Pittsburgh scored each of its runs in the seventh with two outs. Josh Bell hit a two-run single off Andrew Miller. After run-scoring hits by pinch hitter Melky Cabrera and Jose Osuna, Frazier made it 7-4 when he tripled high off the 21-foot wall in right field.
The NL Central-leading Cardinals had won six of eight. Miller (4-5), the second of three relievers in the seventh, got just one out and was charged with three runs and three hits.
The series continues Saturday as Adam Wainwright starts for St. Louis, and the Pirates will go with Steven Brault. The first pitch at PNC Park is scheduled for 6:05. Saturday’s game can be heard on KTLO-AM. The broadcast begins at 5:10 with Ameren Total Access.
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