Brandon Lowe hits an inside-the-park home run and Pirates beat Cardinals 6-2
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brandon Lowe hit an inside-the-park home run and Marcell Ozuna drove in two runs to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.
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.
Braxton Ashcraft (3-2) struck out nine in seven innings. He gave up one run on four hits and two walks. The Pirates won their fourth consecutive road series against National League Central opponents.
Ozuna, a former Cardinal, singled with one out to score Spencer Horwitz and Griffin, extending the lead to 4-1 in the sixth. Henry Davis hit a leadoff homer in the seventh and Bryan Reynolds drove in a run with a ground out, making it 6-1. 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 the sixth inside-the-park homer in the big leagues this season. It was just the third one ever hit at Busch Stadium. The Pirates went ahead 2-1 in the fourth inning.