The Pirates had a new-look batting order Saturday afternoon. Francisco Cervelli and Colin Moran moved up in the order, and Gregory Polanco was dropped to the seventh spot. Yet in one critical area, things went back to the way they were.
Starling Marte, appearing in his first game since injuring his oblique May 15, took the second pitch he saw from St. Louis Cardinals starter Jack Flaherty to deep center field for his seventh homer of the season, matching his total from his suspension-shortened 2017. The monstrous shot, the Pirates’ longest of the year, traveled 447 feet over the bullpens in center field.