The Cardinals built a lead against Pirates starter Jeff Locke, who surrendered four runs as the Cardinals batted around in the fourth. Most of those contributions came from players subbing for others who are injured. Fill-in first baseman Jedd Gyorko drove in one, as did Carpenter's replacement, Kolten Wong. Greg Garcia, starting in place of an injured Jhonny Peralta, singled and scored.
But Pittsburgh battled back against an unsettled Cardinals bullpen to improve to 8-4 against St. Louis this season. Holding a 5-1 lead, Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia walked the first two batters he faced in the sixth.