PITTSBURGH • Tommy Edman ran Pittsburgh Pirates rookie Alex McRae into a 10-pitch at-bat in the second inning Friday night. Finally, on pitch 10, Edman wore down the righthander. Edman sent a fastball over the 21-foot Clemente Wall and into the right-field seats for a 2-0 St. Louis lead.
Edman’s sixth homer followed a leadoff single by Paul DeJong, who lined a ball off the glove of third baseman Colin Moran.
The Pirates got one of those runs back in the third against Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas. Adam Frazier singled past Mikolas’ glove for the Pirates’ first hit.