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Pujols has 2 more RBIs, Cardinals beat Pirates 8-7 in 10

Albert Pujols drove in two more runs and the St. Louis Cardinals went on to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-7 in 10 innings Tuesday night.

 

Pujols hit a two-run single in the third inning to push his career total to 2,218 RBIs.

 

Juan Yepez gave the Cardinals the win when he hit a tiebreaking single with one in the 10th inning off Chase De Jong (6-3) to score automatic runner Ben DeLuzio.

 

The Cardinals threw out the potential tying run at home in the bottom of the 10th when automatic runner Kevin Newman tried to score from second base on Oneil Cruz's line single off the glove of first baseman Alec Burleson. The ball deflected to second baseman Brendon Donovan, who threw home to catcher Andrew Knizner.

 

The Pirates challenged the call, but it was upheld on video review.

 

The Cardinals got two hits each from Donovan, Corey Dickerson, Knizner and Paul DeJong.

 

Cruz had three hits for the Pirates and Bryan Reynolds, Rodolfo Castro, Jack Suwinski, Ke'Bryan Hayes and Ji-Hwan Bae added two apiece. Miguel Andujar drove in two runs.

 

Chris Stratton (10-4) pitched two scoreless innings for the win.

 

Pujols' hit put the Cardinals ahead 3-1 but the Pirates answered with six runs in the bottom of the third. Andujar's run-scoring double highlighted an inning that includes RBI singles by Castro, Suwinski, Ben Gamel and Bae.

 

The Cardinals then scored four runs in the seventh inning to tie the score at 7-all. Donovan hit an RBI single, Dickerson drove in two runs with a double and the tying run scored on a throwing error by Cruz, the rookie shortstop.

 

Both starting pitchers lasted just 2 2/3 innings. The Cardinals' Dakota Hudson was rocked for seven runs and nine hits while the Pirates' JT Brubaker allowed three runs on four hits.

 

Brubaker was activated from the injured list before the game. He had been out since Sept. 16 with right lat discomfort.

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