Overview
- The Cardinals turned a 2-0 deficit into a four-run ninth Monday to win 4-2 and end a four-game skid.
- Pedro Pagés and JJ Wetherholt hit back-to-back home runs off Dennis Santana to tie the game.
- José Fermín drove a two-run double down the left-field line to give St. Louis the lead for good.
- Four Pirates pitchers were perfect through 6 2/3 innings before Alec Burleson beat out an infield single.
- Wetherholt, who grew up in Mars, Pennsylvania, played his first MLB game in Pittsburgh, and The Sporting News reported the homer was his third in three games.