Cardinals Beat Pirates 9-1: Carlos Beltran Hits Two Home Runs & Drives In Three Runs; Allen Craig Collects Two Singles & Three RBIs; Lance Lynn Strikes Out Nine Over Seven Innings For The Win

Individual Highlights:
Matt Carpenter 2-for-4 with one home run, one RBI, two runs, one walk, and assisted in one double play.
Carlos Beltran 2-for-4 with two home run, three RBIs, two runs, one walk, and one strikeout.
Matt Holliday 2-for-3 with one two-out RBI, two runs, and two walks.
Allen Craig 2-for-4 with three RBIs (two w/two-outs), one hit by pitch, one strikeout, and assisted in one double play.
Jon Jay 2-for-4 with one double, one run, and one caught stealing.
Pete Kozma 1-for-3 with one RBI, one run, one walk, one strikeout, and assisted in one double play.
Ty Wigginton 1-for-1 with one run.
Lance Lynn started and pitched seven innings.  He allowed two hits, one earned run, three walks, hit two batters, and struck nine out for the winning decision (4-0).  0-for-2 with two strikeouts at the plate.  (p-s:106-68)(g/f:4-4)
Randy Choate entered in the eighth and pitched to one batter.  He allowed no hits or runs for the hold (3).  (p-s:7-4)(g/f:1-0)(ir-s:3-0)
Joe Kelly entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed two hits, no runs, and struck one out.  (p-s:11-9)(g/f:0-1)

Rough Outing:
David Freese 0-for-4 with one strikeout and grounded into one double play.

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