The Cardinals collected 16 hits and eight walks against Pittsburgh pitching Thursday night and batted around three times to post a 17-4 win over the Pirates at Busch Stadium.
The Cardinals had six doubles and Marcell Ozuna drove in four runs and Dexter Fowler had three RBIs. Yadier Molina and Paul Goldschmidt had three hits each.
Michael Wacha (3-0) was the beneficiary as he worked 5 2/3 innings and allowed four runs on nine hits
Cardinals host the Pirates again today, Adam Wainwright starts for St Louis and Trevor Williams for Pittsburgh
Kansas City had Thursday off but return to action today as they open a weeken series with Philadelphia. Homer Bailey starts for KC