ST. LOUIS (Interstat) — George Kirby pitched six innings of five-hit ball, allowing two runs with two strikeouts, as the Seattle Mariners beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Friday at Busch Stadium III. Kirby improved to 4-2 for Seattle, which improved to 12-15. Andre Pallante took the loss, yielding three runs on four hits over 5 1/3 innings with eight strikeouts, falling to 2-2. Andrés Muñoz recorded his fourth save with a scoreless ninth inning, striking out two.

Seattle scored one run in the second, fourth and sixth innings. Cole Young’s groundout drove in Randy Arozarena in the second. Dominic Canzone singled home Josh Naylor in the fourth. The Cardinals answered with two runs in the fourth on Masyn Winn’s two-run single, cutting the deficit to 3-2. But Seattle’s bullpen held St. Louis scoreless over the final three innings. Attendance was 31,304. Game time was 2:41. St. Louis fell to 14-11.