ST. LOUIS (Interstat) — Iván Herrera hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning to lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 9-6 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night at Busch Stadium III.

St. Louis improved to 28-19; Pittsburgh fell to 24-24. The Cardinals scored two runs in the third on JJ Wetherholt’s homer, added one in the fourth, two in the sixth on Nolan Gorman’s homer and one in the eighth. Pittsburgh answered with four in the fifth and two in the ninth to force extras.

Herrera’s blast off Mason Montgomery (1-1) scored Victor Scott II and Wetherholt. George Soriano (2-0) pitched a scoreless 10th. Matthew Liberatore struck out nine over 4.2 innings. Alec Burleson also homered for St. Louis.

Mitch Keller allowed four earned runs in 5.2 innings for Pittsburgh. The Pirates outhit the Cardinals 12-9. Attendance was 22,958. Time of game was 3 hours, 1 minute.