ST. LOUIS (Interstat) — The Texas Rangers scored three runs in the ninth inning to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 on Tuesday at Busch Stadium III. Texas improved to 30-31, while St. Louis fell to 31-28.

Trailing 4-3 entering the ninth, the Rangers tied the game on Joc Pederson’s RBI single, then took the lead on Josh Jung’s run-scoring single. Brandon Nimmo’s sacrifice fly added an insurance run. Pederson finished 3 for 4 with two RBIs.

Texas had earlier taken a 7-0 lead with two runs in the fifth, one in the sixth and one in the seventh. St. Louis scored one in the second and fourth innings and two in the seventh. The Cardinals outhit Texas 13-9.

Cal Quantrill (3-0) earned the win with one-third of an inning. Jakob Junis recorded his fourth save with a scoreless ninth. Riley O’Brien (3-3) took the loss.

Nathan Eovaldi started for Texas, allowing four runs on 11 hits over six innings with seven strikeouts. St. Louis starter Dustin May struck out nine over 5 2/3 innings, giving up three earned runs.

Attendance was 24,859, and the game lasted 3:01. The teams meet again Wednesday.