ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Interstat) — Brandon Lowe and Rafael Flores Jr. homered as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 on Saturday. Flores hit a three-run shot in the fifth inning. Nick Gonzales added an RBI double in the ninth.

The Pirates took a 1-0 lead on Lowe’s leadoff homer in the first. Joshua Báez tied it for St. Louis with a homer in the third. Pittsburgh regained the lead in the fourth on Jacob Gonzalez’s RBI single, then Flores made it 5-1.

St. Louis got its final run in the sixth when José Fermín reached on an error by center fielder Oneil Cruz, scoring Jordan Walker.

Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6) allowed one hit and no runs in 3 1/3 innings of relief for the win. Brycen Mautz (0-1) took the loss.

Pittsburgh had 11 hits; St. Louis managed three. Attendance was 26,265 at Busch Stadium III, and the game lasted 2 hours 45 minutes.

The Pirates improved to 66-71, while the Cardinals fell to 68-70.