Spencer Horwitz homers, Konnor Griffin has four hits to help Pirates blank Cardinals 7-0

By: David Solomon, The Associated Press Posted: 10:15 PM CDT Wednesday, May. 20, 2026

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Spencer Horwitz homered, Konnor Griffin had four singles, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-0 on Wednesday night to snap a four-game losing streak.

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Spencer Horwitz homered, Konnor Griffin had four singles, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-0 on Wednesday night to snap a four-game losing streak.

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Spencer Horwitz homered, Konnor Griffin had four singles, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-0 on Wednesday night to snap a four-game losing streak.

Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) allowed four hits and a walk in five innings to improve to 3-0 with a 1.75 ERA in 11 career appearances against the Cardinals.

Yohan Ramírez, Evan Sisk, Justin Lawrence and Dennis Santana each pitched a scoreless inning of relief for Pittsburgh, which gave up five hits.

Pittsburgh Pirates' Spencer Horwitz arrives home after hitting a solo home run during the second inning of a baseball game against St. Louis Cardinals Wednesday, May 20, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

The Pirates led 3-0 when they scored four runs in the eighth inning off Cardinals reliever Matt Svanson. Bryan Reynolds had a two-run double in the inning.

The Cardinals’ Alec Burleson hit a one-out single off Ramírez in the sixth inning, Jordan Walker was hit by a pitch and Nolan Gorman walked to load the bases.

However, Ramírez struck out Masyn Winn and retired César Prieto on a fly to deep right field that forced Jake Mangum to make a sliding catch on the warning track.

Michael McGreevy (3-3) allowed three runs on 10 hits in five-plus innings to snap a streak of four consecutive starts where he allowed two runs in 24 innings.

Jhostynxon Garcia hit a two-out single up the middle in the top of the fourth inning to drive in Griffin for his first major league RBI to put the Pirates ahead 2-0.

Horwitz hit his fourth homer of the season down the right field line to lead off the second inning and give Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead.