Fowler, Leake lead Cards past Marte- less Pirates

ST. LOUIS — Dexter Fowler tripled and scored, Mike Leake pitched into the seventh inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat Pittsburgh 2- 1 on Tuesday night after Pirates outfielder Starling Marte was suspended 80 games for a banned substance earlier in the day.

Seung Hwan Oh allowed three hits in the ninth but escaped a oneout, bases- loaded jam for his second save.

Leake ( 2- 1) allowed 7 hits and only struck out 1, but he held the Pirates to 1 run over 61/ innings. He has won nine of his past 11 decisions against the Pirates dating to Sept. 11, 2012.

The Cardinals won back- to- back games for the first time this season to improve to 5- 9.

Chad Kuhl ( 1- 1) gave up two runs over six innings. He allowed three hits and struck out three.

Marte was suspended by Major League Baseball after testing positive for nandrolone. He’s eligible to return in mid- July but won’t be allowed to play in the postseason if Pittsburgh advances.

Andrew McCutchen played center field for the first time this season in Marte’s absence and extended his hitting streak to nine games with a first- inning single. McCutchen was 2 for 4 and is hitting .333 ( 12 for 36) during his run.

Outfielder Jose Osuna was called up from Class AAA Indianapolis to fill Marte’s spot.

Fowler led off the first with a triple to right and scored on Stephen Piscotty’s ground out.

Greg Garcia’s double in the fifth

scored Jose Martinez to make it 2- 0 Cardinals. Garcia was thrown out trying to stretch it into a triple.

Brett Cecil, Matt Bowman and