Fowler, Leake lead Cardinals 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 seven hits and only struck out one, but he held the Pirates to a run over 61/ innings. 3 He has won nine of his last 11 decisions against the Pirates dating to Sept. 11, 2012.

The Cardinals have won backto-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.

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 Oh pitched scoreless relief for St. Louis. Bowman extended his scoreless streak to 171/ innings dating to 3 last season.

Adam Frazier scored the Pirates’ run on a groundout by Gregory Polanco in the sixth. NATIONALS 3, BRAVES 1 Max Scherzer pitched two-hit ball over seven scoreless innings and the Washington Nationals handed Atlanta its first loss at SunTrust Park, escaping a major jam in the ninth to beat the Braves. Atlanta scored a run against Nationals closer Brent Treinen and had the bases loaded with one out.

CUBS 9, BREWERS 7 Kyle Schwarber and Miguel Montero each hit a two-run homer, Albert

Almora Jr. and Jon Jay added run-scoring hits in a four-run sixth inning and the Chicago Cubs rallied from five down in a win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Brewers slugger Eric Thames had two doubles and three hits but ended his franchise record-tying homer streak at five games. AMERICAN LEAGUE WHITE SOX 4, YANKEES 1 Miguel Gonzalez pitched shutout ball into the ninth inning to win a road start for the first time in two years, Leury Garcia and Avisail Garcia homered off Luis Severino, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Yankees to stop New York’s eight-game winning streak.

ANGELS 5, ASTROS 2 Albert Pujols hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the fifth inning to give the Los Angeles Angels a victory over the Houston Astros and snap a six-game skid. The game was tied at 2-all with one out in the fifth when Pujols hit his second homer of the season.

RED SOX 8, BLUE JAYS 7 Brian Johnson earned his first major league win after being called up from the minors earlier in the day, Mookie Betts hit his first home run of the season and the Boston Red Sox hung on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays for their season-high fourth straight victory. RAYS 5, TIGERS 1 Matt Andriese outpitched Michael Fulmer, Tim Beckham hit a two-run homer, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit

Tigers. Andriese (1-0), who had lost seven of nine decisions dating to last June 25, allowed one run and four hits over six-plus innings. He retired 12 straight during one stretch. Fulmer (1-1), last season’s AL Rookie of the Year, allowed three runs and six hits in six innings.

INDIANS 11, TWINS 4 Jose Ramirez homered and drove in two runs and Josh Tomlin gave up three runs in six innings to lead the Cleveland Indians to a victory over the Minnesota Twins. Francisco Lindor broke the game open with a two-run triple in the sixth and struggling slugger Edwin Encarnacion also went deep for the Indians. INTERLEAGUE

REDS 9, ORIOLES 3 Adam Duvall hit his first career grand slam, Joey Votto had a two-run shot and Bronson Arroyo got his first win in almost three years, helping the Cincinnati Reds beat the Baltimore Orioles. The 40-year-old Arroyo (1-2) allowed three runs in five innings, including Adam Jones’ two-run homer in the fifth.

GIANTS 2, ROYALS 1 Joe Panik hit an RBI single with two outs in the 11th inning, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Kansas City Royals to begin their two-game interleague set. Nick Hundley doubled off Scott Alexander (0-1), the Royals’ fifth reliever of the night, before Panik’s sharp liner dropped in front of center fielder Lorenzo Cain to score the go-ahead run.