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Cardinals 8, Pirates 3

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Updated: June 13, 2016 at 01:24 AM

Cardinals 8, Pirates 3

PITTSBURGH — Matt Holliday and Randal Grichuk homered, and the surging Cardinals completed a three-game sweep. Holliday and teammate Yadier Molina each had three hits. Mike Leake reverted back to his mastery of Pittsburgh with seven effective innings for the Cardinals, who have won five straight and seven of eight.

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