StL 2, Pit 1 (10)

Tuesday, May 19- Gino Cimoli's base hit to center field scored Alex Grammas from second base with two outs in the tenth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2-1, at Sportsman's Park.

In a game filled with late inning maneuvering and pitching changes, the Cardinals (19-15) prevailed behind the pitching of Larry Jackson, Marshall Bridges and Bob Gibson (W, 2-2). St. Louis stayed in second place and moved within two games of the San Francisco Giants, who lost to Milwaukee.

The Pirates (16-18) have lost three in a row.

In the tenth, Grammas singled with one out. Pinch-hitter Wally Shannon flied out, but Don Blasingame kept the inning alive with a hard single to right that moved Grammas to second base. Cimoli then delivered a bounding ball up the middle.

Bob Porterfield (2-1) took the loss for Pittsburgh, whose only run was unearned in the sixth, courtesy of two Cardinals errors in the inning.