Brendan Donovan HR gets Cardinals past Pirates

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Brendan Donovan delivered a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning as the host St. Louis Cardinals edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Thursday afternoon in the finale of a three-game series.

Paul Goldschmidt also went deep for St. Louis, which took the deciding game of the three-game set. The Cardinals had alternated wins and losses over their past eight games entering Thursday