The Cardinals beat the Orioles 7-5 on Thursday afternoon at Busch Stadium. Luis Gastelum (4-3) picked up the win.

Blaze Jordan (3), and Ramon Urias (3) both hit home runs.

Alec Burleson (99), Jordan 3(28), Urias 2(7), and Nathan Church (45) all had RBI’s.

Jose Fermin picked up his (7th) stolen base.

George Soriano picked up his (20th) hold.

Riley O’Brien picked up his (34th) save.

The Cardinals are now 67-68.

The Cardinals now start a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates (Friday-Sunday).

The scheduled starting pitchers are

Jared Jones (2-5), 4.76 ERA, 68 innings, 77 strikeouts, 26 walks, and a whip of 1.25 vs Quinn Mathews (0-2), 6.43 ERA, 14 innings, 13 strikeouts, 7 walks, and a whip of 1.79.

Carmon Mlodzinski (6-6), 4.17 ERA, 105.2 innings, 85 strikeouts, 36 walks, and a whip of 1.46 vs Kyle Leahy (10-4), 3.13 ERA, 126.1 innings, 115 strikeouts, 37 walks, and a whip of 1.30.

Braxton Ashcraft (13-5), 3.59 ERA, 155.1 innings, 161 strikeouts, 34 walks, and a whip of 1.07 vs Matthew Liberatore (5-12), 129 innings, 132 strikeouts, 45 walks, and a whip of 1.47.