Nolan Gorman hit his second career grand slam, helping the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-4 on Tuesday night.

In the fourth inning, Matt Carpenter loaded the bases with a soft single to left field. Gorman then hit his 17th homer of the season, a 415-foot shot to left-center off a 1-2 sweeper from Mitch Keller (9-5).

Gorman’s previous grand slam came in a 14-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 19, 2023.

Cardinals starter Kyle Gibson (6-3) allowed four runs and five hits over five innings, striking out eight and walking one. All four runs came in the fifth inning.

Ryan Helsley pitched a perfect ninth inning, striking out one, and secured his major league-leading 31st save in 32 opportunities.

Gibson dominated the first four innings, striking out the side twice while giving up just one hit and one walk. In the fifth, Jack Suwinski hit a three-run homer, one of his three hits for the night, followed by Andrew McCutchen’s solo home run to center, his 12th of the season.

Brendan Donovan extended St. Louis’s lead to 7-4 with an RBI single in the seventh.

Alec Burleson put the Cardinals up 2-0 in the third with a two-run homer, his 13th of the season.

Keller gave up a season-high six runs (five earned) in five innings, allowing nine hits, striking out five, and walking none.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Pirates: Catcher Henry Davis, out since June 14 due to a concussion, will be re-evaluated Tuesday night. Drafted first overall by Pittsburgh in 2021, Davis had his rehab paused after experiencing nausea and light headaches while with Double-A Altoona on Saturday. He is currently asymptomatic, according to the team’s director of sports medicine, Todd Tomczyk.