(AP) -- Garrett Jones homered to lead off the bottom of the 11th inning and lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night.
Jones connected on a 2-2 pitch from Arthur Rhodes (3-4) for his 14th home run. It was also Jones' second career game-ending homer as he connected against San Francisco's Bob Howry on July 17, 2009.
Center fielder Andrew McCutchen prevented St. Louis from going ahead in the top of the 11th when he made a running backhanded inning-ending catch to rob Albert Pujols of extra bases and keep Rafael Furcal from scoring from first base.
Pujols became the first player in the majors to hit 30 home runs in his first eleven seasons.
With the loss St. Louis is now seven games behind Milwaukee in the NL Central race.
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