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ST. LOUIS (AP) \u2014 Pete Alonso had four hits, including a three-run homer, and drove in four runs before leaving the game in the fifth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles routed the swooning St. Louis Cardinals 13-1 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Chris Bassitt (5-4) allowed one run on six hits in 6 2\/3 innings, matching his longest start of the season. He struck out five and walked none as the Orioles, who are chasing an AL wild-card spot, won for the third time in four games.<\/p>\n
The Cardinals lost their fourth straight.<\/p>\n
Alonso, who has been dealing with a nagging calf injury, left shortly after he contributed his fourth hit, an RBI double during Baltimore’s eight-run fifth that made it 12-1. He put the Orioles ahead 3-0 with his 435-foot shot<\/a> in the third off Matthew Liberatore (5-12), his 31st of the season.<\/p>\n Jackson Holliday had three hits, scored twice and drove in a run for the Orioles in his first big league appearance in St. Louis, where his father, Matt, starred for the Cardinals. Christian Encarnacion-Strand had a pair of hits, including a 450-foot homer in the third, and drove in three. Leody Taveras had two hits, scored twice and drove in two runs.<\/p>\n Liberatore allowed a season-high eight runs on eight hits in four-plus innings. He struck out seven and walked one.<\/p>\n Nathan Church homered for the Cardinals. Alec Burleson extended his hitting streak to 11 games, the longest active streak in the National League, with a sixth-inning single.<\/p>\n Pedro Pag\u00e9s pitched a scoreless ninth. It was the second time in the last three games that the Cardinals catcher closed out a game on the mound.<\/p>\n Up next<\/p>\n Orioles RHP Kyle Bradish (7-12, 3.70 ERA) will face Cardinals RHP Michael McGreevy (5-9, 3.54) on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n