ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nolan Arenado and Iván Herrera each had three hits, Sonny Gray pitched seven strong innings, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 on Wednesday night. Arenado scored a run and drove in one while Herrera also scored a run. Brendan Donovan added two hits and an RBI. Gray (8-4) gave up one run and four hits while striking out nine and walking just one. He had lost his previous two starts. Bailey Falter (3-4) gave up three runs and eight hits in four innings to lose his second straight start. Pittsburgh scored a run in the fifth on a double by Nick Gonzales and a one-out single by Michael Taylor. Henry Davis led off the eighth with a home run to center off Andrew Kittredge for his first of the season to pull Pittsburgh to 4-2.