Andrew McCutchen singled and belted a two-run homer in Tuesday's win over the Cardinals. McCutchen got an assist from Matt Holliday on his longball, as Holliday jumped for the ball at the wall and watched it go off his glove and over the fence. The outfielder has five hits in the first three games of the series, contests that have all been won by the Pirates. Pittsburgh suddenly has a 1 1/2 game lead in the NL Central.