Charlie Morton faced down a Cardinals lineup that had been batting .540 against him, showing them he's no punching bag. The Pittsburgh Pirates' right-hander won his first road game since the end of 2009 in a 47-degree chill and the offense stunned St. Louis starter Kyle Lohse with a four-run sixth inning in a 4-3 victory Monday night. "He did everything you could have hoped he would have done," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "He pitched an outstanding game." In a span of four pitches, Lohse (0-1) issued his first walk all year, then allowed Neil Walker's two-run double and Andrew McCutchen's second homer to put Pittsburgh ahead 4-1. "I made a couple of bad pitches," Lohse said. "It's a tough one to take, but there's some positives." Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=310404124
