Pirate blank Cardinals

August 27, 2011 at 7:07p.m.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rookie Brad Lincoln pitched six scoreless innings and participated in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ smackdown of Chris Carpenter with an RBI double and walk in a 7-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday.

Josh Harrison had three singles and three RBIs, Garrett Jones also had three hits with a pair of doubles and Neil Walker homered for Pittsburgh.

The Pirates got spotless work from a rookie for the second time in four games, following Aaron Thompson’s 4 1/3 innings in his major league debut at home against the Brewers on Monday.

Carpenter (8-9) lost for only the third time in 15 career decisions against Pittsburgh, trudging through five innings while giving up six runs and nine hits.