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Castro went 3-for-5 while driving in a pair of runs in an extra-innings win over the Cardinals on Saturday.

Castro tied the game at 3-3 in the eighth with an RBI double and gave the Pirates some insurance with a single in the 10th to make the score 6-3 Pirates. The 23-year-old has picked up at least one hit in five consecutive contests, raising his average rise from .176 to .344 in the process. Castro appears set to fill in at shortstop with O'Neil Cruz (ankle) out for at least the first half of the season, and the early returns have been promising.

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