ST. LOUIS — Bubba Chandler has lived up to the hype so far.

Chandler led the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night, pitching four scoreless innings of relief in his second major league game. The 6-foot-3 right-hander allowed one hit, struck out three and walked one.

“The game gets easy when you're not trying to do a whole lot,” Chandler said. “There's been instances where I've tried to make a pitch really good and it hasn't been, so having a batterymate like Henry (Davis) makes it easy, just makes you calm. Just trying to fill up the strike zone.”

The 22-year-old Chandler got the win after he picked up the save in his Pittsburgh debut on Friday night against Colorado. He also worked four scoreless innings in relief against the Rockies.

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