Stanton launches two homers; Miami tops Cards

ST. LOUIS — Giancarlo Stanton homered twice, recording his 22nd career multihomer game, and Marcell Ozuna and Justin Bour also hit home runs as the Miami Marlins beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-6 on Wednesday night.

Stanton went 3 for 4 and also walked while driving in four runs. He has five hits in his last two games after starting the Marlins' road trip in a 1-for-17 funk.

Dustin McGowan (5-0) gave up a run in 11 /3 innings of relief, while David Phelps and Kyle Barraclough each pitched a scoreless inning. AJ Ramos earned his 15th save in 16 attempts.

Miami starter Edinson Volquez allowed four runs in four innings, the third time in his last five starts that he failed to complete five innings. Volquez has not lost against St. Louis since April 27, 2014.

Stanton lined a 1-1 pitch over the left field wall to give the Marlins a 1-0 lead in the top of the first.

Stanton's second homer, a threerun shot, capped a five-run second. The Marlins, aided by a pair of Cardinals fielding errors by second baseman Matt Carpenter and first baseman Luke Voit, had just two hits during the frame. Four of the five runs given up by St. Louis starter Mike Leake (6-7) in the inning were unearned.

Ozuna drove in runs with a homer in the third and a double in the

fourth. It was his third homer in his last four games.

Bour reached four times, with a pair of hits. Derek Dietrich had two hits for the Marlins and Dee Gordon scored twice.

Tommy Pham had an RBI double and scored on Stephen Piscotty's single as the Cardinals scored three in the third. Pham's two-run double in the sixth cut Miami's lead to 8-6.

Leake went 32/3 innings in his shortest outing of the season. Just three of the eight runs he allowed were earned.

Four Cardinals pitchers combined for 41/3 innings of scoreless relief before Seung Hwan Oh gave up Bour's solo homer in the ninth.

AP/JEFF ROBERSON Cardinals starting pitcher Mike Leake (right) hands the ball to manager Mike Matheny as Leake is removed from the game against the Marlins on Wednesday in St. Louis.