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Cardinals pound Braves for four homers, win second straight

September 7 - Willson Contreras drove in three runs and hit one of four St. Louis home runs to help the visiting Cardinals beat the Atlanta Braves 11-6 for the second straight game Wednesday.

Contreras went 2-for-4 with a walk and a solo home run, his 17th. Paul Goldschmidt hit his 23rd homer, Masyn Winn hit his first major league blast and Nolan Gorman added a three-run shot, his 27th, that put the game away in the eighth inning.

Goldschmidt, Nolan Arenado and Alec Burleson also had multi-hit games for the Cardinals, who had 14 hits and scored double-digit runs for the second consecutive game.