Yadier Molina doubled in the tiebreaking run in the bottom of the eighth inning to help the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves on Monday.

The loss was the sixth in a row for Atlanta, which is 8-11 and in last place in the National League East.

Dennys Reyes (2-0) worked an inning of relief and Ryan Franklin pitched the ninth for his seventh save.

St. Louis tied the game with two runs in the seventh. Colby Rasmus hit a leadoff homer and pinch hitter Bryan Anderson doubled in the tying run with two outs.

The Braves, who scored just six runs during the previous five losses, jumped out to a 3-0 lead off St. Louis starter Kyle Lohse.

Pitcher Tim Hudson led off the Atlanta third with a single and later scored on Brian McCann’s bases-loaded sacrifice play. Tony Glaus followed with a single that scored Martin Prado.

In the fourth, Melky Cabrera opened with a single and scored on Nate McLouth’s double.

The Cardinals got their first run in the sixth on Albert Pujols’ groundout that scored Skip Schumaker. Molina’s hit off Takashi Saito (0-1) later plated Pujols.