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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
St. Louis 6, Miami 3
When: 1:45 PM ET, Thursday, May 5, 2011
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 60°
Umpires: Home - Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B - Victor Carapazza, 2B - Jerry Layne, 3B - Bob Davidson
Attendance: 38509

Lance Berkman belted a three-run homer in the eighth inning to snap a tie and lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-3 home triumph over the Florida Marlins on Thursday afternoon.

Matt Holliday had two hits and two RBIs, Colby Rasmus scored three runs and Albert Pujols went 3-for-3 for the Cardinals, who earned a split of the four-game series.

Holliday forged a 3-3 tie in the eighth with the third consecutive one-out single off Florida starter Josh Johnson (3-1), who was lifted in favor of lefthander Mike Dunn. Berkman promptly deposited Dunn's first pitch over the left field wall for his 10th blast of the season.

Berkman, who lifted a sacrifice fly in the sixth, collected nine RBI in the series and leads the National League with 32.

Jason Motte (1-0) notched the win after tossing a scoreless eighth and Eduardo Sanchez walked two in the ninth before recording his third save in as many opportunities.

Johnson, who entered with a 0.88 ERA, was tagged for five runs and eight hits in 7 1/3 innings. Florida's ace walked four and struck out seven.

Omar Infante went 2-for-3 with two RBIs for the Marlins.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Miami   St. Louis
Josh Johnson Player Jake Westbrook
Loss W/L No Decision
7.1 IP 6.1
7 Strikeouts 8
8 Hits 7
6.14 ERA 4.26
Hitting
Miami   St. Louis
Omar Infante Player Albert Pujols
2 Hits 3
2 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 3
.667 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Miami 7 0 8 .226 9 9 3 3 1 0
St. Louis 9 1 12 .321 9 7 6 5 0 0