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Cardinals pound Dodgers for 7 home runs, 16 runs in rout

ST. LOUIS -- Willson Contreras hit two three-run homers, Nolan Gorman also homered twice and the St. Louis Cardinals tied a franchise record by going deep seven times to power past the Los Angeles Dodgers 16-8 in a slugfest Thursday night.

"We'll take it," St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol said. "The guys are feeling pretty good about where they're at right now. We have a lot of guys playing with confidence. We like it."

Nolan Arenado added a two-run homer, and Juan Yepez and Paul DeJong each hit solo homers run for St.