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.