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Cardinals hit 5 homers to take slugfest over Nationals

Washington starter Erick Fedde and reliever Austen Williams gave up home runs to Marcell Ozuna, and the St. Louis Cardinals hit five homers overall to blast the host Nationals 11-8 on Tuesday night in a game that took more than four hours.

Fedde, 25, allowed four runs in five innings while Williams, 25, called up from Triple-A Syracuse on Saturday, yielded homers to the first two batters he faced and three overall in the sixth. Williams (0-1) did not allow a homer in the minors this year over 68 innings.

Another Nationals reliever, Sammy Solis, gave up a grand slam in the ninth to Yadier Molina to make it 11-5.