Times wires
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Cardinals 6, Marlins 3
ST. LOUIS — Lance Berkman homered and drove in four runs as the Cardinals hammered Josh Johnson. The switch-hitting Berkman connected for a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth off lefty Mike Dunn. "He's got a nice stroke both ways now," manager Tony La Russa said. Albert Pujols singled three times vs. Johnson, who had an 0.88 ERA and had allowed only 18 hits in 41 innings in April. The Cardinals battered him for eight hits in 25 at-bats.