CINCINNATI -- Brandon Moss doesn't know if he can hit balls harder than the two he hammered at Great American Ball Park on Wednesday night.
He doesn't care, as long as they go out.
The St. Louis left fielder homered in consecutive at-bats, Matt Adams and Jhonny Peralta added three-run drives and the Cardinals rolled over the Cincinnati Reds 12-7.
Moss broke a 4-4, fifth-inning tie with a two-run drive deep into the seats in right field, then lined a solo home run that barely cleared the wall in right in the seventh for his eighth career multi-home run game.
Every St. Louis starting position player had at least one hit, and Cardinals relievers retired their first 10 batters as St. Louis won for the third time in four games.
Matt Bowman (1-1) got his first major league victory by striking out his only batter, Zack Cozart, for the final out of the fifth with the potential tying run on second base.
Cozart and Tucker Barnhart hit solo home runs for the Reds, who have lost two of three after a season-high four-game winning streak.
St. Louis starter Jaime Garcia gave up 5 runs and a career-high 13 hits in 42/3 innings. Alfredo Simon (2-6) walked a season-high 5, allowing 6 runs and 7 hits in 5 innings. He walked the first two batters of the game, setting up Adams' three-run home run.
Peralta broke open the game in a four-run eighth with his first home run this season. Peralta was playing his second game after missing the Cardinals' first 57 games following left thumb surgery.
CUBS 8, PHILLIES 1 John Lackey struck out eight in seven dominant innings, Kris Bryant and Ben Zobrist hit home runs and the Chicago Cubs beat the Philadelphia Phillies.
BRAVES 4, PADRES 2 Ender Inciarte finished a home run shy of the cycle and scored twice, Julio Teheran pitched eight innings and had an RBI single, and the Atlanta Braves beat the San Diego Padres to stop a six-game losing streak.
METS 6, PIRATES 5 (10) Pinch-hitter Wilmer Flores' bloop single with the bases loaded in the 10th inning drove in the go-ahead run for the New York Mets in a victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
ASTROS 3, RANGERS 1 Jose Altuve hit a tiebreaking two-run double in the seventh inning and the Houston Astros finally beat the Rangers in a game Texas starter Yu Darvish exited earlier than expected.
ORIOLES 4, ROYALS 0 Chris Tillman pitched effectively into the eighth inning to earn his seventh consecutive victory, Ryan Flaherty drove in two runs and the Baltimore Orioles extended the Kansas City Royals' losing streak to seven games.
YANKEES 12, ANGELS 6 Chris Parmelee homered twice in his first start for the Yankees, Carlos Beltran added two more big hits to his huge series and New York's bats broke loose late in a victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
BLUE JAYS 7, TIGERS 2 Josh Donaldson had three hits, including a three-run home run and a triple, and R.A. Dickey won consecutive starts for the first time since last summer, helping the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Detroit Tigers to avoid a three-game sweep.
INTERLEAGUE
NATIONALS 11, WHITE SOX 4 Ryan Zimmerman hit one of three home runs off James Shields in his miserable White Sox debut, Max Scherzer threw seven scoreless innings and the Washington Nationals routed reeling Chicago.
RAYS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 3 Corey Dickerson hit two home runs and the Tampa Bay Rays completed a 10-game road trip with a victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
TWINS 7, MARLINS 5 Trevor Plouffe hit a two-run home run and drove in the winning run with a double off the right-field wall to help the Minnesota Twins keep up their power binge in a victory over the Miami Marlins.
BREWERS 4, ATHLETICS 0 Chase Anderson pitched 62/3 strong innings, Scooter Gennett drove in three runs and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Oakland Athletics.
Sports on 06/09/2016