Paul Goldschmidt homered to extend his hitting streak to 25 games, Corey Dickerson went deep twice and the St. Louis Cardinals routed the Chicago Cubs 14-5 on Friday.
Nolan Gorman and Lars Nootbaar also went deep as the Cardinals rolled to their fourth win in five games.
Dickerson sparked a five-run fourth against Marcus Stroman (2-5) when he lined a tiebreaking solo shot to right or his first homer. He and Nootbaar hit back-to-back solo homers in against Frank Schwindel, who took the mound in the ninth after starting as the designated hitter.
Miles Mikolas (4-3) allowed four runs and eight hits in five innings. Zack Thompson pitched four innings in his major league debut and earned a save.
The five-game, four-day series continues with a split doubleheader Saturday, game one at 12:20 with the pregame at 11:25, and game two will be a 5:20 pregame start with the first pitch at 6:15 on KIRX.