ATLANTA — — Paul Goldschmidt hit one of four Cardinals home runs after getting dropped in the order and St. Louis knocked off the Atlanta Braves 6-2 on Sunday to win the series.
Cardinals designated hitter Alec Burleson had a homer and two RBI, giving him 21 in 16 games in July. He has an RBI in six straight games, which is one shy of the Cardinals record.
Lars Nootbaar and Willson Contreras also hit solo home runs.
Miles Mikolas (8-8) gave up two runs on seven hits in six innings. He struck out three and walked one for the Cardinals, who won the season series against the Braves for the first time since 2017.
Cardinals: RHP Andre Pallante (4-4, 4.21) will face Pirates RHP Mitch Keller (10-5, 3.46) in the opener of a three-game series in Pittsburgh on Monday, 4:45 with the pregame and the first pitch at 5:40 on KIRX.