The St. Louis Cardinals pounded line drive after line drive off A.J. Burnett and racked up 12 runs in the first three innings. Rafael Furcal started the show with a leadoff single, and the Cardinals never slowed.
It ended as a 12-3 loss at Busch Stadium, one night after the Cardinals reached Charlie Morton and the bullpen for 10 runs.
Burnett (1-2) left after 2 2/3 innings. He allowed a career-high 12 runs on 12 hits, including two home runs to Carlos Beltran. Beltran had seven RBIs by the third inning. ...
Furcal and Jon Jay began the bottom of the first with consecutive singles between first and second base. Matt Holliday singled to left, scoring Furcal. ... Beltran hit the first pitch of the at-bat into the right-field seats for a three-run homer, and the Cardinals took a 4-0 lead. ...
Burnett began the second inning as he had the first, allowing the first three batters in the order to reach. Furcal singled and Burnett hit Jay in the foot before Holliday hit his second run-scoring single in as many innings.
Beltran followed with a single and another RBI. A double play and hard lineout ended the inning, but the Cardinals led, 7-1.
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