MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (Interstat) — Dustin May pitched into the sixth inning and Nathan Church hit a two-run homer as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Miami Marlins 5-3 on Tuesday night at loanDepot Park.

May allowed one run on six hits over 5 1/3 innings, striking out five to earn his third win. The Cardinals built a 5-1 lead, scoring in four of the first five innings. Church’s homer in the fourth was the key blow.

Miami’s Jakob Marsee led off the first with a solo home run. The Marlins added two runs in the eighth on a Heriberto Hernández single before Riley O’Brien recorded the final three outs for his seventh save.

Chris Paddack took the loss for Miami, allowing all five runs over 4 2/3 innings. Attendance was 8,412. The game took 3 hours, 9 minutes.