ST. LOUIS (Interstat) — The St. Louis Cardinals scored six runs in the sixth inning to break open a close game and defeat the Cincinnati Reds 10-3 on Friday at Busch Stadium III.

Attendance was 30,058, time of game 3:08.

Jordan Walker went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI. Lars Nootbaar added two hits and an RBI, and Victor Scott II drove in a run and scored once. José Fermín contributed an RBI single.

Cincinnati jumped ahead 3-0 in the first on Sal Stewart’s two-run double and an RBI single by Eugenio Suárez. St. Louis answered with two in the bottom half aided by an error.

The Cardinals took the lead in the fifth on Walker’s RBI double, then erupted in the sixth. Nootbaar doubled home a run, Iván Herrera singled in another, and a hit-by-pitch, a bases-loaded walk and a Scott II walk produced more runs.

Hunter Dobbins (1-0) earned the win with four innings of relief, allowing three earned runs. Brady Singer (2-6) took the loss.

Cincinnati, which had nine hits, fell to 31-31. St. Louis improved to 33-28.