ST. LOUIS (Interstat) — Ryan Gusto struck out four over 3 1/3 scoreless innings and John King earned the win as the Miami Marlins defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 on Saturday at Busch Stadium III.

Miami scored single runs in the first and third innings, then added two in the fourth. Kyle Stowers drove in two runs with singles in the first and third. Javier Sanoja went 3 for 4 with an RBI. Otto Lopez added a run-scoring single in the seventh.

The Marlins outhit the Cardinals 13-7. St. Louis scored its only run in the sixth on Masyn Winn’s single.

King (6-1) pitched 1 1/3 hitless innings. Andre Pallante (9-5) took the loss, allowing five earned runs on 11 hits in 6 2/3 innings.

The attendance was 25,876. The game lasted 2 hours, 40 minutes.

Miami improved to 44-39; St. Louis fell to 42-38.