CHICAGO (Interstat) — Andre Pallante pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings as the St. Louis Cardinals trounced the Chicago Cubs 17-1 on Friday evening at Wrigley Field before 39,440 fans. The game lasted 2 hours, 57 minutes.

The Cardinals erupted for 17 runs on 17 hits, scoring in every inning from the second through the seventh. Nathan Church hit a three-run homer in the second. Masyn Winn added a three-run homer in the fourth and finished 2-for-4 with four RBIs. Alec Burleson drove in four runs, and Ivan Herrera had three hits and two RBIs.

Pallante (10-5) allowed five hits, struck out two and walked none. David Peterson (4-7) took the loss for Chicago, which managed one run in the seventh on Alex Bregman’s RBI double. The Cubs had seven hits.

St. Louis improved to 46-39, while Chicago fell to 49-39. The teams meet again Saturday in the second game of the series.