ST. LOUIS (Interstat) — The Atlanta Braves snapped a two-game losing streak against the St. Louis Cardinals with a 4-3 victory Sunday afternoon at Busch Stadium III, scoring the go-ahead run in the ninth inning on a throwing error.

Tyler Kinley earned the win, improving to 5-3, after tossing a scoreless eighth inning. Raisel Iglesias recorded his 19th save with a perfect ninth. JoJo Romero took the loss, falling to 1-3, after allowing the unearned run in the top of the ninth.

Atlanta, now 55-40, struck first in the second inning. A walk to Dominic Smith, a hit batter on Austin Riley and a sacrifice bunt by Jim Jarvis put runners at second and third with one out. After Brewer Hicklen struck out, Drake Baldwin drew a bases-loaded walk to force in Smith for a 1-0 lead.

The Cardinals answered in the bottom of the first. Jordan Walker walked, and Alec Burleson doubled to left-center, scoring Walker to tie the game 1-1.

Atlanta regained the lead in the fourth. Riley was hit by a pitch, and Hicklen singled him to second. Baldwin then lined a single to right field, scoring Riley and giving the Braves a 2-1 advantage.

The Braves extended the lead in the sixth. Jarvis led off with a double to right, and Hicklen followed with a double to center, driving in Jarvis for a 3-1 edge.

St. Louis rallied in the bottom of the sixth. Walker singled, and Lars Nootbaar walked. Masyn Winn singled to load the bases. After a strikeout, Jose Fermin singled to center, scoring Walker and Nootbaar to tie the game 3-3.

The score remained deadlocked until the ninth. Ozzie Albies doubled to left with one out. Matt Olson grounded out to shortstop, moving Albies to third. Michael Harris II was hit by a pitch. Mauricio Dubon then hit a ground ball that shortstop Masyn Winn threw wildly to first, allowing Albies to score the decisive run.

Brewer Hicklen led the Braves offense with two hits, including a run-scoring double, and finished 2-for-4. Drake Baldwin went 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI. Jim Jarvis added a double and a run scored. Ozzie Albies doubled in the ninth and scored the winning run.

Cardinals starter JoJo Romero worked 4 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on three hits with two walks and three strikeouts. St. Louis managed only four hits, with Burleson’s double and Fermin’s two-run single highlighting the attack.

JR Ritchie started for Atlanta and pitched 4 1/3 innings, allowing one run on one hit with three walks and two strikeouts. Dylan Lee tossed 1 2/3 hitless innings with two strikeouts. Didier Fuentes added 2/3 of an inning with two strikeouts, and Dylan Dodd recorded one out while giving up a run.

The Braves won despite Michael Harris II going 0-for-4 and Mauricio Dubon 0-for-5. Matt Olson collected one hit in five at-bats.

Attendance was 30,234, and the game lasted three hours.

Atlanta had lost the first two games of this four-game series, falling 4-1 on Saturday and 2-1 on Friday. The Braves entered Sunday having lost five of their previous six games overall. St. Louis, now 50-45, had won five of its last six heading into the contest.

The Cardinals opened the scoring in the first inning, but the Braves answered immediately in the second. After Atlanta took a 2-1 lead in the fourth, the teams traded runs in the sixth before the decisive ninth inning error.

The pivotal sequence unfolded in the top of the ninth after Albies’s double. Olson’s groundout advanced Albies to third, and Harris was hit by a pitch. Dubon’s grounder was mishandled by Winn, allowing Albies to score the eventual winning run.

Iglesias retired the Cardinals in order in the bottom of the ninth, striking out Jimmy Crooks to end the game.

The Braves will host the Texas Rangers on Friday to begin a three-game series. The Cardinals travel to Arizona to face the Diamondbacks on Friday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Atlanta Braves 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Atlanta with a 51.90 percent probability to win. St. Louis had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The total score of 7 went over the over/under line of 8.5.