ST. LOUIS (Interstat) — JR Ritchie tossed 4 1/3 innings of one-hit ball, allowing one earned run with two strikeouts, as the Atlanta Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on Sunday afternoon at Busch Stadium III. Attendance was 30,234, and the game lasted 3 hours.

Atlanta scored single runs in the second, fourth, sixth and ninth innings. Drake Baldwin’s fourth-inning single brought home Austin Riley, and Brewer Hicklen’s sixth-inning double scored Jim Jarvis. In the ninth, Mauricio Dubón reached on a throwing error by shortstop Masyn Winn, allowing Ozzie Albies to score the decisive run.

St. Louis took a 1-0 lead in the first on Alec Burleson’s double, then tied the game 3-3 in the sixth on Jose Fermin’s two-run single. Tyler Kinley (5-3) recorded the final out of the sixth and earned the win. Raisel Iglesias pitched a scoreless ninth for his 19th save. JoJo Romero (1-3) took the loss.

Dustin May struck out four over four innings of two-run ball for St. Louis. Dylan Lee added 1 2/3 scoreless frames for Atlanta. The Braves improved to 55-40, while the Cardinals fell to 50-45.