ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Interstat) — George Soriano won and Riley O’Brien earned his 29th save as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Colorado Rockies 7-4 on Sunday afternoon at Busch Stadium III.

The Cardinals broke a 4-4 tie with three runs in the eighth inning. JJ Wetherholt doubled to score Masyn Winn and Nathan Church, then advanced to third on a fielding error by center fielder Cole Carrigg. Ivan Herrera singled to bring home Wetherholt. Wetherholt finished 2 for 3 with two RBIs, Winn was 2 for 4 with an RBI, and Alec Burleson homered.

Colorado jumped ahead in the first on Hunter Goodman’s RBI single. Brett Sullivan hit a two-run homer in the sixth, and Goodman added a solo homer in the eighth. Goodman went 2 for 4 with two RBIs, and Sullivan was 2 for 3 with two RBIs.

St. Louis outhit Colorado 14-10. Soriano improved to 5-3, while Tanner Gordon dropped to 0-3. Michael McGreevy allowed three earned runs in 5 2/3 innings for St. Louis. Attendance was 25,589, and the game lasted 2:54. The Cardinals improved to 60-60; the Rockies fell to 48-72.