Riley homers, Anderson shines as Braves beat Cards 7-1 July 5 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink ATLANTA (AP) Austin Riley homered and drove in three runs, Ian Anderson allowed one run in a bounce-back start, and the Atlanta Braves beat the struggling St. Louis Cardinals 7-1 on Tuesday night.Riley hit a two-run homer, his 21st, and William Contreras also went deep in the first inning as Atlanta took a 5- Randy Jones Jersey 0 lead. Matt Olson drove in two runs with two hits, including a first-inning single after Ronald Acua Jr. singled and stole second.Anderson (7-5) allowed eight hits with one walk and three strikeouts in five innings. He escaped a bases-loaded jam in the fifth, getting an inning-ending groundout from Dylan Carlson.Anderson had allowed a combined 11 earned runs in back-to-back lo ses.The Cardinals have lost three straight and five of six. They began the night three games behind division-leading Milwaukee in the NL Central.The Braves, second in the NL East behind the New York Mets, have won the first two games of the four-game series.Cardinals rookie right-hander Andre Pallante was pulled in the fourth after allowing consecutive run-scoring doubles to Olson and Riley, who finished with three hits. Pallante (2-4) allowed career Nick Martini Jersey highs of seven runs and 10 hits in 3 2/3 innings his shortest of six starts.The defending champion Braves hope Anderson can show his 6.91 ERA in six June starts was an aberration.He went from taking a shutout into the seventh inning to having a couple of rough starts, manager Brian Snitker said of Anderson before the game. It happens. Hopefully he can find himself and get back to where he wants to be and get on a little run the other way.Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol juggled his lineup, moving slumping Tommy Edman from the cleanup spot to seventh. Rookie Brendan Donovan hit leadoff.Edman was held without a hit as left-hander Tyler Matzek made a backhanded grab of his grounder in the eighth. Donovan had one hit as the Cardinals stranded 10 runners.TRAINERS ROOMCardinals: Marmol said LHP Gnesis Cabrera (undisclosed injury) was really good when throwing live batting practice. Cabrera was placed on the injured list June 25 and will be evaluated on Wednesday. ... Marmol said RHP Johan Oviedo woke up feeling better than we anticipated after being struck on his right hand by a line drive hit on Monday night. X-rays were negative.Braves: One week after being placed on the 15-day IL, RHP Kenley Jansen (irregular heartbeat) threw off the mound before the game. Jansen is on pace to being activated when first eligible on July 12. As soon as hes cleared ... he should be ready to go, Snitker said. ... OF Adam Duvall entered the game in the eighth as a defensive Matt Strahm Jersey replacement in left field, his first appearance since he was hit by a pitch on his left hand Saturday at Cincinnati. ... Matzek, who returned from the IL on Monday, pitched a scorele s eighth, allowing one walk.UP NEXTCardinals RHP Miles Mikolas (5-6, 2.61 ERA) will make his first start against Atlanta since 2019 when he faces Braves LHP Max Fried (8-2, 2.66) on Wednesday night. Mikolas is 1-2 with a 2.61 ERA in five career appearances, including four starts, against Atlanta. Fried is 2-0 with a 0.69 ERA in two career starts against the Cardinals.___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports in this topic National League Ian Anderson Major League Baseball Austin Riley Atlanta Trevor Hoffman Jersey Braves Adam Duvall Miles Mikolas Tommy Edman Ian Anderson Johan Oviedo Austin Riley Dylan Carlson William Contreras Atlanta Braves St. Louis Cardinals share World Cup fans find booze at hotels, Qatar's 1 liquor store Qatar's strict rules regarding alcohol have drawn attention as it hosts the World Cup 57 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Sterling leaves England World Cup camp after home break-in England forward Raheem Sterling has left his teams World Cup camp in Qatar and returned to the U.K. after a break-in at his home 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ronaldo looks to shine like Mbapp and Me si at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo has been overshadowed by the brilliance of Lionel Me si and Kylian Mbapp so far at the World Cup 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ottawa hosts Los Angeles after Giroux's 2-goal game The Ottawa Senators host the Los Angeles Kings after Claude Giroux's two-goal game against the San Jose Sharks in the Fernando Tatis Jr. Jersey Senators' 5-2 win 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Penguins host the Blue Jackets following Kapanen's hat trick The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Columbus Blue Jackets after Kasperi Kapanen's hat trick against the St. Louis Blues in the Penguins' 6-2 win 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS