MIAMI -- Alec Burleson drove in two runs, including a go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning, as the Cardinals snapped a five-game losing skid with an 8-3 win over the Marlins on Monday.

Lars Nootbaar singled twice and had an RBI, while Willson Contreras returned from a four-game absence with two singles and an RBI. Contreras was sidelined because of a right foot contusion.

With the score tied at 3-3 and two outs in the seventh, Iván Herrera reached on a two-base fielding error by Marlins right fielder Dane Myers. Burleson followed with a line drive to center field that scored Herrera. Pedro Pagés padded the lead for the Cardinals with an RBI single in the eighth before Nolan Gorman added a two-run homer in the ninth.

Run-scoring singles by Nootbaar and Burleson and Contreras’ sa

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