Cardinals power their way past Braves

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The visiting St. Louis Cardinals hit four solo home runs to back the solid effort from starting pitcher Miles Mikolas and beat the Atlanta Braves 6-2 on Sunday in the rubber game of their three-game series.

The win gave St. Louis a 4-2 win in the season series and pulled the Cardinals to within 2 1/2 games of Atlanta in the race for the National League's first wild-card berth.