Martinez leads Cardinals to 12-2 win over struggling Braves

ATLANTA -- Pitcher Carlos Martinez drove in two runs, matching the total he allowed in six innings, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat Julio Teheran and the winless Atlanta Braves 12-2 on Saturday night.

At 0-4, Atlanta is the only NL team without a victory this season.

Martinez (1-0) allowed two runs on four hits and three walks.

The Cardinals have scored a combined 19 runs while winning the first two games of the weekend series. They were held to only seven runs in three losses at Pittsburgh to open the season.

Kolten Wong had three hits, scored two runs and also reached on one of Atlanta's two errors. Aledmys Diaz had two hits, including an RBI off John Gant in the eighth.

Teheran (0-1) gave up four earned runs on six hits and four walks in four innings. He also threw two wild pitches.

Martinez drove in a run with a grounder in the second inning and a single in the fifth.

Teheran loaded the bases with three walks in the first. As a bookend to the collection of shaky pitching, Jason Grilli walked three batters in the ninth.

Atlanta's Nick Markakis had a run-scoring double and scored on Freddie Freeman's single in the third.

Up next

Cardinals: RHP Adam Wainwright will make his second try for his first win of the season when he starts in today's final game of the series against the Braves. Wainwright is 8-2 with a 2.54 ERA in 15 career games, including 10 starts, against Atlanta.

Braves: RHP Williams Perez, who was 7-6 with a 4.78 ERA in 2015, will make his first start today. It will be his first appearance against the Cardinals.

Chills, spills

The temperatures fell from 60 degrees for the first pitch into the 40s. The breezy, chilly conditions may have contributed to the combined six errors, 12 walks and four wild pitches. Five Braves pitchers totaled nine walks and three wild pitches.

Trainer's room

Cardinals: Martinez, 24, threw 99 pitches in his 38th career start. ... Rookie CF Jeremy Hazelbaker earned the start and hit second following his pinch-hit HR on Friday night. He went 1 for 4 with a walk, scored a run, drove in one and stole a base.

Braves: CF Ender Inciarte did not play after leaving Friday night's game with a tight left hamstring. Manager Fredi Gonzalez said Inciarte was "a lot better" on Saturday. Inciarte may be held out again today, and the prospect of cold, wet weather in Washington early next week could keep him out of the lineup longer if he still has any discomfort.