Monday's game - Cardinals 6, Braves 2

Jim Edmonds and Edgar Renteria hit two-run homers, and Matt Morris pitched 4 1/3 shutout innings Monday as the Cardinals beat the Braves 6-2.

Morris, 2-0 in three spring starts, gave up five hits but did not allow a runner past second base. He struck out one and walked one.

Renteria gave St. Louis the lead with a two-run homer in the second off Albie Lopez.

The Cardinals added four runs in the third inning for a 6-0 lead. J.D. Drew reached on an error and scored on a triple by Albert Pujols, and Edmonds homered. Tino Martinez then doubled and scored on an RBI single by Mike Matheny.

Lopez, the loser, had his worst outing of the spring, allowing six runs -- four earned -- and seven hits in three innings.

-- AP