Chicago, IL (SportsNetwork.com) - Matt Adams finished with a pair of hits and drove in four runs, leading St. Louis to a 6-3 decision over Chicago in the second edition of a three-game series.

New acquisition A.J. Pierzynski collected three hits and knocked in a run for the Cardinals, who rebounded from a one-run loss in Friday's opener and snapped a four-game losing streak.

Matt Carpenter added an RBI and scored twice, while Randy Choate (2-2) recorded the final out in the sixth to snag the win. Shelby Miller lasted 5 2/3 innings and yielded two runs on three hits while fanning three.

Nate Schierholtz and Ryan Sweeney hit solo homers for the Cubs, who have dropped eight of their last 10. Emilio Bonifacio contributed three hits and scored once in the setback.

James Russell (0-2) was charged with four runs on two hits while retiring two batters in defeat. Jake Arrieta gave up two runs on five hits with six strikeouts over the first six frames.

The visitors forged ahead to stay with a seventh-inning burst.

Russel allowed a leadoff hit from Jon Jay, who was sacrificed to second by Mark Ellis before stealing third and coming in on Carpenter's fielder's choice grounder. Carpenter moved up on a wild pitch after Kolten Wong fanned, then Matt Holliday walked and Adams' triple to center scored both for a 5-2 contest.

Brian Schlitter relieved Russell, but walked Jhonny Peralta and gave up an RBI single to Pierzynski before retiring Oscar Taveras on a fly to center.

Sweeney took Pat Neshek deep to begin the home eighth, but he maintained the three-run edge through his inning of work. Trevor Rosenthal gave up a single and double in the ninth, but fanned Welington Castillo with a runner on second to end the contest.

Adams' one-out, two-run double in the first put the Cardinals on the board. Carpenter walked and Wong was aboard with a single before scoring.

Bonifacio reached on a leadoff bunt single in the fourth, stole second, moved to third on a groundout and scored on Anthony Rizzo's grounder to short.

A one-out solo homer to right by Schierholtz in the sixth evened the score.