ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Carlos Martinez pitched six strong innings and Jason Heyward hit his first home run for St. Louis, leading the Cardinals over the Cincinnati Reds 5-2 Saturday for their fourth straight win.Matt Carpenter drove in a pair of runs as the NL Central champion Cardinals kept winning after a 3-3 start.Zack Cozart homered for the Reds, who have lost three in a row and six of seven. Cincinnati speedster Billy Hamilton left in the eighth inning after beating out an infield single.Martinez (1-0) gave up one run on three hits, striking out four and walking two. 
Trevor Rosenthal picked up his fourth save in as many opportunities. He struck out Joey Votto with two on to end the game.Homer Bailey (0-1) surrendered five runs and nine hits over 5 2-3 innings. He made his first start after beginning the season on the disabled list while recovering from surgery on a torn flexor tendon.Carpenter, who has six successive multihit games, improved to 17-for-29 (.586) lifetime against Bailey. His two-run double in the sixth pushed the lead to 5-1 and chased Bailey.Matt Adams put St. Louis in front with an RBI single in the first. He drove in Matt Holliday, who doubled with two out.Holliday left the game after scoring with stiffness in his back. He has hit safely in all 10 games this season.Heyward, acquired in an offseason trade with Atlanta, homered in the third. Yadier Molina made it 3-0 with a run-scoring double in the fourth.Cozart, who had three hits, pushed his hitting streak to seven games. Jhonny Peralta of the Cardinals had a nine-game hitting streak snapped.
Trevor Rosenthal picked up his fourth save in as many opportunities. He struck out Joey Votto with two on to end the game.Homer Bailey (0-1) surrendered five runs and nine hits over 5 2-3 innings. He made his first start after beginning the season on the disabled list while recovering from surgery on a torn flexor tendon.Carpenter, who has six successive multihit games, improved to 17-for-29 (.586) lifetime against Bailey. His two-run double in the sixth pushed the lead to 5-1 and chased Bailey.Matt Adams put St. Louis in front with an RBI single in the first. He drove in Matt Holliday, who doubled with two out.Holliday left the game after scoring with stiffness in his back. He has hit safely in all 10 games this season.Heyward, acquired in an offseason trade with Atlanta, homered in the third. Yadier Molina made it 3-0 with a run-scoring double in the fourth.Cozart, who had three hits, pushed his hitting streak to seven games. Jhonny Peralta of the Cardinals had a nine-game hitting streak snapped.
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