St. Louis ? Wade Miller walked a career-high seven, which usually comes back to haunt a pitcher.

Not this time.

Miller worked around the wildness to win his fifth consecutive start against St. Louis, leading the Houston Astros over the Cardinals, 11-1, Wednesday for a three-game sweep.

“I can’t pitch like that all year long and expect to get a win,” Miller said. “But I was able to bear down when I had to, and throw some decent pitches when I had to.”

Miller (2-0) allowed only two hits in seven shutout innings. He is 12-3 against St. Louis, has a 1.46 ERA against the Cardinals in his last five starts against them and helped the Astros to a sweep at Busch Stadium for the first time since July 4-6, 1994.

The closest the Cardinals came to scoring against him was when Albert Pujols flied out to the left-field wall with two on and two outs in the fifth.

“I thought the ball Pujols hit was gone,” Miller said. “He doesn’t miss that pitch often, so that was a big out.”

Lance Berkman homered for the second straight game for Houston, which outhit the Cardinals, 14-5. Jeff Bagwell hit a three-run homer in the ninth and Bagwell, Craig Biggio and Richard Hidalgo each had three hits for Houston. Biggio doubled twice, giving him five in the series.

Biggio is working with a new batting stance, eliminating the leg kick he had most of his career. He is hitting .412.

Houston's Wade Miller fires a pitch against St. Louis. The Astros defeated the Cardinals, 11-1, Wednesday in St. Louis.

“The biggest thing about not having it anymore is you’re not moving as much and the ball’s not moving as much,” Biggio said. “Hopefully, you cannot swing at as many bad pitches.”

Morgan Ensberg added a two-run double. The Astros have won four straight, outscoring opponents 31-13.

Marlins 9, Expos 0

San Juan, Puerto Rico — Dontrelle Willis hit his second career homer and Miguel Cabrera homered for the fourth straight game, leading Florida over Montreal. Willis (2-0) went 3-for-3, also singling and doubling, and is 6-for-6 at the plate this season. He also homered last May 31 against Cincinnati. The NL Rookie of the Year allowed four hits in five innings, walked four and struck out four.

Brewers 3, Giants 0

San Francisco — Geoff Jenkins homered and three pitchers combined on a four-hitter, helping Milwaukee avoid a three-game sweep. Wes Obermueller (1-1) allowed three hits in 62/3 innings, and also contributed an RBI single and a sacrifice. Dan Bennett and Dan Kolb completed the Brewers’ first shutout since Aug. 31 at the Chicago Cubs.

Cubs 8, Pirates 3

Chicago — Aramis Ramirez homered twice, Todd Walker went 3-for-5 with three RBIs, and Matt Clement (1-1) allowed two hits in six innings in Chicago’s first win at Wrigley Field this year. Moises Alou also homered, and Michael Barrett and Sammy Sosa drove in runs.

Rockies 14, D’backs 4

Denver — Aaron Miles had two home runs and six RBIs, Joe Kennedy pitched six solid innings and Colorado beat Arizona. Colorado had 15 hits in its third straight win while Arizona dropped its fifth in a row.

Miles, acquired from the Chicago White Sox for Juan Uribe on Dec. 2, hit a solo homer in the first and a three-run shot in the fifth. He had an RBI double in the fourth and a run-scoring groundout in the seventh.

Braves 6, Mets 1

New York — Rookie Dewayne Wise touched off a five-run rally with a triple, and Andruw Jones drove in two runs with a sacrifice fly and a double to lead Atlanta over New York behind John Thomson. Wise reached on a two-base error in the first inning by Mike Piazza, who was starting his second game at first base. After walks to Marcus Giles and Adam LaRoche loaded the bases, Jones delivered a sacrifice fly.

Dodgers 11, Padres 4

San Diego — Shawn Green went 4-for-4 with four runs scored, and pitcher Kaz Ishii hit a two-run single in a big inning against David Wells to lead Los Angeles over San Diego.