Chicago ? Run support was not an issue for A.J. Burnett this time.

The Florida Marlins gave the right-hander plenty Wednesday, routing the Chicago Cubs, 15-5, in their highest scoring game of the season.

Carlos Delgado, Miguel Cabrera, Juan Encarnacion and Luis Castillo homered, and Juan Pierre and Paul Lo Duca each had four of the Marlins’ season-high 20 hits. Pierre also stole two bases.

“Just got the results today,” said Pierre, who hit .205 in his previous 33 games. “Every day, I go out work the same way and try to have the same approach. I got (two) bunt base hits. … I probably remained a little more relaxed at the plate.”

Delgado’s three-run homer capped a six-run fourth inning that made it 8-0, knocked out Greg Maddux and made it an easy afternoon for Burnett.

Burnett (4-4) pitched 62â3 innings and allowed five runs – all in the seventh – for his first victory since beating Philadelphia on April 29. He was 0-3 in seven starts since then despite a 3.63 ERA during that stretch.

“They gave me a big enough lead where I could afford to screw up in the seventh,” Burnett said.

Maddux (5-4) saw his three-game winning streak end. He lasted just 32â3 innings and allowed seven runs, his worst outing since giving up seven earned runs to the White Sox last June 27.

“It was one of the few times that he didn’t have his control and his location,” Cubs manager Dusty Baker said. “Just chalk it up as one of the few bad days you’ll see him have.”

It was Maddux’s shortest outing since April 12, 2004, when he lasted 32â3 innings against Pittsburgh.

“I made a lot of bad pitches that got hit hard, and I made some pretty good ones that got hit, too,” Maddux said.

Especially in the fourth.

With two outs, Pierre hit a two-run double that made it 4-0 and Cabrera had an RBI single. Todd Wellemeyer relieved with runners on first and third, and Delgado hit the first pitch for his 14th home run.

In the bottom of the seventh, Jeromy Burnitz hit a three-run homer, and Aramis Ramirez chased Burnett with a single.