MILWAUKEE -- For the second straight game, Matt Carpenter feasted on Milwaukee Brewers' pitching.

Carpenter had four hits, including a pair of RBI triples, pacing the Cardinals in a 10-3 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night at Miller Park.

"When you feel good, you feel good," Carpenter said. "Hits come in bunches. I've had stretches during this year where I felt really good, was hitting balls right at people. Baseball has a funny way of working itself out. Going through a good stretch right now."

Carpenter finished a home run short of the cycle, scored four runs and drove in three as the Cardinals combined for 14 hits.

"Just a real nice approach; even his out was hard," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "He's seeing the ball well, he's grinding when he gets deep counts, fouling the ball off his foot and then hits a triple afterward. He's impressive when he gets in a spot like this."

Cardinals right-hander Mike Leake (4-4) evened his record for the season with six effective innings, holding Milwaukee to two runs on five hits and a walk while striking out four.

Jonathan Lucroy had two hits including his ninth home run of the season for the Brewers, who dropped their third in four games and lost for the 30th time in the last 40 meetings with St. Louis at Miller Park.

"For some reason, they've been killing us," Brewers starter Wily Peralta said. "I think we have to step up and try to beat them. They, for some reason, feel comfortable when they come here and when we get there (Busch)."

Four straight hits to open the first inning, including back-to-back RBI singles from Matt Holliday and Stephen Piscotty gave the Cardinals an early 2-0 lead against Peralta, who went just five innings and allowed three runs on nine hits and a pair of walks while striking out a pair.

"I've been throwing too many pitches early in the game," Peralta said. "Today, I threw something like 30 some pitches in the first inning. That's going to get me out of the game quick."

Milwaukee got a run back in the second, when Lucroy led off the inning with his ninth home run of the season but Holliday struck again in the fifth, again on a run-scoring single that scored Carpenter.

Jonathan Villar led off the Brewers' sixth with a walk then stole his 19th stolen base of the season. He went on to score on an RBI double by Braun, but Leake retired the next two, then gave way to the St. Louis bullpen.

Four straight hits to open the first inning, including back-to-back RBI singles from Holliday and Piscotty, gave the Cardinals an early 2-0 lead against Peralta. The right-hander went just five innings and allowed three runs on nine hits and a pair of walks while striking out a pair.

Milwaukee got a run back in the second as Lucroy led off the inning with a home run. But Holliday struck again in the fifth, again on a run-scoring single that scored Matt Carpenter and Peralta gave way to a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the inning.

"We're still waiting for that start where he goes deep in a game and shuts the other team down but he kept us in the ballgame tonight," manager Craig Counsell said. "Three runs after five innings, that's not what you want but we were still in that game."

Milwaukee remained in the game until the eighth when the Cardinals, who took a 5-3 lead in the seventh on Carpenter's first triple, opened the floodgates against right-hander David Goforth.

Matt Adams led off with a double that bounced off the glove of Ramon Flores in center. Goforth struck out Randal Frichuck but walked Yadier Molina then hung a first-pitch slider to Jedd Gyorko, who sent it to left-center for his sixth home run of the season.

Goforth gave way to Jahn Marinez and avoided disaster when Jeremy Hazelbaker's home run was ruled foul after replay, but then reached on a single and scored on another Carpenter double.

NOTES: The Brewers claimed RHP Neil Ramirez off waivers Tuesday from the Cubs and designated INF Colin Walsh for assignment. ... RF Stephen Piscotty returned to St. Louis' starting lineup Tuesday after missing the previous two games with a bout of food poisoning. ... LF Ryan Braun returned to the Brewers' lineup after missing two games with a stiff neck. ... 2B Kolten Wong was given a rest, with Jedd Gyorko starting in his place. Wong was batting .237 (9-for-38) in his last 13 games and .231 for the season.