St. Louis, MO (Sports Network) - Mike Fontenot hit a three-run homer and finished with four runs batted in to lead the Chicago Cubs in a 9-3 rout of their NL Central foe St. Louis Cardinals.

Kosuke Fukudome and Geovany Soto each tallied two RBI for the Cubs, who snapped a two-game skid, but won for only the third time in their last nine tries. Alfonso Soriano also had an RBI and Derrek Lee scored twice.

Ted Lilly (2-4) got the win as he went seven strong innings while only giving up three runs on six hits. Lilly has 1,002 strikeouts for his career.

Carlos Marmol threw two innings of perfect relief, although it was not a save situation.

Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols each slugged a solo home run for the Cardinals, who saw their three-game win streak halted. Ryan Ludwick accounted for the other RBI.

Kyle Lohse (3-1) was dealt the loss after he was knocked around for eight runs on nine hits in six-plus innings on the hill.

The clubs combined for two hits through the first three innings.

Chicago put six runs on the board in the fourth. Ryan Theriot singled, and Lee's single made it first and third. Fukudome then belted a double to right field to plate Theriot. Mark DeRosa followed with a walk to load the bases, before Soto hit a ground-rule double to center to score two runs. Fontenot cleared the table with a three-run homer over the fence in right.

The Cardinals got a run back in their portion of the fourth. Brendan Ryan led off with a single and moved to second on a Pujols groundout. Ludwick's double scored Ryan.

Molina's lead-off homer in the fifth pulled the Cardinals to 6-2.

Pujols made it a three-run game with a blast in the sixth.

The Cubs tacked on more runs in the seventh. Lilly led off with a double and scored on Soriano's two-base hit. Russ Springer then came on in relief and walked Lee one out later, though, Soriano stole third to put runners on the corners. Fukudome slugged a double to plate Soriano and Soto worked a walk to load the bases. Fontenot got a four-pitch walk, and Lee touched home. The Cubs were ahead 9-3 in the middle of the seventh.

St. Louis was unable to get a hit in the last two innings.