Joey Votto's two RBI helped send the Cincinnati Reds to a 5-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals Saturday.

Votto led off the fifth inning with a solo homer, his 10th, and drove in a run with a triple.

Mitch Owings, the starting pitcher, contributed to his victory with a solo homer in the third, his third this season.

Owings (6-8) gave up two earned runs and six hits in six innings with two walks and six strikeouts to win his third in four starts. Francisco Cordero notched his 20th save with a perfect ninth.

Colby Rasmus hit a solo homer for St. Louis with one out in the first.

Cardinals starter Brad Thompson (2-5) got the loss. In five innings, he gave up five runs, four of them earned, on nine hits and two walks