ATLANTA -- After Mike Minor pitched like a rising ace, he tipped his cap to the injured leader of the Atlanta Braves rotation. Minor allowed only one run to give the depleted staff a lift, Jason Heyward homered, and the Braves beat Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 in a matchup of division leaders on Friday night. Minor (10-5) gave up four hits with no walks in seven innings. His sharp performance came two days after Tim Hudson was lost for the season with a broken right ankle. Minor, who became the first Braves pitcher to reach 10 wins, lowered his ERA to 2.89. His strong start was especially important after Hudsons season ended. Asked if he felt he needed to step up as the staff ace, Minor said, "Thats not really my role. I go out every fifth day and just try to pitch. "With Huddy going down, that was our ace. That was our best guy. We just need everybody else to step it up a little bit." The Atlanta rotation also is without left-hander Paul Maholm, who is expected to miss at least one start because of a bruised left wrist. Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez also resisted suggestions that Minor is emerging as the top pitcher on a young staff that also includes rookies Julio Teheran and Alex Wood. "Lets not get there yet," Gonzalez said. "Mike Minor doesnt have to do anything. Hes been this good for a while. We saw him growing up and getting better and better about this time last year. Lets let him dictate his own career and lets not start putting labels yet." Wainwright (13-6), the NL leader in wins, took his first loss since a 2-1 decision to Texas on June 23. Yadier Molina gave St. Louis a 1-0 lead with his eighth homer in the second inning. The Braves answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning. Wainwright allowed four runs, three earned, on seven hits and one walk in seven innings. He complimented the Braves hitters on their patience in trying for opposite-field hits. "I think I just have to tip my hat," Wainwright said. "I think they had a great approach from the first pitch of the game on. "They took some great at-bats off me, worked the counts, and they didnt get pull-happy out there. Really, they hit some tough pitches and worked some tough at-bats. Sometimes you just get beat. I had some pretty good stuff tonight." The Braves took a 2-1 lead with four hits off Wainwright in the second. Brian McCann doubled, moved to third on Dan Ugglas single, and scored on Chris Johnsons single to left field. Minor added a single with two outs to drive in Uggla. Heyward pushed the lead to 3-1 with his eighth homer, a one-out shot to left field, in the fifth. "I got a pitch to hit," Heyward said before adding that Wainwright "made a mistake with a changeup away." With one out in the seventh, and Johnson on first base following his second hit, Joey Terdoslavich pinch-hit for Minor and hit a grounder to shortstop Pete Kozma, who threw wild toward second base. Johnson scored on the error. Jordan Walden pitched a perfect eighth inning before Craig Kimbrel recorded the final three outs for his 29th save. Heyward, sprinting toward the infield from right field, made a diving catch to take a hit away from David Freese in the fifth inning. Heyward rolled and came up holding the ball as Minor slapped his glove in approval on the mound. NOTES: Of Minors 103 pitches, 70 were strikes. ... Attendance was 50,124, a sellout. ... Hudson had surgery to repair his broken right ankle. His wife, Kim, said on her Twitter account the procedure went well. ... RHP Brandon Beachy, recovering from right elbow ligament-replacement surgery in June 2012, will come off the DL to take Hudsons rotation spot Monday night against Colorado. ... Cardinals LHP John Gast had season-ending surgery on his left shoulder. He could return in eight to 12 months. Gast was 2-0 with a 5.11 ERA in three starts before he was placed on the disabled list on May 26 with a left shoulder strain. ... Teheran will face Joe Kelly in a matchup of right-handers on Saturday. Kelly will be making his fourth start of the season. Wholesale Authentic Jerseys . -- There were a lot of firsts for the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. Cheap Jerseys Frrom China . The 26-year-old Ireland striker, who has four goals this season, has signed a three-and-a-half year contract with his new club. http://www.wholesalejerseysnflforsale.com/ . Tuesdays surgery at Atlantas Piedmont Hospital was performed by Dr. Xavier Duralde and Hawks team physician Dr. Michael Bernot. Cheap NFL Jerseys China . Kyle Denbrook, a soccer player from Saint Marys University, took the CIS male athlete of the week honour. 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Definitely wasnt trying to hit a home run. Just trying to put a ball in play and have a good at-bat, and it just kept going and going and going and going.Walker (4-10), who gave up six runs and six hits in just two-thirds of inning, hit Yunel Escobar on the hand with the first pitch and Calhoun sent a 3-2 pitch over the right-field wall. Trout, who entered 8 for 10 in his career against Walker, then hit his 27th homer and Pujols followed with his shot to make it 4-0.Andrelton Simmons had an RBI double and Carlos Perez added a run-scoring single to cap the inning.Thats as good as it gets, Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. It was a 13-pitch at-bat and it ended in a home run. Koles a grinder. He goes up there and he got a home run in a 13-pitch at-bat, which is tremendous.Tyler Skaggs (3-3) allowed three runs on eight hits in six innings for Los Angeles, striking out seven and walking one.Franklin Gutierrez answered in the bottom of the first with a two-run homer, his 13th.Im happy our team scored all those runs, but at the same time its tough to sit there for 45 minutes and throw in the cage and then come out there, Skaggs said. Im not complaining at all whatsoever, though. The offense was great tonight.Pujols 28th homer of the season, a two-run shot in the second, gave him 588 for his career to move past Frank Robinson into ninth place on the all-time list.I dont think about that, Pujols said. I was just glad to help our team win tonight and be able to contribute, especially after a tough loss last night.Trout had opened the inning with a triple off the glove of center fielder Leonys Martin.Calhoun also had a solo shot, his 15th, in the third, and Jefry Martes added an RBI single in the fourth to make it 10-2.Nelson Cruz hit his 34th homer to open the bottom half of the inning.The three connsecutive homers by the Angels was the first time since April 13, 2014, when Trout, Pujols and Raul Ibanez did it in the first inning against the Mets.ddddddddddddhat was the story of the game, Mariners manager Scott Servais. It was over before it really got started. Obviously, Taijuan did not have his best stuff tonight. The first pitch of the game, then the long at-bat to Calhoun that ends up with a home run, and then the home runs after.TRAINERS ROOMAngels: RHP Cam Bedrosian (2-0, 1.12 ERA), who already was on the DL (right middle finger flexor tendinitis) when the club announced earlier this week that he also was dealing with a blood clot in his upper right arm, will undergo season-ending surgery Tuesday for the clot, GM Billy Eppler said in a statement. ... 3B Escobar was taken out of the game after being hit. X-rays were negative and the team said he had a contusion on the back of his left hand.Mariners: RHP Drew Storen, on the 15-day DL (right shoulder inflammation) is expected to be activated Sunday. Storen pitched one scoreless inning for Triple-A Tacoma in a 20-pitch rehab outing on Friday, allowing one hit with one strikeout.ANGELS ROSTER MOVESThe Angels recalled RHP Alex Meyer and 1B Ji-Man Choi from Triple-A Salt Lake City. Meyer, acquired from the Twins along with RHP Ricky Nolasco at the trade deadline, is expected to start Wednesday in place of Brett Oberholtzer.TROUT STAYS HOT VS. SEATTLEIn 15 games against the Mariners this season, Trout is hitting .353 with seven home runs, two triples, two doubles and 17 RBI, with 17 runs scored. In his career against Walker, Trout is hitting .818 (9-for-11) with a triple, three homers and six RBI.CANO DOUBLES UPMariners 2B Robinson Cano doubled in the first inning, making him one of four players in major league history with at least 30 doubles and 30 home runs in 12 consecutive seasons, joining Stan Musial (16 seasons), Tris Speaker (12) and Honus Wagner (12). Cano is the only player to do it in 12 straight seasons to start his career.UP NEXTAngels: RHP Matt Shoemaker (9-13, 3.91 ERA) has won his last three starts and has pitched at least six innings in each of his last nine starts. He is 1-2 with a 5.82 ERA in three starts this season against the MarinersMariners: RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (14-10, 4.01 ERA) is 6-1 with a 2.14 ERA at home against the Angels. ' ' '