Oscar Mercado drove in five runs and Paul DeJong hit a three-run homer as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-5 on Sunday.

St. Louis has won 11 of 14 after a 10-24 start to the season.

Los Angeles dropped three of four games in the series and lost its first set since dropping two of three to Pittsburgh on April 24-26.

Mercado, who made his St. Louis debut Wednesday, went 3 for 4 and tied a career high with the five RBIs.

The Cardinals touched Los Angeles pitcher Clayton Kershaw (6-4) for three runs in the second inning. Mercado capped off the outburst with a two-run double that pushed the lead to 3-0. Kershaw allowed four runs on five hits over 3 2/3 innings. He surrendered three doubles in the second inning for the first time in his career.

Mercado also added a two-run single in the fifth.

St. Louis has won its last four series and scored 10 runs or more for the fourth time since May 7.

DeJong pushed the lead to 10-3 with his seventh homer of the season in the seventh. He also matched a career high by scoring four runs.

St. Louis third baseman Nolan Arenado had three hits to extend his hitting streak to 12 games, his longest run as a member of the Cardinals. He put together a career-best 15-game run with Colorado from May 21-June 5, 2019.

Kershaw, a three-time Cy Young Award winner, recorded his shortest start of the season. He compiled a 5-1 mark with a 1.89 ERA in April and was named the NL Pitcher of the Month. Kershaw has given up four earned runs in two of his last four starts.

Drew VerHagen (3-0) retired seven successive batters after relieving starter Jack Flaherty with two outs in the fourth.