ST. LOUIS (AP) -Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Pat Burrell hit consecutive home runs in the first inning, and Philadelphia went on to a 20-2 rout of St. Louis on Friday night.

Kyle Kendrick (6-2) worked seven innings and contributed two hits and an RBI to a nine-run fourth. The Phillies had a season-high 21 hits.

Howard went 3-for-5 and drove in five runs. Carlos Ruiz had four hits and four RBIs.

The 20 runs tied the major league high for the season, set by the Phillies on May 26 at home against Colorado.

The Phillies are an NL-best 20-15 on the road and are averaging 7.5 runs in their last 22 games against the Cardinals.

The 20 runs were the most by an opponent at 3-year-old Busch Stadium, two higher than the previous high by the Astros on Sept. 20, 2007.

Utley hit his major league-leading 22nd homer, Howard his 16th and Burrell his 17th after Todd Wellemeyer (7-2) got two easy outs to start the game.

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