HOUSTON -- Jedd Gyorko is providing enough power to keep banged-up St. Louis going.Gyorko and Tommy Pham each homered to help the Cardinals beat the Houston Astros 8-5 on Tuesday night for their third straight win.Gyorko has 11 of his 18 homers since July 18, including three in his past four games. Its helped keep St. Louis in the NL wild-card race despite injuries to top hitters like Matt Carpenter and Aledmys Diaz.The Cardinals got more bad news Tuesday: outfielder Matt Holliday and reliever Seth Maness are headed for the disabled list. Holliday will have surgery on his right thumb and could miss the remainder of the regular season, while Maness will have Tommy John surgery, likely sidelining him until 2018.Which means Gyorkos bat is becoming all the more important for the Cardinals, who have a one-game lead for the second NL wild-card spot.When he gets going, hes amazing, manager Mike Matheny said. You just dont know when hes going to hit you. When he gets into a good rhythm hes going to sneak up there and do some damage.The Cardinals roughed up ace Dallas Keuchel (7-12) to overcome a rocky outing from starter Jaime Garcia (10-8). Garcia gave up five runs and seven hits in five innings, including three home runs.It was one of those games where it was a grind for me, Garcia said. I didnt have my best stuff, but the guys picked me up, came through for me and we got the `W so thats all that matters.Seung Hwan Oh pitched a scoreless ninth, striking out three, for his 12th save.Keuchel had his second rough start in the last two weeks. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner allowed six runs and six hits in five innings Tuesday after allowing seven runs in five innings in Detroit on July 31, matching his season high for runs allowed.This is probably the most frustrating loss of the season because of the way we bounced back and got four runs off Jaime and had a lead at home, Keuchel said. I just have to be better than that.Houstons Alex Bregman hit his first major league home run in the first in his 78th career at-bat. Houston erased a 2-0 first-inning deficit with Bregmans homer, a solo homer from Marwin Gonzalez and an RBI single from Jose Altuve.The Cardinals evened the score 4-4 in the fifth with Phams two-run homer and later extended the lead to 8-4 when Gyorko homered off reliever Pat Neshek for his 18th of the season.Yadier Molina added two RBI for St. Louis despite going 0 for 4.Jason Castro had a solo home run for Houston in the sixth.Altuve singled in the ninth for his 1,000th career hit, becoming the fastest player in franchise history to reach the milestone, doing it in 786 games. Cesar Cedeno previously held the record, reaching 1,000 hits in 889 games, one game faster than Jeff Bagwell.TRAINING ROOMCardinals: Holliday will have surgery Wednesday on his right thumb. Holliday was hit by a pitch against the Cubs last Thursday and could be sidelined through September. ... The Cardinals recalled RHP Sam Tuivailala from Triple-A Memphis.Astros: P Lance McCullers (elbow soreness) will take another week away from throwing, manager A.J. Hinch said. McCullers was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Aug. 3. ... IF Luis Valbuena (hamstring) ran bases Tuesday and took batting practice, with expectations of starting a rehab assignment soon. Valbuena strained his right hamstring on July 27. ... OF Colby Rasmus did light conditioning Tuesday for the first time after undergoing a procedure last Wednesday to remove a cyst in his right ear. He was placed on the disabled list on Aug. 7 and hopes to return around the start of September.UP NEXTCardinals: Carlos Martinez (10-7, 3.34) will try to get his first win in four starts. 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Uphill, and plays its yardage.Hole 2, Pink Dogwood, 575yds, Par 5:The first obvious chance to get under the card - reachable in two, and only problems are the well-placed greenside bunkers.Hole 3, Flowering Peach 350yds, Par 4:Classic short par four, where the majority of players will take an iron off the tee, aiming to avoid fairway traps to leave a full wedge into a tricky green.Hole 4, Flowering Crab Apple, 240yds, Par 3:Long iron or hybrid needed to find a two-tier green guarded by two bunkers. The green is narrow and tough to hold.Hole 5, Magnolia, 455yds, Par 4:Tough, uphill dog-leg with two well-positioned bunkers to the left to catch errant drives. The green slopes a lot from front to back, with sand to the rear.Hole 6, Juniper, 180yds, Par 3:Something of a respite, this requires just a mid-iron from an elevated tee to a large, but severely undulating, target.Hole 7, Pampas, 450yds, Par 4:Used to be a real birdie chance until 35-40 yards were added as well as trees by the fairway. Now a driver and a mid-iron to a tough, well-bunkered green.Hole 8, Yellow Jasmine, 570yds, Par 5:Big, accurate drive needed to avoid huge fairway bunkers, this green is only accessible in two to the biggest of hitters.Hole 9, Carolina Cherry, 460yds, Par 4:One of the toughest greens in golf, sloping hugely from front to back. Any approach not hit bravely will roll back down the fairway, leaving a tough third.Hole 10, Camellia, 495yds, Par 4:Downhill, but this is one of the toughest greens to hit. Right-to-left drive required to avoid a treacherous long-iron approach.Hole 11, White Dogwood, 505yds, Par 4:First leg of Amen Corner, and usually the toughest holee.dddddddddddd Long dog-leg left, trees on the right and a large pond guarding the green. Take your par and run!Hole 12, Golden Bell, 155yds, Par 3:The most famous par three in golf. Narrow green, water in front, bunkers at the back and nearly always a swirling wind. Hole 13, Azalea, 510yds, Par 5:Dog-leg left, reachable in two, but Raes Creek runs down the left and then in front of the green. A great risk-reward hole featuring eagles ... and sevens!Hole 14, Chinese Fir, 440yds, Par 4:The only hole with no bunkers, but the defence is one of the most testing greens. Three putts are common-place here.Hole 15, Firethorn, 530yds, Par 5:Great risk-reward par five that is reachable in two for most. Water guards the front, while anything over the green in two leaves a treacherous chip back. Hole 16, Redbud, 170yds, Par 3:Mid-iron over water required, with a green which slopes dramatically from right to left. Scary last-day pin placement.Hole 17, Nandina, 440yds, Par 4:The Eisenhower Tree in the centre of the fairway was taken down last year, making the drive much easier. The green is tough to hit and hold, and there is no easy putt.Hole 18, Holly, 465yds, Par 4:All uphill, the drive through an avenue of trees must avoid two fairway bunkers. A two-tiered green sets up a thrilling finale.Watch all four days of the Masters live on Sky Sports 4 - your home of golf. Also See: Beem: No major changes Ways to watch the Masters First round tee times Opinion