ST. LOUIS -- For the first time in a while, the St. Louis Cardinals had good reason to use their closer. After such a long wait between pressure situations, Edward Mujica did not let anybody down. Mujica converted his first save chance in 18 games, working the last two innings in an 8-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs that ended a four-game losing streak and avoided a sweep on Sunday. "All the time its about consistency," Mujica said. "Sometimes days off are pretty good for pitchers. For my arm. Everybody knows were going to be out of this rough time." Pete Kozma singled home the tiebreaking run in the sixth. Matt Carpenter and Allen Craig each had three hits and drove in a run. Jon Jay and David Freese both drove in two runs, though they only had one hit between them. "That was a great at-bat by Pete, and couldnt have come at a better time," manager Mike Matheny said. "I thought the guys did a real good job of situational hitting, getting the runs in when they had money on the table." Mujica earned his 31st save in 33 chances and first since July 25 against the Phillies, overcoming Starlin Castros leadoff double in the eighth with just a one-run cushion. Then he retired the final five in a row in an outing that matched his longest of the year. The right-hander had been anticipating that after setup man Trevor Rosenthal threw 33 pitches and gave up the tying and go-ahead runs in two-thirds of an inning in a 6-5 loss. "We had that in mind, didnt necessarily commit to that," Matheny said. "We knew that would be an option to go for Chief for two." Randy Choate (2-1) faced one batter, getting leadoff man David DeJesus to pop out with two men on to end the sixth after the Cubs had tied it at 4 on RBI singles by Castro and Darwin Barney off Seth Maness. Barney, like Kozma an eighth-place hitter, had two RBI singles. Hes batting .215 overall but has a .317 average against St. Louis with two homers and 10 RBIs. "He battles up there and its hard to strike him out and hes going to give you an at-bat all the time," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "Hes a little battler." Tony Cruz doubled with two outs in the sixth off Blake Parker (1-2) and scored easily on Kozmas single. Parker was the winner Saturday with an inning of relief. Jay added a sacrifice fly in the seventh off Hector Rondon and the Cardinals got RBIs from Carpenter and Craig in the eighth off Michael Bowden. The Cardinals combined two singles, a walk, a steal and a sacrifice fly off Edwin Jackson in a three-run first. Matt Holliday had one of the RBIs plus a steal off Jacksons slow move to the plate, before Jackson finally retaliated by picking off Jay. Holliday handed the Cubs an unearned run in the third when he camped under Junior Lakes two-out high fly to medium left but then whiffed on the catch and DeJesus scored from first. The Cubs settled for their first series win in St. Louis since a three-game sweep Sept. 13-15, 2010. Theyd been 0-6-1 the previous seven series, and were trying for a three-game sweep. "You can take two out of three here its definitely a good thing," Barney said. "Its tough to win a series here. They play so well at home and Allen Craig is unbelievable with runners in scoring position." NOTES: Cardinals OF Carlos Beltran fouled a ball off his right foot in the fifth, got medical attention on the field and then struck out before leaving with a bruise. X-rays were negative and the Cardinals are hopeful he can return Tuesday against NL Central-leading Pittsburgh. "Its sore, no doubt its sore," Beltran said. "Hopefully Tuesday I can be back." ... Holliday grounded into his major league-leading 26th double play in the fifth. ... The Cubs Darnell McDonald walked pinch-hitting in the seventh in his first at-bat of the year. Hes the 50th player used by the Cubs, most in the majors. ... 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When you have a veteran quarterback like that, hes going to make the right plays.Orton tied a career high with his four TD passes, and won for the third time in four games since replacing EJ Manuel as the starting quarterback for the Bills (5-3).Orton finished 10 of 17 for 238 yards, connecting with Robert Woods, Lee Smith, Scott Chandler and Sammy Watkins for scores.Watkins had three catches for 157 yards — but was embarrassed when he was caught from behind while celebrating early on what appeared would be a long TD. Without the injured Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller in the backfield, the Bills rushed for just 67 yards.But Stephon Gilmore, Preston Brown, Aaron Williams and DaNorris Searcy had interceptions for the Bills, who sent the struggling Jets (1-7) to their seventh straight loss.No doubt, our defence is incredible and one of the best in the league, Orton said. Any time your defence gets six turnovers, it makes your job easier.The Jets have lost seven in a row for the first time since 2005, in Herm Edwards final season as coach. Smith threw interceptions on three consecutive possessions in the first quarter and was pulled in favour of Vick, who was picked off once and lost two fumbles.Let me tell you, coach Rex Ryan said, Im getting sick and tired of the losing, thats for sure.New York announced after the game that Smith had X-rays on his right shoulder after the game, but did not immediately announce results. The injury was not believed to have affected Smiths performance.We didnt execute, Smith said. And when I say we, I mean myself because it was just atrocious the way I started out.Ryan didnt immediately announce whether Smith or Vick would start next week at Kansas City.Percy Harvin, acquired last weekend by the Jets from Seattle, caught three passes for 22 yards and had 28 yards rushing on four carries in his debut with New York.Buffalo got on the scoreboard on its first possession, with OOrton zipping a pass to Woods for a 22-yard touchdown early in the first quarter.ddddddddddddmith then threw three straight interceptions and was benched after the Bills turned the last interception by Williams into a score one play later, on Lee Smiths 1-yard touchdown catch with 4:36 left in the opening quarter.Geno Smith finished 2 of 8 for 5 yards and the three interceptions as the Bills also became the first team to have that many in the first quarter since Arizona against Atlanta in 2012.Vick jogged onto the field to loud cheers from the MetLife Stadium crowd, which had booed Smith moments earlier, and led the Jets on a 13-play, 76-yard scoring drive — capped by the first of Chris Ivorys two 2-yard touchdown runs.But the Jets defence gave up a huge play on the Bills next possession as Watkins hauled in a long pass from Orton and took off down the field. But the rookie receiver looked up at the videoboard and pointed in premature celebration as New York wide receiver Saalim Hakim, put in on defence, caught him from behind. The play ended up as an 84-yard reception.I thought I was by myself and the guy ran me down and caught me, said Watkins, who later had a 61-yard TD catch. I was shocked.Two plays later, fullback Frank Summers pushed his way into the end zone from 2 yards to make it 21-7.It was a relief that we scored because I was upset, Watkins said. I know I wont let it happen again.Vick, 18 of 36 for 153 yards, was an early spark but wasnt without his share of mistakes. He had a 12-yard scramble negated by a questionable 15-yard taunting penalty when he spiked the ball on the sideline at the end of the run.Two plays later, he took off for a 5-yard run but had the ball knocked out of his hands by Nigel Bradham.We were able to score 20 points off those turnovers and thats what means the most, Marrone said. We had the potential to get more.NOTES: Orton last threw four TD passes with Denver against Kansas City in 2010. ... Dan Carpenter hit the left upright on the extra point following Watkins 61-yard TD. ... Vick finished with 69 yards on eight carries. ... Jets Nick Folk kicked a 55-yard field goal, tied for second-longest in team history, as time expired in the opening half.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '