updated 4:32 p.m. ET Nov. 2, 2008

ST. LOUIS - Kurt Warner and the Cardinals used a 24-point second quarter to win another one in their former home city.

Arizona was in total command after scoring 10 points on turnovers and adding a pair of long scoring plays on touchdowns by Tim Hightower and Jerheme Urban in a 34-13 victory on Sunday. Warner held it all together with his 45th 300-yard passing game, throwing for two touchdowns to beat the team he led to two Super Bowls from 1999-2001.

“A great day,” Warner said. “I always love coming back to this place. Really a good day all the way around for me.”

Arizona (5-3) ran off 31 straight points to win for only the second time in five road games and solidify its NFC West lead against a team that had been hoping to climb back into the race. The Rams (2-6) have lost two straight after winning their first two games under new coach Jim Haslett, and were booed off the field at halftime and at every opportunity thereafter before the Edward Jones Dome emptied out in the fourth quarter.

“They kicked our butts,” Rams quarterback Marc Bulger said. “In the second quarter it kind of fell apart.”

Warner, who won a pair of NFL MVP awards with the Rams, ran off the field to cheers after the game.

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“We’d like them to love us, too, we’ve just got to win a couple more ballgames,” Rams rookie defensive end Chris Long said. “We just have to execute better and then hopefully we can keep them in the seats the next time.”

St. Louis had the upper hand early, making a goal-line stand to thwart the Cardinals’ first drive and taking the lead on Derek Stanley’s first career catch, an 80-yard touchdown reception. Eric Moore hauled down Warner on a quarterback sneak on 4th-and-goal from the 1, and Stanley made a one-armed grab after coming back for an underthrown ball to put St. Louis ahead.

“Not bad at all,” Stanley said. “I’m glad the coaches trusted in me to make a big play.”

After that, it was all Arizona, especially in the second quarter when the Rams were outgained 229-18. The Cardinals have won four in a row in St. Louis, their home from 1960-87, and four straight over the Rams overall.

Warner is 35-10 as a starter indoors and was 26-4 at home with the Rams, including playoff games. It felt like home again on Sunday, playing before a crowd dotted with No. 13 Warner Rams jerseys.

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“I feel more comfortable here because there’s been so much history here,” Warner said. “It’s always fun to come back, and fortunately we’ve had success here.”

Hightower, a fifth-round pick who got the start ahead of ineffective Edgerrin James, had 109 yards on 22 carries — by far his best effort. He was untouched on a 30-yard touchdown run after Fakhir Brown missed a tackle at the line.

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