ST. LOUIS -- Jason Heyward got redemption. Peter Bourjos got the catcher. And the St. Louis Cardinals got another walk-off win.

After Heyward tied the game with a dramatic leadoff homer in the bottom of the ninth, Bourjos' hard but clean takeout slide led to the throwing error that scored Matt Carpenter with the winning run in a 4-3 verdict over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night.

With the bases loaded and one out, Jhonny Peralta bounced the first pitch from closer Brad Ziegler (0-1) right at third baseman Yasmany Tomas.

Tomas' throw to catcher Jordan Pacheco forced Bourjos, but Pacheco's throw to first for what looked like a routine inning-ending double play to force extra innings sailed down the right field line. Bourjos' feet-first slide clipped Pacheco's back leg, knocking him off-balance and leading to the miscue that sealed a series sweep.

"I slid in real hard and wanted to make sure I could touch the plate," Bourjos said. "I tried to make it a tough play. I'm not sure how his back knee hit my foot."

Arizona manager Chip Hale briefly argued with plate umpire Eric Cooper, trying to get an interference call.

"We busted our tails all series, but we lost, so we have to do better," Hale said.

In losing for the seventh straight time at Busch Stadium, dating back to June 6, 2013, the Diamondbacks overcame an early deficit to hand Ziegler a 3-2 lead with three outs to go.

Heyward, whose error on an RBI single by pinch hitter David Peralta in the sixth enabled the go-ahead run to score, turned his night around on Ziegler's third pitch. Jumping on a changeup over the middle of the plate, Heyward launched a 423-foot blast around the right field foul pole for his fifth homer.

"The game will beat you up at times," Heyward said, "but it's not about you, it's about the team."

Bourjos lined a pinch-hit single and advanced to second on a groundout by second baseman Kolten Wong. Following an intentional walk to Carpenter, left fielder Matt Holliday -- who set a National League record by reaching base in his 43rd straight game to start a season with a fifth-inning single -- coaxed a walk to set up St. Louis' fifth walk-off win of the month.

Reliever Seth Maness (1-0) got the last two outs of the ninth for the win as the Cardinals improved their major-league-best record to 31-16 and opened up a 5 1/2-game lead in the National League Central.

Wong opened scoring in the first inning with the first leadoff homer of his career, lining the first pitch from Arizona starter Josh Collmenter off the top of and over the right field wall.

Cardinals first baseman Mark Reynolds made it 2-0 in the second with an RBI single to left-center that scored catcher Yadier Molina, who smoked a ground-rule double down the left field line with one out.

Diamondbacks right fielder Mark Trumbo put his team on the board in the fourth with a majestic 425-foot homer over the center field wall. It was Trumbo's eighth homer of the year and his second of the series.

After Arizona (21-25) grabbed the lead, the Diamondbacks' bullpen nursed the advantage through three scoreless innings, but St. Louis unleashed its comeback magic again.

"A good team never quits," Cardinals starter Lance Lynn said.

Lynn pitched the first six innings, giving up six hits and three runs (two earned). He walked four and fanned five.

Collmenter permitted six hits and two runs in five innings, issuing two walks and striking out three in a 102-pitch outing.

NOTES: St. Louis placed 1B Matt Adams (strained right quad) on the 15-day disabled list. The Cardinals recalled C Ed Easley from Triple-A Memphis. Adams said after the game he would undergo surgery Friday and will miss three to four months. ... RHP Wei-Chieh Huang made his professional debut for Arizona's Class A Kane County affiliate Tuesday night,