Prop Paul James foraged well at a ruck to tee up the young outside-half for a smashing strike from distance, and he punished Alan Quinlan with another well-struck effort on the half hour, setting up a 6-3 half-time lead.
Miguel Veloso's close-range strike and Pedro Mendes's deflected 22-yard shot beat Tim Howard before Matias Fernandez struck in injury-time.
Al Habsi had to fend away a well-struck 22-yard Pienaar strike and gratefully gather a flicked shot by Phil Jagielka before Cahill sent an angled effort wide.
Eagles went close to a hat-trick with a strike from 18 yards that struck the underside of the crossbar but was ruled to have not crossed the line.
Tom Huddlestone forced a decent save from Lonergan with a controlled low strike across goal and the Preston keeper also parried a well-struck shot from substitute Aaron Lennon, who came on as a first-half replacement for the injured Santos.
First US international Clint Dempsey struck the bar with a 30-yard strike and then Murphy repeated the trick with a curling shot from just outside the area.
Suzuki reached out to hook an RBI double to right and Nix struck out, but Overbay fouled off three two-strike pitches and singled softly to center, driving in two runs.
Jayson Nix struck out, and Lyle Overbay fouled off three two-strike pitches and singled softly to center, driving in two runs.
The visiting side had hardly had time to adjust to their new shape before Long's strike struck Williamson and deflected into the Toon goal with keeper Krul completely wrong-footed.
Within seconds, Portsmouth swept downfield and struck the woodwork twice when Sulley Muntari's thunderous left-foot strike was pushed onto the right-hand post by Hart before Utaka smashed the resulting deflection onto the left-hand post.
Michael Chopra and Joe Ledley twice put Cardiff ahead with crisp strikes but a Charlie Adam free-kick and a close-range finish from Gary Taylor-Fletcher drew the Lancashire side level on each occasion - before Brett Ormerod struck the winner shortly before the interval with a low strike.
Counago's strike partner Richard Naylor was equally unlucky after 33 minutes when he also struck the woodwork with a left-foot volley.
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