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St. Louis snapped a two-game losing streak as
four Cardinals pitchers limited the Marlins to just five hits.
Miami's only extra-base hit was a one-out double by Brian
Anderson in the fourth.
Daniel Ponce de Leon (1-0), who walked 13 batters in 17
spring-training innings, was much better on Monday. He allowed
just three hits, one walk and one run in five innings.
The Cardinals got scoreless relief pitching from Jordan Hicks
(one inning), Giovanny Gallegos (two innings) and Alex Reyes,
who earned his first save of the season by allowing no damage in
the ninth.
Miami's Trevor Rogers (0-1) lasted just four innings, allowing
four walks, two hits and three runs (two earned).
All three of those runs scored in the first inning -- on just
one hit.
Rogers, who needed 38 pitches to exit the inning, missed on his
first nine throws. He walked the bases loaded before St. Louis
scored on a Jorge Alfaro passed ball. Molina then stroked a
two-run double off the wall in center.
The Marlins brought in reliever John Curtiss for the fifth, and
the Cardinals scored almost immediately as leadoff batter Edman
led off the inning by pulling a homer to right.
Miami scored in the fifth thanks in part to a bunt play.
Jon Berti drew a leadoff walk. Magneuris Sierra then bunted too
hard toward third baseman Nolan Arenado, who looked to get the
lead runner at second. But shortstop Paul DeJong wasn't covering
-- he had gone to back up third. By the time Arenado reacted,
Sierra was safe. Then, after a groundout, Berti scored on
Starling Marte's sacrifice fly.
Cardinals pitchers, however, shut down the Marlins the rest of
the way, retiring 11 straight batters from the fifth through the
eighth innings.
Reyes allowed a two-out single to Alfaro in the bottom of the
ninth. But Reyes got Berti on a force play at second to end the
game.
--Field Level Media
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