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Cardinals starter Dakota Hudson allowed two
runs on five hits in three innings. Zack Thompson (2-2) pitched
two scoreless innings to earn the victory and Chris Stratton
earned his first save.
Marlins starting pitcher Sandy Alcantara (3-9) allowed four runs
on eight hits and two walks in six innings.
Jesus Sanchez drove in two runs for the Marlins, who have lost
their first six games coming out of the All-Star break. Bryan De
La Cruz hit a solo homer for Miami and Luis Arraez went 2-for-5
with an RBI to keep his batting average at .376.
The Cardinals jumped on Alcantara to take a 4-0 first-inning
lead.
Paul Goldschmidt singled with one out, Lars Nootbaar walked and
Nolan Arenado hit an RBI single to start the outburst. Gorman
followed with his three-run homer. Alcantara walked Ivan Herrera
and allowed Alec Burleson's single before finally escaping with
Paul DeJong's double-play grounder.
The Marlins cut their deficit to 4-2 in the third inning. Jacob
Stallings and Jorge Soler singled, advanced on a two-out wild
pitch and scored on Sanchez's single.
Stallings and Arraez singled opening the fifth inning off
Thompson, but Soler grounded into a forceout and De La Cruz hit
into a double play.
With one out in the sixth inning, Herrera singled and went to
third on Burleson's hit. But Alcantara got two outs to strand
them.
The Cardinals increased their lead to 6-2 in the seventh inning.
Brendan Donovan doubled and scored when Nootbaar's infield
single resulted in a throwing error. Gorman followed with a
two-out RBI single.
De La Cruz cut the lead to 6-3 with his eighth-inning homer and
Arraez cut it to 6-4 with his RBI double in the ninth.
--Field Level Media
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