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Miami scored once in the bottom of the 12th on
Nick Gordon's RBI triple leading off the inning. But Gordon was
thrown out at home on an attempted sacrifice fly to medium right
field. Cardinals right fielder Dylan Carlson fired home on the
fly, and catcher Pedro Pages made the tag.
The Cardinals blew three leads -- 1-0, 4-1 and 5-4 -- before
finally hanging the loss on reliever A.J. Puk (0-8), who allowed
Winn's homer.
Andrew Kittredge (1-3) blew a save opportunity in the 11th for
St. Louis but got the win.
St. Louis also got a solo homer and a stellar catch by center
fielder Michael Siani and two-run triple by Ivan Herrera.
Marlins designated hitter Bryan De La Cruz ultimately forced
extras with a three-run homer that tied the score 4-4 in the
eighth inning.
Both starting pitchers performed well in no-decisions. Cardinals
starter Sonny Gray allowed two runs in 7 2/3 innings with four
strikeouts and two walks. Miami's Braxton Garrett allowed one
run in six innings without walking a batter while striking out
six.
Miami also got stellar performances from center fielder Jazz
Chisholm Jr. and second baseman Otto Lopez.
Chisholm went 2-for-2 with an RBI triple and three walks.
Lopez robbed Cardinals star Nolan Arenado of two hits. First,
Lopez fielded a 96-mph grounder a few steps to the shortstop
side of second base before making the throw to first. Then,
Lopez raced into shallow center field to make a backhand stab on
a broken-bat blooper.
St. Louis opened the scoring in the fifth on Siani's line-drive
homer pulled to right on a first-pitch slider.
Miami tied the score in the sixth as Tim Anderson singled to
lead off the inning and scored on Chisholm's two-out triple that
got past diving first baseman Paul Goldschmidt.
St. Louis took a 4-1 lead in the eighth on a rally that started
with Winn's single and Goldschmidt's walk. Both runners advanced
on a wild pitch and scored on Herrera's two-out, two-run,
go-ahead triple. Herrera, working against reliever Calvin
Faucher, got jammed on a 2-2 cutter but still managed a 71-mph
bloop to shallow right. He turned that into a triple when the
ball took an odd bounce past right fielder Jesus Sanchez.
Herrera then scored on Brendan Donovan's single.
Miami came right back in the bottom of the eighth. Lopez drew a
one-out walk off Gray, and Chisholm walked one out later against
JoJo Romero. De La Cruz then went the other way on a 409-foot
homer to right-center, crushing a 2-1 changeup.
Both teams scored one run in the 11th -- St. Louis on Carlson's
sacrifice fly and Miami on Sanchez's run-scoring groundout.
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