Alcantara pitches 5 scoreless innings, Pauley hits 2-run HR as Marlins
beat Cardinals 5-0
[July 30, 2025]
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Graham Pauley hit his first home run for the Marlins,
Sandy Alcantara pitched five scoreless innings and Miami beat the St.
Louis Cardinals 5-0 on Tuesday night.
Alcantara (6-9) gave up three hits with three walks, struck out four and
hit two batters. Calvin Faucher, Ronny Henriquez and Valente Bellozo
combined to pitch four scoreless innings with six strikeouts. |
Miami Marlins starting pitcher Sandy Alcantara follows through after
striking out St. Louis Cardinals' Alec Burleson with the bases loaded to
end the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in St.
Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) |
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Troy Johnston in his first major league game
singled off St. Louis starter Sonny Gray (10-5) in his first
at-bat and Pauley's homer made it 2-0. The 28-year-old Johnston
went into the game with 636 career games played and 2,384
at-bats in the minors.
Kyle Stowers hit a two-out double and Otto Lopez followed with
an RBI single to snap a string of 13 consecutive at-bats without
a hit and give the Marlins a 3-0 lead in the fifth.
After Dane Myers singled, Eric Wagaman hit an RBI double and
Xavier Edwards followed with a run-scoring triple to make it 5-0
in the sixth.
Cardinals reliever John King retired Edwards and Jesús Sánchez
before he left the game due to an apparent injury in the ninth.
Victor Scott II had two stolen bases and is tied with Pete
Crow-Armstrong of the Chicago Cubs for second in the National
League with 29 this season. Pittsburgh's Oneil Cruz leads the
majors with 34 steals.
Key moment
Pedro Pagés singled and Scott walked before Iván Herrera was hit
by a pitch to load the bases in the fifth, but Alcantara got
Alec Burleson to strike out swinging to end the inning and
preserve a 3-0 lead.
Key stat
The Cardinals, who had four hits and struck out 10 times, were
shut out for the 10th time this season.
Up next
Cal Quantrill (3-8, 4.95 ERA) is scheduled to pitch for the
Marlins on Wednesday against Miles Mikolas (6-7, 4.94).
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