St. Louis Cardinals at Miami Marlins

· Major League Baseball

St. Louis Cardinals

63-64, 28-34 Away

Final
7 - 4

Miami Marlins

59-67, 28-33 Home

Saggese and Herrera key the Cardinals to a 7-4 win over the Marlins

Herrera's RBI accounted for the first three runs of the game and Pedro Pagés extended his season-high hitting streak to nine games with an RBI single in the fourth to make it 4-0 St. Louis.

The Marlins had their first hit of the game in the fourth inning on an infield single by Xavier Edwards, who leads the National League in batting average at .302.

He scored on Jakob Marsee's triple and Marsee scored on a fielding error by Cardinals starting pitcher Michael McGreevy, who overthrew to third base to make it 4-2.

McGreevy (5-2) pitched six innings, allowing six hits and had five strikeouts. Riley O'Brien earned his second save of the season, pitching one inning with two strikeouts and two walks.

Saggese and Maysn Winn both scored a run in the fifth inning to extend the Cardinals' lead to 6-2, but the Marlins responded with an RBI double by Otto Lopez to bring the game within two. Winn scored again in the seventh off a sacrifice fly by Saggese to make it 7-4.

Marlins starting pitcher Edward Cabrera (6-7) allowed a career high 11 hits in the loss. He finished with six strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.

Key moment The Marlins had the tying run in scoring position with two outs in the sixth inning but McGreevy struck out Eric Wagaman to keep the Cardinals ahead.

Key stat The Cardinals had 12 hits from seven different batters.

Up next The Cardinals and the Marlins will meet for the final game of the series on Wednesday night. St. Louis will start Andre Pallante (6-10, 5.04 ERA). Miami will start Sandy Alcantara (6-11, 6.31).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Acosta grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Hernández out at second.
	9th Inning	Johnston struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Wagaman struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Hernández walked, Lopez to second.
	9th Inning	Lopez walked.
	9th Inning	O'Brien relieved Romero

Statistics

STL		MIA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	1
13	Ground Balls	12
9	Strikeouts	10
6	Runs Batted In	3
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	5
4	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
22	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
17	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
158	Pitches	123
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
13	Total Bases	8
43	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
6.0	Runs Created	1.2
.324	Batting Average	.152
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.351	Slugging Percentage	.242
.189	Secondary Average	.152
.381	On Base Percentage	.222
.732	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.465
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
5.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.1
44.0	Batter Rating	23.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.67	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.42
.027	Isolated Power	.091
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.047	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.056
-.135	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
13.0	Runs Produced	7.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
91.0	MLB Rating	70.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0