St. Louis Cardinals at Miami Marlins

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St. Louis Cardinals

14-9, 7-4 Away

Final
5 - 3

Miami Marlins

11-13, 9-6 Home

Church homers to help lift Cardinals past Marlins 5-3

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Miami Marlins: Game Highlights

May (3-2) allowed a leadoff home run to Jakob Marsee — his first of the season — but then settled down. He left with one on and one out in the sixth, allowing a run and six hits. Justin Bruihl followed with 1 1/3 scoreless innings.

Ryne Stanek walked three to load the bases with two outs in the eighth and left after a two-run single by Heriberto Hernández cut St. Louis' lead to 5-3. George Soriano struck out Connor Norby to end the rally.

Riley O’Brien pitched a scoreless ninth for his seventh save in eight opportunities. He hasn’t allowed an earned run in his first 13 1/3 innings.

Burleson drove in the Cardinals' first two runs off Chris Paddack (0-4) with a first-inning single and a fielder's choice grounder in the third. Church hit his second homer following Masyn Winn’s leadoff single in the fourth to put St. Louis up 4-1.

Burleson doubled in the fifth and scored on a two-out single by Nolan Gorman for the Cardinals' final run.

Winn, who went 2 for 4 and scored a run for the Cardinals, has multiple hits in three straight games during an eight-game hitting streak.

JJ Wetherholt led off the game with a double and scored two runs. Jordan Walker went 0 for 4 to end a 15-game hitting streak.

Paddack allowed five runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings, but struck out seven. John King got the final out, then pitched a scoreless sixth.

Marsee went 3 for 4 to raise his average to .176.

Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Fernando Mendoza of the national champion Indiana Hoosiers threw out the ceremonial first pitch.

Up next Cardinals RHP Kyle Leahy (2-2, 5.21) starts Wednesday's rubber game opposite Marlins RHP Janson Junk (0-2, 4.50).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Edwards lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Lopez grounded into fielder's choice to third, Marsee out at second.
	9th Inning	Stowers struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Marsee reached on infield single to second.
	9th Inning	O'Brien relieved Soriano
	9th Inning	Herrera singled to left, Herrera out stretching at second.

Statistics

STL		MIA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	2
11	Ground Balls	10
12	Strikeouts	9
5	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
13	Fly Balls	15
1	Caught Stealing	1
149	Pitches	179
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	1
16	Total Bases	11
38	Plate Appearances	40
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	1
4.9	Runs Created	4.1
.278	Batting Average	.235
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.444	Slugging Percentage	.324
.222	Secondary Average	.176
.316	On Base Percentage	.350
.760	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.674
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
4.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.1
40.0	Batter Rating	23.0
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.92	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.48
.167	Isolated Power	.088
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.44
.053	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.100
-.056	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.059
10.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
86.0	MLB Rating	76.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0