Miami 3, St. Louis 2
When: 8:15 PM ET, Friday, July 6, 2012
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature:
103°
Umpires:
Home -
Greg Gibson, 1B -
Gerry Davis, 2B -
Phil Cuzzi, 3B -
Manny Gonzalez
Attendance:
46721
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Marlins 3, Cardinals 2: Jose Reyes’ soft grounder brought home the go-ahead run and Logan Morrison added a long homer as visiting Miami won for the seventh time in nine games.
With runners on first and third and two outs in the seventh inning, the speedy Reyes hit a bouncer toward third. Pitcher Jake Westbrook (7-7) fielded it but overthrew first as Greg Dobbs scored to put the Marlins ahead 2-1.
An inning later, Morrison crushed one over the right-field fence, extending his hitting streak to nine games.
Ricky Nolasco (8-6) beat the Cardinals for the first time in eight career tries, allowing one unearned run over six innings. Heath Bell earned his 19th save despite giving up a ninth-inning run.
Cardinals third baseman David Freese went 3-for-4 with an RBI double, but also committed two errors. Westbrook allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits in 6 2/3 innings.
St. Louis jumped on top in the second. Allen Craig reached on an infield single, made second on Reyes’ throwing error and scored when Freese doubled off the third-base bag. Freese botched a sixth-inning grounder that enabled Hanley Ramirez to score the tying run.
Matt Holliday extended his hitting streak to nine games, going 1-for-4.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Marlins All-Star RF Giancarlo Stanton did not start for the fourth straight game because of knee soreness; he struck out as a pinch-hitter. ... Cardinals C Yadier Molina traveled to Puerto Rico for the funeral of his wife’s grandfather and will miss the series. Holliday will replace him at Tuesday’s All-Star Game. … St. Louis fell to 3-2 against Miami this year. ... The Cardinals lost despite pounding out 12 hits.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Miami
|
6 |
1 |
9 |
.194 |
13 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| St. Louis
|
12 |
0 |
18 |
.333 |
24 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
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