ST. LOUIS (AP) – Paul Goldschmidt hit a solo home run with two outs in the
bottom of the 11th inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 2-1 victory over the
Miami Marlins on Wednesday night.
Dexter Fowler had an RBI single in the sixth for the Cardinals, who won for the
seventh time in 11 games. Miguel Rojas tied it with a single in the eighth off
reliever Carlos Martinez.
After beginning the game on the bench, Goldschmidt entered at first base in the
ninth. Two innings later, he launched a 453-foot drive on a changeup from Adam
Conley (1-7) for his fifth career walk-off home run.
St. Louis loaded the bases with none out in the 10th, but Sergio Romo escaped
for Miami. He struck out Harrison Bader and got Marcell Ozuna to ground into an
8-4-3 double play started by center fielder JT Riddle as part of a five-man
infield.
Cardinals starter Daniel Ponce de Leon gave up two hits over six shutout
innings and was in line to earn his first major league win before Rojas’ single
tied it.
Ponce de Leon struck out six and walked one in the longest of his three starts
this season. It was the first time the right-hander did not allow a run in nine
career starts.
John Gant (7-0) got the win with a perfect inning.
Miami has lost three of four.
Marlins right-hander Trevor Richards, from Aviston, Illinois _ 40 miles east of
St. Louis _ went 5 2/3 innings before leaving after 108 pitches. He tied a
season high with eight strikeouts and gave up three hits while walking three.
Richards pitched around a pair of walks in the third, but couldn’t get out of
more trouble in the sixth. Fowler’s single, the third hit of the inning, snapped
a 14-inning scoreless drought for the Cardinals and ended Richards’ night as he
left to boisterous applause from his hometown cheering section.
ON THE BOARD
Rangel Ravelo started in Goldschmidt’s spot at first base and got his first
major league hit in the sixth.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cardinals: INF Yairo Munoz is expected to be activated from paternity leave
Thursday.
UP NEXT
Marlins: Zac Gallen makes his major league debut Thursday night in St. Louis
against his former organization. The 23-year-old righty was 9-1 with a 1.77 ERA
at Triple-A New Orleans, striking out 112 in 91 1/3 innings. He was traded by
the Cardinals to Miami in the deal for Ozuna after the 2017 season.
Cardinals: Plan to reinstate veteran right-hander Adam Wainwright (5-6, 4.46
ERA) from the injured list in the finale of a four-game series. Wainwright
strained his left hamstring running the bases June 9. He has two shutouts in 11
career starts against Miami.
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