ST. LOUIS (AP) – JT Riddle hit a two-run homer in the 11th inning, Zac Gallen
was effective in his major league debut and the Miami Marlins beat the St. Louis
Cardinals 7-6 on Thursday night.
Brian Anderson also went deep and drove in two runs for the Marlins, who earned
a split of the four-game series.
Rookie infielder Tommy Edman homered for the Cardinals, who rallied from 4-1
and 5-3 deficits.
Riddle connected off Andrew Miller (3-3) with one out for a 7-5 lead.
Jarlin Garcia (1-0) got the win with two innings of relief, and Sergio Romo
closed for his 13th save in 14 chances. He gave up a two-out RBI double to
Yadier Molina, but ended the game by picking off pitcher Jack Flaherty at second
base. Flaherty was pinch-running for Molina.
Edman tied it 5-all with a two-run homer off Tayron Guerrero in the eighth. It
was Edman’s first career round-tripper and it came in his 10th at-bat.
Gallen gave up one run and five hits in five innings. He struck out six and
walked two.
St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright allowed three runs and six hits over 5 1/3
innings in his return from the injured list. The veteran right-hander, who
strained his left hamstring running the bases June 9, struck out six and walked
one.
Anderson hit a solo homer off John Brebbia in the eighth to push Miami’s lead
to 5-3. It was his ninth of the season. Anderson also broke a 1-all tie with an
RBI double off the glove of third baseman Matt Carpenter in the sixth.
Miguel Rojas gave the Marlins a 4-1 advantage when he knocked in a run with an
infield single in the seventh.
St. Louis trimmed the deficit to 4-3 in the bottom half when Paul Goldschmidt
hit an RBI double and scored on Marcell Ozuna’s single.
The Cardinals begin a weekend series at home against the Los Angeles Angels as
Albert Pujols returns to Busch Stadium.
Michael Wacha (4-3) starts for St. Louis while the Angels send Griffin
Canning (2-3) to the hill. Game time is 7:15 with the pre-game at 6:20
on KTLO-AM.
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