St. Louis Cardinals vs Miami Marlins Match Player Stats On May 09, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 9, 2017

MIAMI -- Pinch hitter Dexter Fowler, who missed his fifth consecutive start due to a shoulder injury, slashed a go-ahead single in the ninth inning as the St. Louis Cardinals rallied for a 6-5 win over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night at Marlins Park.

St. Louis trailed 5-1 before scoring four runs in the eighth and one in the ninth.

Fowler's hit scored rookie Magneuris Sierra from second. Sierra started the rally with a comebacker that Marlins closer A.J. Ramos mishandled and then threw wildly to first on a play that was scored as a single and an error on the throw.

The Cardinals (18-14), who have won eight straight road games, are 15-5 in their past 20 games overall.

Besides the loss, the Marlins (13-19) were saddled with the ejection of manager Don Mattingly, who was tossed for the second straight game. Mattingly was tossed in the first inning along with star center fielder Christian Yelich, who was arguing a called third strike on an outside pitch.

The Marlins, already down a pair of starting-caliber infielders in Martin Prado and Miguel Rojas, who were both placed on the disabled list this week, also lost shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria to an unspecified and apparent injury in the fourth inning. He was replaced by rookie J.T. Riddle.

Neither starting pitcher earned a decision.

St. Louis' Adam Wainwright allowed four runs in 5 1/3 innings.

Miami's Dan Straily allowed just three hits, one walk and one run in seven effective innings, but he was poorly supported by Kyle Barraclough. The reliever allowed four runs in one-third of an inning.

The Cards opened the scoring in the fifth. Yadier Molina hit a leadoff double and scored on a one-out two-bagger by Tommy Pham.

Miami tied the score in the bottom of the fifth. Derek Dietrich led off with a hit-by-pitch, advanced to second when Justin Bour drew a walk, went to third on a Riddle groundout and scored when Straily put down a perfect suicide-squeeze bunt on a 3-2 count.

The Marlins took a 5-1 lead in the sixth after J.T. Realmuto and Ichiro Suzuki opened the inning with singles. Both runners scored when Dietrich pulled a two-run double to the right-field corner. Miami capped the inning an RBI single by Bour and a sacrifice fly from Riddle.

St. Louis tied the score 5-5 by piecing together four hits and two walks in the eighth. Pham opened the rally with a leadoff double, and rookie Sierra followed with a single. The Cards cashed in with a pinch-hit RBI single by Matt Adams, a sacrifice fly from Randal Grichuk and a two-run single by Jedd Gyorko.

NOTES: Tennis legend Martina Navratilova threw out the first pitch. ... Marlins LHP Adam Conley (2-3, 7.53 ERA) was demoted to Triple-A New Orleans. He was 2-0 with a 2.20 ERA in three home starts but 0-3 with a 14.60 ERA in three road starts. ... Miami sent INF Miguel Rojas (broken right thumb) to the 60-day disabled list. ... The Marlins recalled C Tomas Telis and INF/OF Tyler Moore from Triple-A New Orleans. ... Marlins RHP Edison Volquez (blister on right thumb) plans to return Saturday against the Atlanta Braves. Volquez, Miami's big offseason signing, has yet to win a game for the Marlins, going 0-4 with a 4.71 ERA. ... Marlins LHP Wei-Yin Chen, on the disabled list due to elbow discomfort, will return Tuesday.