Miami MarlinsvsSt. Louis Cardinals
MIA 1/STL 2
Things to say
The Cardinals edged the Marlins 2-1 at Busch Stadium to take the getaway day game.
01
opener
Cards squeaked it out 2-1 at home. Classic pitcher's duel, nobody could string anything together. Came down to one swing.
02
key player
Whoever the Cards ran out there was filthy. Got into his stuff early, kept the heart of their order off balance all afternoon.
03
hot take
Honestly Miami's bats are a problem. You can't score one run and expect to win on the road.
04
deep cut
Marlins are 44-40 but they keep losing these one-run squeakers. That's a bullpen and a clutch issue, not bad luck.
05
exit
Anyway, let's see if St. Louis can keep it rolling in the next series. They needed that one.
The recap
Cardinals squeaked one out at Busch, 2-1 over the Marlins in the kind of low-scoring grind where every base runner felt like an event. Pitching ran this show on both sides, with the arms keeping the heart of each order quiet and the bullpens slamming the door once the starters handed it off.
St. Louis scratched across just enough, and a one-run lead in a game like that means the back end of the pen has to be perfect, and it was.
Miami's bats just never got going, and now they're walking out of St. Louis a run short on a tight afternoon.