Aledmys Diaz homered, doubled and drove in three runs as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated Fernandez and the Marlins 5-4 Thursday night at Marlins Park.
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Rick Porcello tries to become the fourth 14-game victor in the majors this season as the Boston Red Sox continue a four-game weekend series against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif. Porcello, 13-2 with a 3.57 ERA, trails only Baltimore’s Chris Tillman (14-3), and the Chicago White Sox’s Chris Sale (14-4) in the American League and Washington’s Stephen Strasburg (14-1) in the NL.
“We obviously needed the win”, Marlins reliever David Phelps said.
But even with all those Marlins hits, none came off the bat of Ichiro Suzuki, who needs two more to reach 3,000.
Suzuki had his lone highlight in the fourth inning when he caught a fly ball in medium left field while hugging the foul line and threw home on a short hop, nailing Wong at the plate for an inning-ending double play.
Urena also hit two batters during a three-run second inning in which he gave up a home run to Jeremy Hazelbaker and a double to Kolten Wong, who also singled and tripled.
The St. Louis Cardinals find themselves in a precarious spot for the first time in many years.
The Marlins scored four runs in the first, sparked by Ozuna’s two-run homer – his 19th.
The over is 18-7-2 in the Cardinals last 27 Sunday games and are 20-8 in their last 28 road games while the under is 7-0-1 in Martinez’s last 8 on grass.
RANGERS 2, ROYALS 1 Mitch Moreland hit a game-ending home run with two outs in the ninth inning and Texas beat visiting Kansas City.
With the Angels down 1-0, Choi entered the game as the pinch-runner for Albert Pujols at first base, with Mike Trout at second and nobody out.
Miami Marlins relief pitcher Jose Urena walks back to the mound after hitting St. Louis Cardinals’ Greg Garcia with a pitch during the second inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 29, 2016, in Miami. “I don’t think overall ugliness is the proper description”. Dee Gordon collected his first two hits, a pair of singles, since returning from his 80-game suspension.
One inning later, Miami scored another run. “I told myself, ‘I don’t want to be that guy.’ I just tried to get him out anyway possible”. Prado is hitting. 472 (17 for 36) with 2 home runs and 11 RBI in his last 10 games.
“It didn’t go the way we wanted from the beginning and then it was just a matter of trying to survive”, Matheny said. Koehler has allowed one run In back to back starts versus the Phillies.
Marcell Ozell hit comebackers off Wacha (right foot) and Oh (left buttocks).
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Jose Urena didn’t help his case to remain a part of the Marlins’ revamped starting rotation. These two teams will play the rubber match of the series tomorrow at 1:10 ET, as Andrew Cashner makes his Marlins debut.
