Masyn Winn slugged a two-run homer in the top of the 12th inning to propel the St. Louis Cardinals past the host Miami Marlins 7-6 on Monday night. Miami scored once in the bottom of the 12th on Nick Gordon’s RBI triple leading off the inning. But Gordon was thrown out at home on an attempted sacrifice fly to medium right field. Cardinals right fielder Dylan Carlson fired home on the fly, and catcher Pedro Pages made the tag.
The Cardinals blew three leads — 1-0, 4-1 and 5-4 — before finally hanging the loss on reliever A.J. Puk (0-8), who allowed Winn’s homer. Andrew Kittredge (1-3) blew a save opportunity in the 11th for St. Louis but got the win. St. Louis also got a solo homer and a stellar catch by center fielder Michael Siani and two-run triple by Ivan Herrera.
Marlins designated hitter Bryan De La Cruz ultimately forced extras with a three-run homer that tied the score 4-4 in the eighth inning. Both starting pitchers performed well in no-decisions. Cardinals starter Sonny Gray allowed two runs in 7 2/3 innings with four strikeouts and two walks. Miami’s Braxton Garrett allowed one run in six innings without walking a batter while striking out six. Miami also got stellar performances from center fielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. and second baseman Otto Lopez.
Chisholm went 2-for-2 with an RBI triple and three walks. Lopez robbed Cardinals star Nolan Arenado of two hits. First, Lopez fielded a 96-mph grounder a few steps to the shortstop side of second base before making the throw to first. Then, Lopez raced into shallow center field to make a backhand stab on a broken-bat blooper. St. Louis opened the scoring in the fifth on Siani’s line-drive homer pulled to right on a first-pitch slider.
