Marlins Edge Cardinals in Back-and-Forth Series Opener
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (Interstat) — Liam Hicks delivered two go-ahead RBI singles as the Miami Marlins rallied for a 5-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night at loanDepot Park.
The Cardinals took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on Masyn Winn’s sacrifice fly, but the Marlins tied it in the bottom half on Xavier Edwards’ RBI double. After St. Louis reclaimed a 2-1 edge in the sixth, Miami responded with two runs in its half, taking the lead for good on Hicks’ first run-scoring single. He added an insurance RBI in the eighth.
Calvin Faucher earned the win in relief for Miami. Michael McGreevy took the loss for St. Louis. Max Meyer struck out eight over 5 1/3 innings for the Marlins. Attendance was 8,285.