St. Louis 7, Miami 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Thursday, August 4, 2011
Where: Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Florida
Temperature:
89°
Umpires:
Home -
Marty Foster, 1B -
Paul Schrieber, 2B -
Jeff Nelson, 3B -
Victor Carapazza
Attendance:
20011
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Matt Holliday and Albert Pujols belted home runs and Skip Schumaker added three hits - included a two-run double - as the visiting St. Louis Cardinals snapped the Florida Marlins' four-game winning streak with a 7-4 win on Thursday.
Holliday's three-run shot in the first came against Marlins starter Clay Hensley (1-4), who lasted only 2 1/3 innings. Pujols hit a solo homer in the fourth against Burke Badenhop.
Florida scored a run in the eighth, but Fernando Salas came on and got Gaby Sanchez to fly out to leave the bases loaded. Salas worked a perfect ninth to secure his 20th save of the season.
St. Louis third baseman David Freese left with a mild concussion after being hit in the helmet with a Hensley pitch in the third inning.
Florida shortstop Hanley Ramirez sat out with a sprained left shoulder.
Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina began serving a five-game suspension for his actions in Tuesday's game at Milwaukee. Molina bumped umpire Rob Drake multiple times and sprayed him with spittle while arguing a called third strike.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
St. Louis |
|
Miami |
Kyle Lohse
|
Player |
Clay Hensley |
No Decision |
W/L |
Loss |
3.0 |
IP |
2.1 |
1 |
Strikeouts |
1 |
7 |
Hits |
3 |
9.00 |
ERA |
23.14 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
St. Louis
|
10 |
2 |
18 |
.278 |
19 |
11 |
7 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
Miami
|
14 |
0 |
19 |
.359 |
27 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |