Pardon my French, but what a shitty way to lose. Leading into this game, expectations were pretty low with Sandy Alcantara on the bump for Miami. The Cardinals were able to scrape three runs off of him, which I would absolutely take if you offered it to me before the game.
St. Louis seemingly had the Marlins right where they wanted them, with a 3-2 lead and their infallible closer Ryan Helsley on the mound. But Avisail Garcia’s 411-foot homer to center field gave the Marlins the lead, and the Cardinals are now forced to accept a 3-3 homestand against the Cubs and Marlins.