Miami beat St. Louis 5-1 on June 27.
Miami opened the scoring in the first when Kyle Stowers singled home Otto Lopez.
Stowers added another RBI single in the third, bringing home Joe Mack to make it 2-0.
The Marlins stretched the lead in the fourth. Javier Sanoja singled home Jakob Marsee, then Xavier Edwards followed with an RBI single to make it 4-0.
St. Louis got on the board in the sixth when Masyn Winn singled home Jordan Walker.
Miami answered in the seventh when Otto Lopez added an RBI single, scoring Xavier Edwards to extend the lead to 5-1.
John King earned the win out of the bullpen. Andre Pallante took the loss after allowing five runs over 6.2 innings.
What It Means
Final: Marlins 5, Cardinals 1.
The Marlins improve to 44-39. The Cardinals fall to 42-38.
BaseChaser lists the Marlins at 44.7% to make the playoffs and the Cardinals at 32.4%.
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