ST. LOUIS -- It's official: Giancarlo Stanton's slump was short-lived.
Stanton homered twice, recording his 22nd career multihomer game, and Marcell Ozuna and Justin Bour also hit home runs as the Miami Marlins beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-6 on Wednesday night.
Stanton went 3 for 4 and also walked while driving in four runs as the Marlins won their second straight. He has five hits in his last two games after starting Miami's road trip in a 1-for-17 funk.
"Most of the time when he gets the barrel on it, it's gone," Ozuna said. "Like me, I try to do the same thing but double."
Dustin McGowan (5-0) gave up a run in 1 1/3 innings of relief, while David Phelps and Kyle Barraclough each pitched a scoreless inning. AJ Ramos earned his 15th save in 16 attempts.
Miami starter Edinson Volquez allowed four runs in four innings, the third time in his last five starts that he failed to complete five innings. Volquez has not lost against St. Louis since April 27, 2014.
Volquez left the game with a sore left knee. He was expected to be re-evaluated Thursday, but is not scheduled to start again before the All-Star break.
"He was having something there that I guess he's had in the past," Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. "It flared up on him there and he just couldn't pitch the way he needed to."
Stanton lined a 1-1 pitch over the left field wall to give the Marlins a 1-0 lead in the top of the first.
Stanton's second homer, a three-run shot, capped a five-run second. The Marlins, aided by a pair of Cardinals fielding errors by second baseman Matt Carpenter and first baseman Luke Voit, had just two hits during the frame. Four of the five runs given up by St. Louis starter Mike Leake (6-7) in the inning were unearned.
Ozuna drove in runs with a homer in the third and a double in the fourth. It was his third homer in his last four games.
Bour reached four times, with a pair of hits. Derek Dietrich had two hits for the Marlins and Dee Gordon scored twice.
Tommy Pham had an RBI double and scored on Stephen Piscotty's single as the Cardinals scored three in the third. Pham's two-run double in the sixth cut Miami's lead to 8-6.
Leake went 3 2/3 innings in his shortest outing of the season. Just three of the eight runs he allowed were earned.
"Leake didn't have his best stuff, but he pitched well enough to let us win," Pham said. "That's all you can ask from your pitcher. We have to do a better job of going out there and just playing great, mistake-free baseball."
Four Cardinals pitchers combined for 4 1/3 innings of scoreless relief before Seung Hwan Oh gave up Bour's solo homer in the ninth.
"Any time you've got multiple guys hitting home runs, you know that you've got people going up there with a good approach and doing the right thing," Bour said. "It's a good win."
UPON FURTHER REVIEW
Miami appeared to score again in the third after Ozuna's home run when JT Riddle was called safe at first base, negating an inning-ending double play and scoring J.T. Realmuto. Cardinals manager Mike Matheny successfully challenged the call at first base, keeping the score 7-0 Marlins.
"It was favored toward our direction, so we took a chance there," Matheny said. "We're talking a run, so if its 50-50 even and they (the replay staff) felt pretty good about it from the beginning."
TRAINING ROOM
Marlins: P Brad Ziegler (right back strain) has started throwing from flat ground.
Cardinals: OF Dexter Fowler (right heel spur) took drills in cleats for the first time since being injured. ... 2B Kolten Wong (right triceps strain) began a rehab assignment at Double-A Springfield on Wednesday.
UP NEXT
Marlins: RHP Tom Koehler (1-3, 8.33 ERA) has given up 15 runs in his last two starts, which lasted a combined 4 2/3 innings. He is 1/3 with a 7.62 ERA in five career starts against St. Louis.
Cardinals: RHP Michael Wacha (5-3, 4.16 ERA) has allowed one run in his last 12 innings, including six shutout innings against Washington on Saturday. He is 1-0 with a 5.40 ERA in three career starts against Miami.
Stanton homered twice, recording his 22nd career multihomer game, and Marcell Ozuna and Justin Bour also hit home runs as the Miami Marlins beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-6 on Wednesday night.
Stanton went 3 for 4 and also walked while driving in four runs as the Marlins won their second straight. He has five hits in his last two games after starting Miami's road trip in a 1-for-17 funk.
"Most of the time when he gets the barrel on it, it's gone," Ozuna said. "Like me, I try to do the same thing but double."
Dustin McGowan (5-0) gave up a run in 1 1/3 innings of relief, while David Phelps and Kyle Barraclough each pitched a scoreless inning. AJ Ramos earned his 15th save in 16 attempts.
Miami starter Edinson Volquez allowed four runs in four innings, the third time in his last five starts that he failed to complete five innings. Volquez has not lost against St. Louis since April 27, 2014.
Volquez left the game with a sore left knee. He was expected to be re-evaluated Thursday, but is not scheduled to start again before the All-Star break.
"He was having something there that I guess he's had in the past," Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. "It flared up on him there and he just couldn't pitch the way he needed to."
Stanton lined a 1-1 pitch over the left field wall to give the Marlins a 1-0 lead in the top of the first.
Stanton's second homer, a three-run shot, capped a five-run second. The Marlins, aided by a pair of Cardinals fielding errors by second baseman Matt Carpenter and first baseman Luke Voit, had just two hits during the frame. Four of the five runs given up by St. Louis starter Mike Leake (6-7) in the inning were unearned.
Ozuna drove in runs with a homer in the third and a double in the fourth. It was his third homer in his last four games.
Bour reached four times, with a pair of hits. Derek Dietrich had two hits for the Marlins and Dee Gordon scored twice.
Tommy Pham had an RBI double and scored on Stephen Piscotty's single as the Cardinals scored three in the third. Pham's two-run double in the sixth cut Miami's lead to 8-6.
Leake went 3 2/3 innings in his shortest outing of the season. Just three of the eight runs he allowed were earned.
"Leake didn't have his best stuff, but he pitched well enough to let us win," Pham said. "That's all you can ask from your pitcher. We have to do a better job of going out there and just playing great, mistake-free baseball."
Four Cardinals pitchers combined for 4 1/3 innings of scoreless relief before Seung Hwan Oh gave up Bour's solo homer in the ninth.
"Any time you've got multiple guys hitting home runs, you know that you've got people going up there with a good approach and doing the right thing," Bour said. "It's a good win."
UPON FURTHER REVIEW
Miami appeared to score again in the third after Ozuna's home run when JT Riddle was called safe at first base, negating an inning-ending double play and scoring J.T. Realmuto. Cardinals manager Mike Matheny successfully challenged the call at first base, keeping the score 7-0 Marlins.
"It was favored toward our direction, so we took a chance there," Matheny said. "We're talking a run, so if its 50-50 even and they (the replay staff) felt pretty good about it from the beginning."
TRAINING ROOM
Marlins: P Brad Ziegler (right back strain) has started throwing from flat ground.
Cardinals: OF Dexter Fowler (right heel spur) took drills in cleats for the first time since being injured. ... 2B Kolten Wong (right triceps strain) began a rehab assignment at Double-A Springfield on Wednesday.
UP NEXT
Marlins: RHP Tom Koehler (1-3, 8.33 ERA) has given up 15 runs in his last two starts, which lasted a combined 4 2/3 innings. He is 1/3 with a 7.62 ERA in five career starts against St. Louis.
Cardinals: RHP Michael Wacha (5-3, 4.16 ERA) has allowed one run in his last 12 innings, including six shutout innings against Washington on Saturday. He is 1-0 with a 5.40 ERA in three career starts against Miami.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Miami - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Leake pitching for St. Louis | MIA | STL |
| Gordon grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Stanton homered to left (407 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| Yelich flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Ozuna struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Edinson Volquez pitching for Miami | MIA | STL |
| Carpenter flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Pham grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Piscotty grounded out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Mike Leake pitching for St. Louis | MIA | STL |
| Bour safe at first on error by second baseman Carpenter. | 1 | 0 |
| Realmuto grounded into fielder's choice to third, Bour out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| Dietrich singled to right, Realmuto to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Riddle hit a ground rule double to catcher, Realmuto scored, Dietrich to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Volquez hit sacrifice fly to left, Dietrich scored. | 3 | 0 |
| Gordon walked. | 3 | 0 |
| Stanton homered to center (415 feet), Riddle and Gordon scored. | 6 | 0 |
| Yelich grounded out to second. | 6 | 0 |
| 5 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Edinson Volquez pitching for Miami | MIA | STL |
| Voit struck out looking. | 6 | 0 |
| Molina grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 0 |
| J. Martínez grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Mike Leake pitching for St. Louis | MIA | STL |
| Ozuna homered to left (385 feet). | 7 | 0 |
| Bour singled to center. | 7 | 0 |
| Realmuto grounded into fielder's choice to third, Bour out at second. | 7 | 0 |
| Dietrich singled to center, Realmuto to third. | 7 | 0 |
| Riddle grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Dietrich out at second. | 7 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Edinson Volquez pitching for Miami | MIA | STL |
| DeJong singled to deep right. | 7 | 0 |
| Garcia singled to right, DeJong to second. | 7 | 0 |
| Leake sacrificed to pitcher, DeJong to third, Garcia to second. | 7 | 0 |
| Carpenter hit sacrifice fly to center, DeJong scored. | 7 | 1 |
| Pham doubled to left center, Garcia scored. | 7 | 2 |
| Piscotty singled to center, Pham scored. | 7 | 3 |
| Voit walked, Piscotty to second. | 7 | 3 |
| Molina grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Mike Leake pitching for St. Louis | MIA | STL |
| Volquez struck out looking. | 7 | 3 |
| Gordon singled to left. | 7 | 3 |
| Stanton singled to left, Gordon to second. | 7 | 3 |
| Yelich lined out to first. | 7 | 3 |
| Ozuna doubled to deep left, Gordon scored, Stanton to third. | 8 | 3 |
| Brebbia relieved Leake. | 8 | 3 |
| Bour intentionally walked. | 8 | 3 |
| Realmuto lined out to shortstop. | 8 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Edinson Volquez pitching for Miami | MIA | STL |
| J. Martínez reached on infield single to third. | 8 | 3 |
| DeJong walked, J. Martínez to second. | 8 | 3 |
| Garcia reached on bunt single to pitcher, J. Martínez to third, DeJong to second. | 8 | 3 |
| Gyorko hit for Brebbia. | 8 | 3 |
| Gyorko hit sacrifice fly to right, J. Martínez scored, DeJong to third. | 8 | 4 |
| Carpenter flied out to left. | 8 | 4 |
| Pham grounded out to third. | 8 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Luke Weaver pitching for St. Louis | MIA | STL |
| Weaver relieved Brebbia. | 8 | 4 |
| Dietrich flied out to right. | 8 | 4 |
| Riddle flied out to center. | 8 | 4 |
| Suzuki hit for Volquez. | 8 | 4 |
| Suzuki singled to left. | 8 | 4 |
| Suzuki picked off first. | 8 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Dustin McGowan pitching for Miami | MIA | STL |
| McGowan relieved Volquez. | 8 | 4 |
| Piscotty grounded out to shortstop. | 8 | 4 |
| Voit flied out to right. | 8 | 4 |
| Molina grounded out to shortstop. | 8 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Luke Weaver pitching for St. Louis | MIA | STL |
| Gordon struck out swinging. | 8 | 4 |
| Stanton walked. | 8 | 4 |
| Yelich grounded into fielder's choice to second, Stanton out at second. | 8 | 4 |
| Ozuna struck out swinging. | 8 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Dustin McGowan pitching for Miami | MIA | STL |
| J. Martínez reached on infield single to third. | 8 | 4 |
| DeJong struck out swinging. | 8 | 4 |
| García relieved McGowan. | 8 | 4 |
| Garcia struck out looking. | 8 | 4 |
| Grichuk hit for Weaver. | 8 | 4 |
| Grichuk walked, J. Martínez to second. | 8 | 4 |
| Carpenter walked, J. Martínez to third, Grichuk to second. | 8 | 4 |
| Steckenrider relieved García. | 8 | 4 |
| Pham doubled to right, J. Martínez and Grichuk scored, Carpenter to third. | 8 | 6 |
| Piscotty grounded out to third. | 8 | 6 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Matt Bowman pitching for St. Louis | MIA | STL |
| Bowman relieved Weaver. | 8 | 6 |
| Bour grounded out to shortstop. | 8 | 6 |
| Realmuto hit by pitch. | 8 | 6 |
| Dietrich struck out swinging. | 8 | 6 |
| Riddle singled to center, Realmuto to third. | 8 | 6 |
| Prado hit for Steckenrider. | 8 | 6 |
| Prado grounded out to third. | 8 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| David Phelps pitching for Miami | MIA | STL |
| Phelps relieved Steckenrider. | 8 | 6 |
| Voit grounded out to shortstop. | 8 | 6 |
| Molina struck out swinging. | 8 | 6 |
| J. Martínez lined out to pitcher. | 8 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Brett Cecil pitching for St. Louis | MIA | STL |
| Cecil relieved Bowman. | 8 | 6 |
| Gordon fouled out to left. | 8 | 6 |
| Stanton flied out to right. | 8 | 6 |
| Yelich struck out looking. | 8 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Barraclough pitching for Miami | MIA | STL |
| Barraclough relieved Phelps. | 8 | 6 |
| DeJong struck out swinging. | 8 | 6 |
| Garcia grounded out to shortstop. | 8 | 6 |
| Mejia hit for Cecil. | 8 | 6 |
| Mejia singled to shallow center. | 8 | 6 |
| Carpenter flied out to right. | 8 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Seung-Hwan Oh pitching for St. Louis | MIA | STL |
| Oh relieved Cecil. | 8 | 6 |
| Ozuna struck out swinging. | 8 | 6 |
| Bour homered to right center (411 feet). | 9 | 6 |
| Realmuto singled to right. | 9 | 6 |
| Dietrich flied into double play, center to first, Realmuto doubled off first. | 9 | 6 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| St. Louis - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| AJ Ramos pitching for Miami | MIA | STL |
| Ramos relieved Barraclough. | 9 | 6 |
| Pham grounded out to shortstop. | 9 | 6 |
| Piscotty struck out swinging. | 9 | 6 |
| Voit flied out to left. | 9 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami Marlins | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Gordon 2B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | .288 | .335 | .353 |
| Stanton RF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | .271 | .353 | .545 |
| Yelich CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .271 | .352 | .392 |
| Ozuna LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .315 | .372 | .576 |
| Bour 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .289 | .365 | .557 |
| Realmuto C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .294 | .353 | .449 |
| Dietrich 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .244 | .328 | .383 |
| Riddle SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .254 | .282 | .373 |
| Volquez P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .192 | .214 | .192 |
a-Suzuki PH
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .210 | .245 | .286 |
McGowan P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
García P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
b-Prado PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .296 | .325 | .426 |
Phelps P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
Ramos P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 38 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 158 | |||
| a-singled to left for E Volquez in the 5th b-grounded to third for D Steckenrider in the 7th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Riddle (12, Leake); Ozuna (15, Leake) HR: Stanton 2 (23, 1st inning off Leake 0 on, 1 Out; 2nd inning off Leake 2 on, 2 Out); Ozuna (23, 3rd inning off Leake 0 on, 0 Out); Bour (19, 9th inning off Oh 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: Stanton 4 (54), Riddle (27), Volquez (1), Ozuna 2 (64), Bour (55) SF: Volquez 2-out RBI: Stanton 3, Ozuna GIDP: Riddle Marlins RISP: 3-7 (Riddle 1-2, Ozuna 1-1, Stanton 1-1, Yelich 0-1, Prado 0-1, Realmuto 0-1) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING Picked Off: Suzuki (1st base by Weaver) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO |
| Attendance | 40,204 (88.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:19 |
| Weather | 79 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 7 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Brian O'Nora, First Base - Scott Barry, Second Base - Quinn Wolcott, Third Base - Paul Emmel |
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