Cardinals Fly By Marlins

     The St. Louis Cardinals rallied by the Miami Marlins 5-3 on Tuesday night at Busch Stadium. The Marlins have lost four of their last five games. The Cardinals will go for the three-game series sweep of the Fish on Wednesday night. 

     Miami(33-40) took a 3-0 lead in the top of the third. Miguel Rojas sliced a double down the right-field line and Jesus Sanchez scored. Nick Fortes followed with a base hit up the middle to score Rojas. Jorge Soler then singled into right-center field and Fortes crossed the plate. 

     St. Louis(43-34) got on the scoreboard in the fourth inning. Dylan Carlson knocked in Tommy Edman on a single to left field. 

     The Cardinals moved ahead 5-3 in the bottom of the fifth with four runs. Brendan Donovan scored on an Edmundo Sosa triple to deep center. Edman singled through the right side and Sosa reached home. Carlson came up next and hit a ground-rule double to right field for Edman to score from second after a stolen base. Paul Goldschmidt fisted a single to shallow right-center field and Carlson crossed the plate.