Marlins dominate Cardinals in series finale to snap 0-9 start to season
ST. LOUIS
It took until the 10th game of the season, but the Miami Marlins are finally in the win column.
Max Meyer pitched six strong innings, while Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Nick Gordon each hit firstinning home runs to give Miami a lead it wouldn’t relinquish in a 10-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday at Busch Stadium.
Miami is now 1-9 on the season. The Cardinals are 5-5.
The nine-game losing streak to start the season was the longest in franchise history to open a campaign and the eighth time ever the Marlins had lost at least nine consecutive games at any point in a season.
Chisholm and Gordon gave the Marlins all the runs they would need in the first inning when each hit a three-run home run off Cardinals starting pitcher Kyle Gibson. Chisholm’s home run went a projected 412 feet to right-center, while Gordon’s went 397 feet to right.
A Josh Bell RBI groundout in the second scored Luis Arraez, who led off the frame with a triple, to push Miami’s lead to 7-0. A Jake Burger RBI double in the seventh then scored Arraez and Miami scored two more runs in the eighth. Arraez finished the game with four hits and three runs scored.
Meanwhile, a stellar outing from Meyer made sure the lead stayed intact.
Meyer, Miami’s thirdranked prospect according to MLB Pipeline, became the first Marlins pitcher this season to pitch six innings. He retired the first 13 batters he faced before giving up a solo home run to Nolan Gorman — which Chisholm nearly robbed with a leaping grab but the ball popped out of his glove.