Cardinals Edge Marlins 5-3, Win Series

0:00On April 22nd, St. Louis Cardinals grabbed a solid 5-3 win over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday 9. Nathan Church crushed a two-run homer while Alec Burleson drove in two runs to spark the offense. Dustin May got the victory with a strong start, settling in after an early solo shot. May improve to 3-2 on the season, giving up just 6 hits and two runs over 5-plus innings. The bullpen locked it down from there, with Justin Burles tossing scoreless ball and Riley O'Brien nailing his 7th save in 8 tries without an an, earned run all year. Mason Wednesday fought with multiple hits for the third straight game during his 8-game streak and he scored once. Over on the Marlins side, Yaka Marcy went 3-4 but couldn't rally his squad while J.J. Weatherholt doubled in score twice. Chris Paddock took the loss for Miami, allowing 5 runs in 4-2-3s innings despite 7 strikeouts. A late basses loaded threat in the 8th fell short when George Soriano

1:00fan the side. The series wraps up Wednesday with Kyle Leahy on the mound for St. Louis against Janssen Junk for the Marlins, setting up a decisive rubber match. That's the story for today, MLB News Today, driven by AI. I'm Cory with the story.