MIAMI — Jaime Garcia made a mistake against Giancarlo Stanton, and later took a misstep on his way to scoring. ADVERTISING MIAMI — Jaime Garcia made a mistake against Giancarlo Stanton, and later took a misstep on his way to
MIAMI — Jaime Garcia made a mistake against Giancarlo Stanton, and later took a misstep on his way to scoring.
Otherwise, he and the St. Louis Cardinals rolled again.
Jason Heyward homered for the third consecutive game, Kolten Wong added a two-run shot and the Cardinals topped the Miami Marlins 6-1 on Wednesday night — improving baseball’s best record to 47-24.
“Jaime’s been pitching his butt off for us,” said Wong, a 2008 Kamehameha graduate said. “It’s good to repay him.”
Heyward hit a three-run homer, his ninth of the season, in the seventh to blow the game open. The Cardinals had just one hit in the first six innings against Miami starter Mat Latos (2-5), that hit being Wong’s ninth home run in the third.
Garcia (3-3) allowed one run — the Stanton homer, his ML-leading 27th — in seven innings for the Cardinals, lowering his ERA to 1.69.
Wong’s homers
The Cardinals lost the games in which Wong hit his first two big-league home runs. They’re 18-3 when he homers since.
Keeping track of Kolten
Wednesday: 2 for 4, home run, two RBIs, run in 6-1 win at Miami
Season (70 games): .282 average, .337 OBP, .791 OPS, nine home runs, 32 RBIs, six steals
