Sánchez, Cooper power Marlins to 15-2 rout over Cardinals

Updated Jul. 4, 2023 6:10 p.m. ET

Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) — Jesús Sánchez homered, singled twice and had four RBIs and the Miami Marlins beat St. Louis 15-2 in another short outing by Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright on Tuesday.

Jorge Soler and Joey Wendle each doubled twice while Garrett Cooper also went deep and had two singles for the Marlins, who finished with a season high in runs against Wainwright and four relievers.

“It’s just a collective effort,” Cooper said. “There’s not one guy doing everything like a lot of teams have. It’s great to see.”

Marlins starter Jesús Luzardo (7-5) struck out eight in six scoreless innings.

“I felt my stuff was pretty good for the most part today,” Luzardo said. “They’ve got a pretty good hitting team over there and they are pretty aggressive. So, you have to find ways to attack them.”

Miami’s Luis Arraez went 1-for-3 and walked twice, dropping his major league-leading batting average to .387.

Wainwright (3-4) had his third consecutive outing of less than four innings. He was lifted after consecutive one-out walks in the fourth. The 41-year-old Wainwright gave up seven runs, four earned, and seven hits.

Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said the two-time NL Cy Young Award runner-up will go on the injured list. Wainwright, who will retire at the end of the season, has been dealing with shoulder discomfort.

“There’s not a whole lot behind him at the moment,” Marmol said. “This is a guy who’s meant a lot to this organization. We’re going to take a deeper look at this and he’s determined to finish well.”

During Wainwright’s difficult three-game stretch, he has allowed 20 runs and 24 hits. The Cardinals have been outscored 29-2 in Wainwright’s past two starts.

“It’s stuff that I thought I could get through,” Wainwright said. “I don’t want to use it as an excuse. The results are not where I wanted to be. It’s not fair to the team to keep doing that three times in a row with no chance to win. I don’t want the story to be that every time that I pitch.”

Marlins center fielder Jonathan Davis was carted off the field after sustaining a right knee contusion while he dived and attempted to catch Tommy Edman’s deep drive with one out in the fifth. Davis underwent X-rays, which revealed no fracture, but will undergo additional tests.

The Marlins struck quickly against Wainwright with a three-run first. Arraez singled, advanced on Soler’s double before Sánchez connected with a three-run shot for his eighth of the season.

Cooper hit a solo blast in the third then increased Miami’s advantage with a two-RBI single that capped a three-run fourth to make it 7-0.

“For us to put three on the board early, set the tone on the offensive side,” Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said. "And then tacking on insurance runs throughout the game was obviously huge and the reason that we won.”

Rookie Dane Myers replaced Davis and had his first major league base hit with an RBI single in the seventh.

Position players Alec Burleson and Jacob Stallings pitched for the Cardinals and Marlins. Burleson got the last two outs in the eighth and Stallings allowed Lars Nootbaar’s RBI single and Edman’s sacrifice fly in the ninth.

WAINWRIGHT MILESTONE

It was the 401st start for Wainwright, tying him with Bob Forsch for second on the club’s career list. Bob Gibson started 482 games for the Cardinals during his Hall of Fame career.

ROSTER MOVE

The Marlins placed LHP Andrew Nardi (left triceps inflammation) on the 15-day injured list and recalled RHP George Soriano from Triple-A Jacksonville.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cardinals: C Andrew Knizner was hit by a foul ball during Jean Segura’s at-bat in the fourth and was replaced by Willson Contreras after the half inning. Marmol said Knizner visited the emergency room of a hospital for additional evaluation.

Marlins: OF Jazz Chisholm Jr. underwent an MRI scan that revealed a minor strain on his left oblique. Although a grade wasn’t detected on the strain, there is no timetable on Chisholm’s return.

UP NEXT

The Cardinals have not announced a starter for the third game of the series Wednesday while the Marlins will go with RHP Bryan Hoeing (1-2, 3.72).

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