Kyle Leahy labors. So does the getaway day offense as the Marlins defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-0

The Game Details

**T1** – Wetherholt F7 on the first pitch. Herrera F8. Gorman lines out L8. Quick inning. **B1** – 1-3. 3u. 4-3. Leahy gets through a quick inning. **T2** – Urias reaches on E5. Fermin promptly GIDP. Church K’s. Guess they can’t hit Junk. **B2** – Single. Single. FC at third. RBI single. HBP. As efficient as the first inning was, this has been the opposite. P2. Bases loaded walk after 0-2 count plates another run. 4-3 closes out the inning. Marlins up 2-0. **T3** – Sags 5-3. Pages singles to break the no-no by Junk. Scott II forces Pages at second. Lots of swings today, typical of getaway day. It’s funny how plate discipline wanes on these days. Wetherholt F8. **B3** – K. L8. Walk. What is with these walks? It is an epidemic. All four balls were “waste” pitches. Totally non-competitive. F9. **T4** – Herrera F8. Gorman F7. Urias 6-3. A seven-pitch inning. Junk at 36 pitches through four innings. Cardinals trying to get him a complete game. **B4** – 1-3. Another walk. He is missing by a lot! Most of his pitches are non-competitive. Not much on the borderline. Single. An RBI single, but Church does get the backside runner going to third for the second out. 9-5 is the scoring. Stolen base. Urias makes a nice play 3-1 to end the inning. Marlins now up 3-0. **T5** – Pages F8. Saggese K. Church earns a walk. Fermin hits into hard luck out 5-3. **B5** – Single. 4-3 advances a runner who was on the move with the pitch. An RBI single, followed by another single signals that Leahy is really laboring. A caught stealing and a K re-direct the inning to a more positive end. Leahy is assuredly done. His line through 5 innings – 8 hits, 3 walks, 1 HBP and 4 runs. 89 pitches, only 50 for strikes. **T6** – Nardi in for Junk. He pitched 5 shutout IP, 1 hit, 1 BB. Scott K. Wetherholt K. Herrera 4-3. Ho-hum. **B6** – Graceffo in. Single. Single. F8 and GIDP allow GG to make a good recovery. Still Marlins up 4-0. **T7** – Gorman doubles. Bender in for Nardi. Urias F8. Fermin backwards K. Saggese’s struggles continue 6-3. **B**7 – Svanson in for Graceffo. K. F7. 6-3. Good inning for a guy that needed one. **T8** – Petersen in for Bender. Pages backwards K. Scott swinging K. Wetherholt backwards K. Been that kind of day. **B8** – Fernandez in for Svanson. K. E-3. Single loads the bases. P6. K. Ends the uprising. **T9** – Bachar in for Petersen. Herrera with a lead-off solo HR. Gorman walks. Urias P6. Fairbanks in for the save. Fermin F7. Church K to end the game after an 8-pitch PA. 4-1 Marlins in your final.

Post-Game Notes

• Check out Today on the Farm – Wednesday 4/22 for updates on MiLB action. Two teams play day games today.
• After the game today, a flight home followed by an apparently well-timed off day. Seattle comes into town for a weekend tilt, which will be a very brief 3-game homestand.
• Paid attendance for this game was less than 7,600. Actual attendance well less than that. These teams drew better in Spring Training at RDS.