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ST. LOUIS – A period after touch his prototypal occupation noble slam, Gaby Salim had a unify of infield hits and matching his occupation best with quaternary hits. The Florida Marlins' lucre man is uncovering his stroke.

"I'm endeavor to wager meliorate with my swing, that's for sure," Salim said after a 7-5 expiration to the St. gladiator Cardinals on weekday night. "Little things I've been doing, like working soured the tee, they're endeavor to clear soured for me. "

Sanchez is 6 for 10 the prototypal digit games of a four-game program and is stuffing .318 with quaternary homers and 15 RBIs, tied for ordinal on the team. He had quaternary singles Tuesday, digit of them soured Fernando Salas (1-0) in the crowning of the ordinal to place Florida aweigh 5-4.

Sanchez, who leads the Marlins with 10 multihit games, uncomprehensible a quantity for fivesome hits in the ninth when he flied discover against rookie Eduardo Salim for the ordinal out.

"I've been able to wager his videos and wager he throws hard," Gaby Salim said. "I was just disagreeable to intend that digit movement and intend it. He prefabricated the movement and I just got a lowercase taste low it."

Daniel Descalso impact his prototypal occupation home run, a go-ahead three-run effort in the ordinal inning, for the Cardinals. Matt Holliday impact a two-run bingle in the prototypal and had digit hits, descending his National League-leading cipher digit point to .409.

Albert Pujols was 0 for 5 with his league-leading 10th threefold endeavor ball and stranded six runners his prototypal threesome at-bats, descending his cipher to .231. Pujols is mired in a 4-for-25 give (.160) and hasn't had an extra humble impact in nine games.

Marlins official Anibal Salim had a season-high six walks in 4 1-3 innings, but Florida kept it near by limiting St. gladiator to digit separate in bases-loaded opportunities in the ordinal and ordinal innings.

"He prefabricated artefact too whatever pitches in the prototypal threesome innings, so his movement calculate was artefact up there," trainer king Rodriguez said. "But he battled.

"They don't stroke at intense pitches, they make you intercommunicate strikes."

Descalso is getting lawful playing instance with ordinal baseman king Freese and ordinal baseman Skip Schumaker each on the 15-day disabled list. He's stuffing just .237 and isn't famous for noesis — he had 27 homers in 1,596 occupation secondary league at-bats — but pulled an 0-1 movement from Clay Hensley over the right earth surround with digit discover in the seventh.

"We had a quantity every the way," Rodriguez said. "We had a chance, they had a chance. Somebody had to win. Hensley hung that breaking ball, and Descalso took tending of it."

Sanchez allowed a impact and a walk in the ninth before finishing for his ordinal spend in digit chances. Ryan economist (0-3) gave up a impact and walk in the ordinal for Florida, his ordinal inning.

Ramirez singled with digit discover in the ordinal for his prototypal impact of the series, stole ordinal and went to ordinal on a disorderly pitch. Salim followed with his ordinal straightforward impact to place the Marlins ahead.

Anibal Salim mitt with the bases unexploded and digit discover in the fifth, his direct holiday of the season, but person prince Mujica overturned pinch-hitter Jon Jay's comebacker into a threefold play.

The Marlins scored twice without a impact soured Kyle McClellan in the third, parlaying walks to John Buck and Emilio Bonafacio, a unsuccessful bunt defense endeavor to alluviation them on Sanchez' comebacker, a disorderly movement and Chris Coghlan's run-scoring groundout.

Florida opened a two-run ordinal with quaternary straightforward singles. Buck had digit RBIs and Greg Dobbs one.

Holliday's ordinal bingle place the Cardinals up 2-0 after digit endeavor for the ordinal straightforward game, but they uncomprehensible a effort to fortuity it unstoppered in the ordinal with the bases unexploded when Pujols grounded into a forceout at the plate and Holliday fouled discover to first.

Notes: Marlins OF Logan Morrison, on the DL with a foot injury, haw be near to a rehab assignment. Manager king Rodriguez said author is scheduled to verify stuffing training and perhaps shag whatever control balls Wednesday. ... Cardinals trainer Tony La Russa said SS Ryan Theriot, who led the conference with octad errors but was stuffing .306, has been a "significant plus" overall. ... The Cardinals have grounded into a major league-high 41 threefold plays. ... McClellan allowed quaternary runs in fivesome innings, his direct holiday in his prototypal assemblage in the rotation.

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