Pallante 1-hitter throttles Marlins 7-1

Andre Pallante allowed one hit in seven scoreless innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Miami Marlins 7-1 on Monday night.

Pallante (6-7) retired the first 10 batters before walking Jesús Sánchez in the fourth. Graham Pauley singled in the sixth for the Marlins’ lone hit against the St. Louis right-hander.

Pallante struck out four, walked one and threw 49 of his 81 pitches for strikes.

Alec Burleson hit his 14th homer this season and second in as many games for the Cardinals.

The Cardinals broke it open with a five-run seventh. Burleson drove in a run by reaching on a bases-loaded catcher’s interference, Masyn Winn followed with a three-run double and Jordan Walker drove in Winn with a double.

The Marlins will start RHP Sandy Alcantara (5-9, 6.66 ERA) against Cardinals RHP Sonny Gray (10-4, 4.33) as the series continues on Tuesday.


(AP Photos Jeff Roberson)