MIAMI — While his team looked to complete their first sweep since June and he looked to build off an outing during which an early attack by the Yankees left him with a third consecutive losing decision, Cardinals starter Andre Pallante found himself working with heavy traffic on Wednesday vs. the Marlins.
The Cardinals’ righty dealt with bases loaded, no-out scenarios in two separate innings and had two other innings build up when back-to-back singles forced him to work with multiple runners on base. Pallante’s busy outing led him to face at least five batters in four different innings as the Marlins pushed across five runs on eight hits and drew three walks against him during a 6-2 Cardinals’ loss at loanDepot Park.
Pallante worked 5 1/3 innings, marking his longest outing since he comp