Cards pitchers struggle, late rally falls short

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ST. LOUIS — Behind a strong 6 1/3-inning start from Patrick Corbin and RBI hits from seven players, the D-backs opened a six-game road trip by dropping the Cardinals, 11-7, at Busch Stadium on Friday.

Arizona jumped on Cardinals starter Carlos Martinez early with a two-run single by Chris Herrmann in a 30-pitch first inning. Martinez was then chased after allowing RBI hits to Jean Segura and Michael Bourn in the fifth. It was the fourth straight loss for Martinez, who had rolled off four consecutive wins to open the season.

Corbin sparked the scoring in the fifth inning with a leadoff single, his sixth hit of the season. From the mound he only allowed four. Matt Carpenter doubled …

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