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- Updated: July 31, 2016
MIAMI — Neither player called it, and, ultimately, neither player caught it, allowing a ball that pinch-hitter Derek Dietrich lined to left-center in the ninth inning of Sunday’s game to roll toward the wall as the Marlins scored the game-winning run in a 5-4 walk-off victory over the Cardinals.
The ugly ending capped a series split that left the Cardinals precisely where they were in the National League Wild Card standings — one game back of the Marlins — upon their arrival in Miami. It also left the club to wonder what could have been had Dietrich’s triple been gloved for the inning’s final out and the game continued on.
“Off the bat, it looked like a ball that one of them, or both, could get to,” Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. “It looked like it was going to be caught when it was hit.”
Adeiny Hechavarria set up Dietrich’s heroics with a two-out single to cap a 10-pitch at-bat against reliever Matt Bowman. …
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