Overview

• Tyler Saggese went 3-for-4 with two runs and Iván Herrera drove in three as St. Louis beat Miami 7-4 on Tuesday.
• Pedro Pagés extended his hitting streak to nine games with an RBI single that made it 4-0 in the fourth inning of the second game.
• Alec Burleson went 3-for-4 on Monday and delivered the go-ahead single in the seventh after Iván Herrera reached on a two-base error by Dane Myers.
• Matthew Liberatore worked five-plus innings with three runs allowed and Matt Svanson threw two scoreless for the Monday win, while Michael McGreevy logged six strong frames Tuesday and Riley O’Brien closed for his second save.
• Miami’s lapses loomed large with two errors, three unearned runs, five walks, and a club-first four wild pitches by Pérez in the opener, as the series moves to Wednesday’s finale with Andre Pallante facing Sandy Alcantara.