The Miami Marlins came oh-so-close to putting everything together to get their first win of the 2024 season.
And then the St. Louis Cardinals rallied for five runs in the seventh to beat Miami 8-5 on Thursday at Busch Stadium to begin a three-game series.
The Marlins are now 0-8 on the season, becoming the first team since the Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins in 2016 to lose at least their first eight games of a season. Both the 2016 Braves and Twins started the season with nine consecutive losses.
The defeat on Thursday came in spite of Jake Burger, a St.