The Cardinals were charged with just one error Friday night. But they had three other defensive misadventures, and each contributed to a distasteful, 7-6 loss to the Miami Marlins at Busch Stadium.
Two Cardinals relievers blew saves and another suffered the loss, overcoming four home runs by the Cardinals, who were left with this ugly trifecta:
Their home record dipped to 18-27, their record against winning teams dropped to 17-31, and their mark in one-run games fell to 7-16. This seems to be a very difficult path to trod to playoff baseball.
After Trevor Rosenthal, in the seventh, and Jonathan Broxton, in the eighth, both blew saves, Seung Hwan Oh suffered his first major league loss in the ninth when Miguel Rojas singled with two outs to score Marcell Ozuna.