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Cardinals Recap: Jason Heyward homers twice in loss to Marlins

St. Louis starter Carlos Martinez was charged with five runs in his five innings of work, but just one of those was earned. The hard-throwing righty struck out five, allowing seven hits in the loss that saved Miami from a sweep at Busch.

After Justin Bour gave the Marlins a 1-0 lead in the top of the first, the only earned run on Martinez’s ledger, Heyward connected on his first homer of the day, a solo shot off Miami starter David Phelps.

The Cardinals outfielder followed suit in his next at-bat, this time in a two-run fashion, putting St.