The defensive shift deployed against Matt Carpenter backfired on Miami and created a baseball rarity in the fifth inning at Busch Stadium.
Carpenter pushed a bunt to the empty left side of the infield and turned it into a double, eventually scoring on a two-base error to give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead over the Marlins.
Pitcher Elieser Hernandez was left to chase down Carpenter's bunt, which rolled a few feet onto the left-field grass. As Hernandez trotted after the ball, Carpenter rounded first and never hesitated in going to second, which he reached standing up.
Paul Goldschmidt then hit a towering fly ball to shallow center field.