Marlins lose, fall out of second wild-card playoff spot

Ichiro (0-4) remains two hits shy of three-thousand

Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki strikes out Friday night, capping an 0-4 game as he remains two hits shy of 3,000 for his MLB career.

Miami ā€“ Tommy Pham homered and drove in three runs, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over the Miami Marlins 11-6 on Friday night.

Kolten Wong had three hits and drove in two runs and Jeremy Hazelbaker hit a two-run homer for St. Louis.

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The Cardinals have won four of five and lead the Marlins by one game in the NL wild-card standings.

Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki went 0 for 4 to remain at 2,998 career hits.

Martin Prado homered and drove in three runs, and Marcell Ozuna also homered for the Marlins.

Mike Leake (8-8) won despite giving up six runs and seven hits in five innings.

Jose Urena (1-3) allowed eight runs in 4 1-3 innings in what is expected to be his final start in the Marlins' rotation after Miami acquired starters Andrew Cashner and Colin Rea from San Diego earlier in the day.

With the loss the Marlins now trail the Cardinals for the second wild-card spot in the National League.Ā