"The shutout would have been nice. After all, it has been more than four years since the Marlins Get your Marlins Tickets now! blanked opponents in back-to-back games. No one wearing a black jersey Wednesday minded that the Cardinals got on the board in the ninth. Anibal Sanchez tossed seven shutout innings as the Marlins defeated the Cardinals 5-1 at Busch Stadium. In winning for the sixth time in seven games, the Marlins posted their fifth double-digit hit total (12) during that span. Back in the lineup after getting yanked in the second inning of Monday's game and benched Tuesday for not hustling, Hanley Ramirez went 3 for 5 with a pair of infield singles and an RBI. He was one of three Marlins with a multihit game in support of Sanchez. "Happy to be in the lineup," Ramirez said. Not since September of 2006 had Sanchez completed seven or more innings in back-to-back starts. Coming off a seven-inning, two-run win over the Mets, Sanchez retired 13 of the final 15 batters he faced. The 119 pitches were a career high. The only other time Sanchez exceeded the 110-pitch mark was during an Aug. 27, 2006, six-inning no-decision against the Brewers (114) "This is the most consistency I've seen coming out of him," said manager Fredi Gonzalez, adding he let Sanchez go to 119 because he'll have an extra day off before his next start. "He's gotten over the shoulder. He knows that thing is going to hold up." Added Sanchez: "My last three years I never felt healthy...I know I threw a lot of pitches in seven innings, but I'm still OK. My arm is OK. St. Louis reliever Blake Hawksworth entered in relief of Jaime Garcia in the sixth and could not keep it a scoreless game. By the time his two-inning outing was over, Hawksworth had allowed four runs on five hits, including seventh-inning solo homers to Dan Uggla, who went 2 for 3 with two runs and two walks, and Cameron Maybin." http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/...rdinals-game-41-0520-20100519,0,6275986.story
