​  Roundtable Sports’ John Denton breaks down the Cardinals 4-0 loss to the Marlins — a game where they mustered just three hits and got only two runners to second base.Lost in the furor of a stretch where the Cardinals had seen their starting staff’s ERA swell to 7.24 over the previous seven games has been a downturn from an offense that was
missing in action again on Friday night.The Cardinals had little to no luck against Miami’s Max Meyer,
and there’s certainly no shame in that with how he has dominated the big
leagues with a 9-0 record and a 2.60 ERA in 2026. Still, the Cardinals mustered
just three hits, got only two runners to third base and were blanked in a 4-0 loss to the Marlins at soggy Busch Stadium.No inning magnified the offensive struggles more than the
seventh inning when the Cards loaded the bases with a hit by pitch and walks
sandwiching an infield ground out. Masyn Winn was unable to hit the fly ball
needed by grounding meekly to shortstop. Nathan Church then lined out to end
the threat.Over their last four games, the Cardinals have scored just
10 runs and have just 21 hits. The Cards had just one hit through the first four innings, and their second hit of the night came on a Lars Nootbaar bunt.”(Meyer) was ripping sweepers and he’s given everybody trouble this year,” manager Oliver Marmol told reporters. “He’s had a really nice year and he understands the opposition. He pitched us tough with a lot of off-speed stuff and secondary stuff in hitter’s counts, which we knew going in, but we still had trouble combating it.”Mow ’em down, Michael pic.twitter.com/5CBBzvwRoX— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) June 27, 2026Cardinals starter Michael McGreevy had a somewhat rocky
first inning when he allowed two to reach, but he was otherwise dominant over
his six innings of work. McGreevy scattered five hits – all of them singles – in
delivering a strong bounce-back outing from a rocky effort in Kansas City last
weekend. McGreevy retired eight of the last nine he faced, and he picked Esteury
Ruiz off first after he had opened the fifth inning with a single to left
field.”A lot of good signs for moving forward, and I’m glad I was able to bounce back from the KC outing,” McGreevy said. “So, onto the next one.”McGreevy was saddled with a no-decision because he got no
runs of support against Marlins’ star right-hander Max Meyer. It was the
seventh time this season that the Cardinals scored two or fewer runs in a
McGreevy start.Seventh inning failure proved costlyThe Cardinals had a golden opportunity to grab control of the
game in the seventh inning when they loaded the bases with one out. Winn worked
the count to 3-0 and appeared set to walk and push home the go-ahead run, but
the Marlins successfully challenged the pitch. Winn eventually grounded into a
force at home and Church lined out to left field.June Swoon Clouds Matthew Liberatore’s Future in Cards Starting RotationThe Marlins broke the scoreless tie in the eighth inning
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