Torres Two-Run Blast in Second Inning Sinks Miami

Bryan Torres hit a 364-foot home run to right field in the second inning, plating Masyn Winn and staking St. Louis to a 2-0 lead it never surrendered. The Cardinals held on for a 2-1 win over Miami on June 28, 2026.

The story of the night was how early and how decisively Torres put this game away. With Winn aboard in the second inning, Torres turned on one and sent it 364 feet to right — a two-run shot that swung St. Louis's home win probability from 61% to 78%, a 17-point jump that effectively set the tone for everything that followed. That single swing accounted for both Cardinals runs and, as it turned out, the entire margin of victory.

Miami's Tyler Phillips did everything he could to keep the Marlins in it. He worked 7.1 innings, allowing 6 hits and 2 earned runs while issuing zero walks and striking out one — a workmanlike outing that kept the deficit manageable. The Marlins finally cracked the scoreboard in the fifth when Owen Caissie scored on a Graham Pauley ground rule double, cutting the deficit to 2-1. But that's as close as Miami would get. St. Louis's bullpen slammed the door: George Soriano threw a clean inning with two strikeouts, and JoJo Romero finished it off with 1.1 innings, one hit, and no damage. On the offensive side, JJ Wetherholt went 2-for-4 to pace the Cardinals' lineup, while Xavier Edwards went 1-for-3 in a losing effort for Miami.

St. Louis starter Kyle Leahy wasn't sharp — 5.0 innings, 3 walks, and 1 earned run — but he did enough, and the Cardinals' bullpen made sure his early exit didn't cost them. This looks like a game where St. Louis won it in one swing and then managed it the rest of the way, which is a perfectly acceptable formula. The Cardinals, who recently elevated Bill DeWitt III to chief executive officer, appear to be a franchise trending in the right direction both on and off the field. For Miami, a 1-run loss in which their starter threw 7.1 solid innings is the kind of defeat that stings — the offense simply couldn't generate enough to bail out a pitcher who deserved better.