Delgado delivers as two-run triple rescues Marlins.

Publication: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)

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Byline: Juan C. Rodriguez

MIAMI _ It didn't occur to him until much later. Sometime between exiting Tuesday's contest for a pinch runner in the eighth and his postgame workout, Carlos Delgado realized he missed his pitch.

"First pitch, he threw me a fastball right there," the left-handed hitting Delgado said of his eighth-inning matchup against Cardinals lefty Ray King. "I swung through it."

Delgado's frustration _ like that of his team after squandering a four-run lead _ was fleeting.

Three pitches later Delgado shot King's 0-2 offering into the right-center field gap for a two-run triple. That was the pivotal hit in a three-run inning that delivered a 7-6 Marlins victory.

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