The Marlins’ eighth inning rally spoiled Matt Morris’ bid for his 16th win of the season, as Florida topped St. Louis 7-6 in Miami.

The Cardinals overcame a 4-0 deficit and took a 5-4 lead into the eighth inning. Morris allowed Luis Castillo and Miguel Cabrera to reach on singles—Castillo bunted his way on. Morris was pulled for Ray King who gave up a two-run triple to Carlos Delgado. Next up was Juan Encarcion, who drove in pinch-runner Chris Aguila with a sacrifice fly.

St. Louis took one run off Florida’s lead in the top of the ninth with a one-out solo home run from John Mabry, but David Eckstein and Larry Walker recorded outs to end the game.

Mark Grudzielanek got the Cardinals back in the game when he hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning to tie it up at 4-4. In the eighth, Grudzielanek reached on a fielder’s choice and Albert Pujols scored from third to give the Cardinals a short-lived 5-4 advantage.

With the win, the Marlins took over the lead in the National league Wild Card race.

The Royals let a tight game get out of control in a 7-4 loss to the Twins on Tuesday night at Kauffman.

With the score tied 2-2 in the sixth inning, the Twins rallied for five runs to put the game away. Royals’ starter Jose Lima started the inning by walking Nick Punto. Joe Mauer followed up with an RBI double and Jacque Jones drove in Mauer with a single. Lima then hit Lew Ford with a pitch. After getting Matt LeCroy to fly out, Lima was pulled for Jimmy Gobble, but that didn’t help matters. Gobble allowed a three-run homer to Justin Morneau, who was up next. That gave the Twins a 7-2 advantage.

Lima (5-13) was charged with six runs and was the losing pitcher.

John Buck and Matt Stairs hit solo home runs in the third and fourth innings. Denny Hocking drove in two with a single in the seventh inning.

The Springfield Cardinals will not have a post season. They were eliminated from Texas League playoff contention on Tuesday with a 7-2 loss at the hands of the Wichita Wranglers. The Cardinals are five games behind first-place Tulsa with five games to go.

Travis Hanson’s throwing error in the third inning led to three Wichita runs and allowed the Wranglers to stretch a 1-0 lead into a 4-0 advantage.

Wichita starter Brian Bass earned his 12th win of the season with an 8 1/3 inning performance.

The Chiefs and Rams had to make a number of cuts to get trim their rosters on Tuesday. Kansas City released seven players and moved two players to off-roster status. Linebacker Shawn Barber, who is still rehabilitating a knee, was put on the physically unable to perform list and fullback Robert Holcombe was placed on injured reserve. They cut tackle Thomas Barnett, wide receiver Nathaniel Curry, safety Shaunard Harts, wide receiver Darrell Hill, punter Nick Murphy, safety Willie Pile and wide receiver Richard Smith.

Still on the Chiefs roster is wide receiver Freddie Mitchell who returned to Chiefs practice yesterday after missing a month with a knee injury. Cornerback Ashley Ambrose is also on the roster, for now. He has said that if he doesn’t make the 53-man cut, he’ll retire

The Rams said goodbye to veteran punter Bryan Barker, who spent the first four seasons of his career with the Chiefs (1990-1993). They also cut offensive tackle Grant Williams, who started 11 games for them last season.

The Rams also cut linebacker Louis Ayeni, wide receiver Michael Coleman, defensive end Clifford Dukes, kicker Remy Hamilton, defensive end Vontrell Jamison, tight end Erik Jensen, linebacker Jeremy Loyd, wide receiver Brandon Middleton, tackle Matt Morgan, wide receiver Dante Ridgeway and cornerback Duvol Thompson.

NFL teams have to cut their rosters to 53 by next Tuesday.