At least Marmol had the excuse that Hicks is wild and Varsho is no slouch. The Cards had the worst hitter on their team, probably one of the worst in the league, who is so bad they had him bunt with a runner on second, with Yimi Garcia who has an excellent walk rate for his career. Pretty indefensible to have him face Arenado in that spot.
Hated that call, hated even giving Tim Mayza the option to face Goldschmidt - yeah he failed at his job in getting there in the first place, but Swanson is a good pitcher with pitches that play well against the opposite handedness. At least he didn't double down on his mistakes and let KK hit away instead of bunting in the 9th inning. As previously mentioned, also surprised at the lack of running overall save for the one hit and run - which I didn't mind, Merrifield just whiffed - given the quality of baserunning on this team.