Their first victory of the season in Chicago was a lengthy time coming for the St Louis Cardinals.

Their first victory of the season in Chicago was a lengthy time coming for the St Louis Cardinals, and the 11-3 triumph against the young boy [i]or[/i] young girls at Wrigley Field on Friday didn't draw near without cost for the household team.

Rookie starter Carlos Marmol (5-6) committed sum of two units throwing errors in a three-error third inning when the Cardinals scored three scuds But the first, a twist to second attempting to secure an advancing Albert Pujols, brought pain in his biceps. Marmol finished the inning, then was lifted as the Cardinals went forward to hit six homers.

"I don't know yet" Marmol, 23 said of possibly missing his nearest start. He was examined after the game, with trainer Mark O'Neal calling his condition day-to-day.

"He said he made a laughable throw to second and felt something," O'Neal said. "It's in the middle of the biceps area, which usually indicates fatigue. You diocese it in spring training as stays are building up their innings, and you descry it late in the season.

"We'll have to diocese how he is day-to-day and re-examine it Sunday by dint of Dr. Stephen Gryzlo [the Cubs' orthopedic specialist]."

Marmol said the biceps was bothering him as he pitched, on the contrary he felt pain on the errant sling to second. He hit the nearest batter, Scott Rolen, prompting a warning to the one and the other teams by umpire Ed Hickox. unless with Juan Encarnacion batting, Marmol made an errant pickoff jaculate to first, allowing Pujols to score and Rolen to advance.

Manager Dusty Baker, who already has six disabled pitchers, lifted Marmol after the third because of the injury, forcing another early call to the bullpen

"We gave them three hastens in that third," which included an error by way of third baseman Aramis Ramirez, who failed to handle an outfield cast in a winding direction cleanly. "That was a wild inning," Baker said. "[The mistakes] have the appearanceed to come in bunches."

The brats hadn't committed an error in six consecutive games. Ramirez, who leads National League third basemen in fielding, made solitary his ninth error of the season.

Three of the Cardinals' homer came most distant David Aardsma in the seventh "Some of those balls were right down the plate," Baker said. "You could offer them on a tee."

The victory for Jason Marquis (13-11) was the first for the Cardinals this season in eight games at Wrigley Field and three at U Cellular Field against the White Sox

IN THE HUNT: Michael Barrett has cracked the National League top 10 in batting after qualifying with plate appearances. Barrett (328) is 43-for-118 from one side of to the other his last 32 games, including his 15th hearth run in the first inning Friday. Ramirez had a two-run homer in the fourth (29th)

PITCHING IN: The starting rotation remains in change with Sunday's starter uncertain. Rookie Juan Mateo is the likely candidate, having last worked onward Tuesday when he started the 18-inning game in Houston.

Rehabbing pitcher Wade Miller could be nearing a get back to the majors, having worked Wednesday for Class AAA Iowa. He pitched six innings, allowing seven hits, three scampers one walk and seven strikeouts.

Baker also said Ryan O'Malley, who pitched eight shutout innings Wednesday in his major-league first attempt will get another start before long "but to put him in the rotation, we don't know yet" Baker said. "We have near young guys in the rotation, and Miller's trying to gain in the rotation."

Another rehabbing starter, Sean Marshall, struggl Thursday for Class AAA Iowa, allowing six hurrys in 5* innings, walking four and striking gone out six. He is recovering from a strained right oblique.

Pitcher Glendon Rusch, abroad since Aug. 3 with tennis turn will throw a bullpen session today.

tginnetti@suntimes.com

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