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ST. LOUIS -- The road crowd gave Ichiro Suzuki a standing ovation when he came to the plate and another nice round of applause after he singled as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning for his 2,991st hit.As much as shaving the countdown to nine, it ended up really helping the Miami Marlins, too.Hes been amazing for us all year, manager Don Mattingly said of the 42-year-old Suzuki, who scored the tying run in a 7-6 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night. I thought the fans were amazing right there, respectful.Miguel Rojas drove in the go-ahead run in the ninth for the Marlins, who have won four straight, coming from behind in the last three. Then he paid tribute to Suzuki.Its been an honor, man, Rojas said. The last couple of years having the opportunity to be with Ichiro has been huge because everything hes doing on the field is historic.Tommy Pham had two of the Cardinals four homers and drove in four runs. Stephen Piscotty and Randal Grichuk also connected for St. Louis, which hit two each off Wei-Yin Chen and reliever David Phelps but had three defensive miscues.Its just tough to be on this side of the equation when you had a good night like I did, Pham said. Of his curtain call after a three-run shot in the fourth, he said, Its horrible now.Manager Mike Matheny noted a number of non-plays and added, It seemed like whenever we had one it hurt us.The hit was the first since July 4 for Suzuki. Hes had just seven pinch-hit appearances and one start this month with the Marlins, who have a steady outfield rotation of Christian Yelich, Marcell Ozuna and Giancarlo Stanton.You know if he was playing every day, every day, every day, you know it wouldnt be long, but in our situation you dont know quite how long thats going to take, Mattingly said. So, I dont think anybodys getting too crazy over it right now.Suzuki did not speak to reporters after the game.The Cardinals blew leads of 4-1 and 6-5 to fall to 19-27 at home. They were 55-26 at home last year, tied for best in the majors.Matt Holliday, getting his sixth start at first base, couldnt handle a long hop on a potential double play ball in the fourth inning that led to a run. Reliever Kevin Siegrist made an errant pickoff throw on Suzuki for an error and Grichuk came in and couldnt retreat in time to harness Ozunas double in the ninth that led to the winning run.Chen has surrendered 19 homers, among the league leaders. Phelps had given up just two in 46 innings.Fernando Rodney (1-2) worked a scoreless eighth and A.J. Ramos finished for his 28th save in 29 chances.Seung Hwan Oh (2-1), the Cardinals stand-in closer, lost on his 34th birthday.Suzuki singled off Siegrist with one out in the eighth and scored on Martin Prados two-out hit off Jonathan Broxton.TRAINERS ROOMMarlins: 1B Justin Boer (ankle) is eligible to come off the DL on Monday but is still experiencing soreness and Mattingly said, progressing, but not ready yet.Cardinals: 1B-OF Brandon Moss (ankle) is eligible to come off the DL on Saturday but is still in a walking boot.UMPIRE DOWNThe umpiring crew worked a man short after plate ump Chad Fairchild took a foul off his right forearm in the bottom of the first. Jim Joyce went from first base to home.HAPPY BIRTHDAYLong-time Cardinals broadcaster Mike Shannon worked the booth on his 77th birthday.UP NEXTMarlins: Tom Koehler is 1-2 with a 7.56 ERA in three career starts against the Cardinals.Cardinals: Adam Wainwright (8-5, 4.49) is 50-28 with a 3.05 ERA for his career after the break. 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Cockcroft taking the week off, hes left the keys to the going-forward rankings car in my trusted hands. Now Im not going to make any major changes -- no reupholstering the seats or painting it a new color -- but I am going to make some small tweaks here and there to reflect a few players I think might be a little bit too high or too low in the grand scheme of things.One of these players is Wilmer Flores, who Im bumping up 12 spots from where Tristan had him last week -- still outside the overall top 300, but much closer than before. Flores is owned in just 6.9 percent of ESPN standard leagues, although his eligibility to be used at any of the four infield positions certainly should give him somewhat of a boost in value going forward.If youre not a New York Mets fan, the first thing that likely springs to mind when Flores name is mentioned is last years trade deadline on-field tearfest that accompanied the news that he was being dealt to Milwaukee for Carlos Gomez. When that rumored swap did not end up taking place, Flores became a bit of a cult hero at Citi Field, as from that moment on, he hit .296 with six home runs and 19 RBIs over his final 142 at-bats of the season.This year, Flores has been incredibly solid when given a chance to start. In 48 such games in 2016, he has hit .277 with nine home runs and 23 RBIs (166 at-bats). Hes also in the midst of a ridiculous hot streak at the plate from July 3 to present (batting .395 with seven home runs). The power surge -- Flores is slugging a career-best .473 this season -- is likely a function of the infielder getting consistent at-bats in the wake of the injury to David Wright in late May. Flores has been hitting fly balls at a 45.2 percent rate, and 14.1 percent of them have gone over the fence.Yet despite his recent success, when the Mets signed Jose Reyes and decided to start him every day at third base, Flores went back to being a part-time player. Reyes, despite the post-suspension rust, has seen his ownership rise to 34.7 percent. And while he does have hits in 12 of his 16 games since returning to the Mets, a 1-for-5 night seems to be his most common box score line. His overall numbers are a paltry .239 with a 19 percent strikeout rate.On Tuesday, Reyes suffered a Grade 1 left intercostal strain in the first game of New Yorks doubleheader and will be sidelined for at least a few days, even if he ends up avoiding a trip to the disabled list (although that has not been ruled out). With Reyes out, Flores started at third base in the nightcap and promptly added a 3-for-4 night to his ledger, with a double and a run scored.Flores should see a lot more at-bats while Reyes sits, and really, playing time seems to be the only thing standing between the soon-to-be 25-year-old and fantasy stardom. Whether he stays in New York or actually does find himself packing up his locker en route to a new clubhouse this time around, chances are hes going to start more often than not the rest of the way.Here are some quick thoughts about the weeks other big movers...Melvin Upton Jr. now calls Toronto home after being traded from San Diego for cash and a pitching prospect. Nobody is saying that the likes of Wil Myers, Matt Kemp and Yangervis Solarte are lousy hitters, but Upton has had only 78 at-bats this season with runners in scoring position. If he continues to hit at a .295 RISP clip with the Blue Jays, his fantasy numbers could see a huge rise batting behind the trio of Jose Bautista, Josh Donaldson and Edwin Encarnacion.ddddddddddddMadison Bumgarner moves up to the top 10. For his career, Bumgarners best month of the season in terms of K/9 rate has been August. His best ERA month? September. In short, youve got a pitcher with three straight seasons in the top 10 in Cy Young voting who has tended to end the year better than he started. With the status of Clayton Kershaws back causing concerns, theres no safer option to be found on the mound.A foot injury had Matt Wieters out for a week, and while the Baltimore catcher says hes feeling fine, his bat has completely vanished over his past 10 games. Wieters is just 1-for-his-last-31 entering Wednesdays play. Obviously, hes a much bigger threat at the plate than Caleb Joseph, but Wieters was quick to heap praise on his backup for his work calling games in his absence: I think he really helped with Bundy and Gausman, just making them use their off-speed pitches, the catcher said, per the Baltimore Sun.Obviously, Miguel Cabrera is a top-20 hitter and nobody is saying hes someone to be benched. That said, I cant help but notice that if not for a four-day hot streak from July 19-22, when he hit .600, his fantasy contributions this month have been close to nonexistent, with an 11-for-56 (.196) output. Sure, it all adds up in the end if you never remove him from your starting lineup, but if youre playing in weekly head-to-head leagues, it may be understandable why your perception of Miggys production of late might be somewhat negative.Tim Beckham (.563), Yunel Escobar (.480), Wilson Ramos (.478) and J.J. Hardy (.476) all get slight bumps in the rankings after strong batting averages over the last seven days. Theres always a bit of counterintuition that goes on with hot hitters and rest-of-season projections. After all, nobody expects these averages to stay at their current levels going forward, and in fact, if you polled a large group of baseball fans, theyd probably predict that these hitters are more likely to nosedive than to simply regress to the mean. Im more in the camp that hot streaks tend to fade out slowly, rather than immediately plummet into glacier-like runs at the plate.New ESPN position eligibilityThe following players added new position eligibility within the past two weeks. As a reminder, position players need to appear 10 times at a new position to gain in-season eligibility, while pitchers need to make three starts to earn starting-pitching eligibility or five relief appearances to earn relief-pitching eligibility:?Adam Frazier (OF), Jose Reyes (3B), Matt McBride (C), Jedd Gyorko (1B,3B), Ramiro Pena (3B), Greg Garcia (2B), Dylan Floro (RP), Nathan Karns (RP), Jhoulys Chacin (RP)The following players are within two games of earning new eligibility, with their total games played noted at the listed position:?Prince Fielder (1B, 9 games), Matt Holliday (1B, 9 games), Stephen Drew (3B, 9 games; SS, 9 games), Howie Kendrick (1B, 8 games), Emilio Bonifacio (OF, 9 games), Paul Janish (3B, 9 games), Gregorio Petit (3B, 8 games), Mike Aviles (2B, 9 games; 3B, 8 games), Luis Valbuena (1B, 8 games), Andrew Romine (SS, 9 games), Chris Johnson (3B, 9 games), Daniel Descalso (1B, 8 games), Nick Franklin (OF, 9 games), Chase dArnaud (2B, 9 games), Miguel Rojas (3B, 9 games), Christian Colon (3B, 8 games), Ronald Torreyes (SS, 8 games), Cristhian Adames (2B, 9 games), Ji-Man Choi (OF, 8 games), Jace Peterson (OF, 9 games), Jose Ramirez (2B, 9 games), Daniel Castro (3B, 9 games), Marco Hernandez (2B, 8 games; 3B, 9 games)Going-forward rankings: Week 16Listed below are my updated, going-forward rankings. These are based upon an ESPN standard league of 10 teams and Rotisserie 5x5 scoring. Click here to see these rankings sorted by position. ' ' '