MLB

San Diego Padres at St. Louis Cardinals

· Major League Baseball
San Diego Padres
55-48, 24-30 Away
Final
7 - 9
St. Louis Cardinals
53-51, 30-20 Home

Donovan and Contreras hit 3-run HRs in 2nd inning, Cardinals beat Padres 9-7

Cardinals take down the Padres 9-7

Willson had with four RBI and Donovan finished with three hits. Iván Herrera had three hits and two RBI, including a solo homer in the sixth.

Sonny Gray (10-4) gave up seven runs — six earned — on 11 hits with five strikeouts in five innings. Ryan Helsley pitched a scoreless ninth for his 20th save.

Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado each had three hits for San Diego. Tatis led off the third with a home run and Machado added a two-run shot that made it 7-5.

Contreras drove in Donovan with a two-out double off San Diego Starter Yu Darvish (0-3) in the first.

Victor Scott II drew a leadoff walk, stole second base and move to third on a groundout and scored on Iván Herrera's single to make it 8-5 in the fourth.

Gavin Sheets had an RBI groundout and Xander Bogaerts scored when Bryce Johnson reached on a throwing error in the fifth.

Key moment Jordan Walker singled and moved to second when Scott drew a two-out walk before Donovan cleared the bases. Herrera singled and Alec Burleson doubled before Contreras homered to make it 7-2 in the second.

Key stat Up next San Diego's Nick Pivetta (10-2, 2.81 ERA) was scheduled to start Friday against Miles Mikolas (5-7, 5.20).

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Sheets struck out swinging.
9th Inning Machado to second on fielder's indifference.
9th Inning Bogaerts flied out to right.
9th Inning Merrill struck out swinging.
9th Inning Machado singled to left.
9th Inning Helsley relieved Maton

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
14 Ground Balls 11
12 Strikeouts 6
6 Runs Batted In 9
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
13 Hits 12
0 Stolen Bases 1
1 Walks 5
0 Catcher Interference 0
7 Runs 9
0 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
41 At Bats 34
2 Home Runs 3
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
18 Runners Left On Base 16
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
3 Doubles 2
15 Fly Balls 17
0 Caught Stealing 1
143 Pitches 147
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 1
22 Total Bases 23
42 Plate Appearances 39
324.0 Projected Home Runs 486.0
5 Extra Base Hits 5
7.1 Runs Created 8.8
.317 Batting Average .353
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.537 Slugging Percentage .676
.244 Secondary Average .471
.333 On Base Percentage .436
.870 OBP Pct + SLG Pct 1.112
0.9 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.6
6.9 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 9.9
51.0 Batter Rating 62.0
20.5 At Bats Per Home Run 11.3
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.50
3.40 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.77
.220 Isolated Power .324
0.08 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.83
.024 Walks Per Plate Appearance .128
-.073 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .118
13.0 Runs Produced 18.0
0.9 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.6 Patience Ratio 0.8
0.4 Balls In Play Average 0.4
97.3 MLB Rating 106.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Busch Stadium

Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 30,601 | Capacity:
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