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Gibson (1-0) gave up just four hits and two
runs, walking two and fanning four in a 94-pitch effort that
constituted the first quality start for a St. Louis pitcher this
season. He was backed by errorless defense and a 14-hit attack
against five Padres hurlers.
Donovan paced St. Louis' offense, going 3-for-4 with three runs
and two RBIs. Nolan Arenado, Matt Carpenter, Jordan Walker and
Masyn Winn added two hits apiece. Winn also helped turn a pair
of double plays.
Matt Waldron (0-1) became the third straight San Diego starter
to fail to make it through five innings, lasting only four-plus.
Waldron permitted nine hits and four runs while issuing one walk
and striking out seven.
One out away from escaping the first inning without harm,
Waldron found trouble. Arenado, who went 1-for-16 in the
Cardinals' season-opening series against the Los Angeles
Dodgers, laced a double to left that scored Donovan, who had
singled. Willson Contreras followed with a two-run homer to
center, and it was 3-0.
An inning later, Donovan was at it again, ripping a two-out
double down the right field line and scoring when Paul
Goldschmidt lined a single to left.
The Padres got on the board in the bottom of the third when
rookie Jackson Merrill lined a solo homer to left, his first
major league blast. However, San Diego simply couldn't put
together much else against Gibson, who was able to spot his
entire arsenal of pitches on the corners and at the bottom of
the strike zone.
Donovan upped the advantage to 6-1 in the sixth when he pulled a
changeup from reliever Jhony Brito over the right field wall,
his first homer of the year, with Winn aboard after a single.
San Diego's Fernando Tatis Jr. cracked a solo shot in the bottom
of the sixth, his third home run of the season.
--Field Level Media
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