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Recalled from Triple-A El Paso earlier in the
day, Padres starter Randy Vasquez (4-6) allowed two runs on six
hits in six innings. He walked two and struck out two.
Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and Masyn Winn finished
3-for-4 with a walk and two runs for the Cardinals.
St. Louis starting pitcher Kyle Gibson (7-6) allowed seven runs
on five hits and four walks in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out two.
San Diego took a 2-0 first-inning lead when Jake Cronenworth was
hit by a pitch and Machado followed with his 21st home run of
the year.
The Cardinals cut the deficit to 2-1 in the second inning.
Brendan Donovan hit a one-out triple and scored on Paul
Goldschmidt's single.
The Padres increased their lead to 4-1 in the third inning. Luis
Arraez hit a leadoff single and Jurickson Profar walked. Both
runners advanced on a flyout and later scored on Merrill's
two-out single.
Vasquez worked out of trouble in the bottom of the inning. After
walking Winn and allowing Burleson's single, Vasquez got Nolan
Arenado to fly out and Lars Nootbaar to ground into a double
play.
St. Louis cut the deficit to 4-2 in the fourth inning. Ivan
Herrera walked, went to third on Donovan's single and scored two
batters later on Matt Carpenter's sacrifice fly.
However, the Padres added on in the fifth. Profar walked,
Cronenworth hit a single, Machado hit an RBI double, and Xander
Bogaerts lofted a sacrifice fly to finish Gibson's night.
Merrill greeted Matthew Liberatore with an RBI single to make it
7-2.
The Cardinals edged a run closer in the seventh on two-out
doubles by Winn and Burleson, then made it 7-4 in the ninth on
an RBI single by Burleson.
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