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Masyn Winn hit a homer for the Cardinals, who
won for the sixth time in nine games.
Jackson Merrill hit a home run to account for the Padres
offense. San Diego is one game behind the Arizona Diamondbacks
in the battle for the National League's top wild card.
Padres starting pitcher Michael King (11-8) allowed two unearned
runs on six hits and four walks in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out
three.
The Cardinals kept King under duress through the first three
innings.
Alec Burleson hit a one-out single in the first inning, stole
second base and went to third on a groundout. Luken Baker walked
and stole second base, but King struck out Brendan Donovan to
escape.
In the second inning, Ivan Herrera hit a two-out single and
Victor Scott II hit a ground-rule double. King escaped again by
getting Winn to ground out.
St. Louis finally broke through to take a 2-0 lead in the third.
Burleson walked, then an error by Padres shortstop Tyler Wade
allowed Burleson to reach third and the hitter, Nolan Arenado,
to reach second.
Baker hit a run-scoring groundout and Paul Goldschmidt hit an
RBI double.
Merrill's fifth-inning homer cut San Diego's deficit to 2-1. It
was the rookie's 20th homer of the season.
The Cardinals knocked King out of the game in the fifth inning.
Baker drew a one-out walk, Donovan hit a double and Goldschmidt
got an intentional walk to load the bases.
Yuki Matsui came on to retire the next two batters and end the
threat.
Winn's homer in the sixth inning increased the Cardinals' lead
to 3-1. The blast was his 12th of the campaign.
St. Louis upped its lead to 4-1 in the eighth inning. Lars
Nootbaar hit a triple and scored on Herrera's single.
Scott reached on a bunt single before the next three Cardinals
were retired.
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