ST. LOUIS (AP) Brendan Donovan and Willson Contreras hit three-run homers within the second inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 9-7 on Thursday night time within the opener of a four-game sequence.
Willson had with 4 RBIs and Donovan completed with three hits. Iván Herrera had three hits and two RBIs, together with a solo homer within the sixth.
Sonny Grey (10-4) gave up seven runs six earned on 11 hits with 5 strikeouts in 5 innings. Ryan Helsley pitched a scoreless ninth for his twentieth save.
Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado every had three hits for San Diego. Tatis led off the third with a house 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) within the first.
Victor Scott II drew a leadoff stroll, stole second base and transfer to 3rd on a groundout and scored on Iván Herrera’s single to make it 8-5 within the fourth.
Gavin Sheets had an RBI groundout and Xander Bogaerts scored when Bryce Johnson reached on a throwing error within the fifth.
Key second
Jordan Walker singled and moved to second when Scott drew a two-out stroll earlier than Donovan cleared the bases. Herrera singled and Alec Burleson doubled earlier than Contreras homered to make it 7-2 within the second.
Key stat
The Cardinals are 173-87 at residence in opposition to San Diego. Their .665 win proportion is the third- greatest by one residence group in opposition to any customer in MLB historical past, with a minimal of 100 video games, based on the Elias Sports activities Bureau.
Up subsequent
San Diego’s Nick Pivetta (10-2, 2.81 ERA) was scheduled to start out Friday in opposition to Miles Mikolas (5-7, 5.20).
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