threw five innings of one-run ball and the streaking St. Louis Cardinals beat
the San Diego Padres 3-1 on Wednesday night.St. Louis has won four straight and six of seven. Piscotty hit his ninth homer
in the seventh _ only the Cardinals’ third hit to that point _ and St. Louis
tacked on an unearned run in the eighth on Harrison Bader’s sacrifice fly.
Three Cardinals relievers blanked the Padres over four innings, with Tyler
Lyons pitching a wobbly ninth for his second save. The Padres had the tying runs
aboard with no outs before Lyons retired three straight. Ryan Sherriff (1-1) got
the win.
Dinelson Lamet (7-7), who lost a pitching duel to the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw
in his previous outing, stymied the Cardinals through six innings, giving up
just one hit. Then Jose Martinez led off the seventh with a sharp single, and
Piscotty followed with his two-run blast. When Lamet then walked Greg Garcia,
his night was done and he was charged with two runs and four walks. He struck
out eight.
The four-game series wraps up Thursday night in San Diego. Lance Lynn (10-6)
starts for the Cardinals while Clayton Richard toes the rubber for the Padres.
Game time is 8:10 with the pre-game at 7:15 on KTLO-AM.
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