San Diego Padres at St. Louis Cardinals

· Major League Baseball

San Diego Padres

56-49, 25-31 Away

Final
3 - 1

St. Louis Cardinals

54-52, 31-21 Home

Machado has 2 hits, gets hit twice, too, in the Padres' testy 3-1 win over the Cardinals

Padres, Cardinals benches clear for 2nd straight day

The Cardinals' Willson Contreras was hit by a pitch for a second straight game, leading to Machado being plunked for the first time by Matthew Liberatore leading off the fifth.

Andre Granillo hit Machado again in the top of the ninth leading to the benches clearing and the ejection of Cardinals coach Jon Jay.

Contreras was hit again in the bottom of the ninth by Robert Suarez before Suarez finished off his 30th save in 33 opportunities as the Padres ended a four-game losing streak.

Jake Cronenworth was hit by Liberatore with one out in the second, then scored from first on a fielding error by center fielder Victor Scott II on a two-out single by Bryce Johnson for a 1-0 lead.

Nolan Arenado drew a 10-pitch walk off Randy Vásquez with one out in the Cardinals' second. He scored from first on a two-out double by Jordan Walker to tie it.

Cronenworth doubled leading off the fourth, advanced on a groundout and scored when he beat Contreras' throw home on a grounder to first by Johnson for a 2-1 lead. Johnson scored on Fernando Tatis' groundout in the ninth for an insurance run.

Vásquez allowed just one hit and one run but fell an out shy of qualifying for the victory. He has made 11 straight starts without a decision. Jeremiah Estrada (4-4) pitched a scoreless 1 1/3 innings for the win.

Liberatore (6-8) allowed two runs — one earned — on five hits in 4 1/3 innings.

Key moment The bench-clearing incident in the ninth came came after Machado complained after he was hit by Granillo's pitch.

Key stat Five batters were hit by pitches.

Up next RHP Stephen Kolek (3-5, 4.28) was set to start Sunday for San Diego opposite RHP Michael McGreevy (2-1, 3.49).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Winn grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Contreras out at second.
	9th Inning	Arenado flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Contreras hit by pitch.
	9th Inning	Burleson struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Suarez relieved Adam
	9th Inning	Merrill flied out to left.

Statistics

SD		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
3	Hit By Pitch	2
16	Ground Balls	9
6	Strikeouts	5
2	Runs Batted In	1
2	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
13	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
136	Pitches	130
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	4
40	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
4.6	Runs Created	0.1
.273	Batting Average	.103
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.364	Slugging Percentage	.138
.152	Secondary Average	.103
.368	On Base Percentage	.212
.732	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.350
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
4.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.1
25.0	Batter Rating	9.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.40	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.94
.091	Isolated Power	.034
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.050	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.061
-.121	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
5.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.7	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
79.3	MLB Rating	61.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0